Rapprochement with Muslims must continue
In an article ‘Stay with Obama’s opening to Muslims’ in the International Herald Tribune dated Nov 6th , 2010, Britain’s former foreign secretary David Miliband called the West not to let Obama’s midterm setback undercut his efforts in rapprochement with Muslim world, especially since his visits to Ankara and Cairo helped in boosting intelligence cooperation regarding security issues like in Yemen, besides economic, cultural, scientific, and other issues and in confronting world’s problems like water shortages, global health, terrorism and climate change.
This opinion reflects the thoughts of millions of Muslims. Although media has been generating Islamophobia and portraying Muslims as symbols of terrorism, there are moderate silent Muslims who are the real assets and who can truly be utilized to combat radicalism. These moderate Muslims, especially from financially stable Muslim countries, can help in bringing together their fellow believers in the areas of solving world problems.
The article touched on what is truly needed in challenging times and during global power shifts, especially with the influence of the financial crisis, new creditors and currency wars.
Going back to the voice of reason, the Muslim world must be at the top of the list, given the size of the Muslim community with a population 1.57 billion — one-fifth of the world’s — and is able to provide security, equality and peace within the international community.
Email: labeed.abdal@gmail.com
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By: Labeed Abdal - Attorney at Law
http://www.arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/162647/reftab/73/Default.aspx
Saturday, December 4, 2010
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