Israel feels happy about this notorious struggle

“FROM the 1980s until now we have been living in a religious era, given the fact the consequences of this experiment were not even in favor of the religious thought itself because during this we saw religion had seeped into politics,” prominent Kuwaiti columnist and attorney Mohammed Musaed Al-Saleh wrote for Al-Qabas daily Thursday. “In this context, if we see the situations which currently prevail in Muslim countries we will inevitably observe that these countries are currently suffering from instability, economic devastation and are in a state of war where citizens are killing each other.
“In Palestine, for instance, there is an armed struggle between Hamas and the Fatah Movement and Israel feels happy about this notorious struggle. In Lebanon, the Fath Al-Islam Organization is currently battling the Lebanese army in Nahr Al-Bared Camp of North Lebanon in addition to explosions carried out in Lebanon in various areas.

“However, before the ‘birth’ of Fath Al-Islam Organization, Hezbollah through its war with Israel had brought destruction to Lebanese infrastructure, given the fact this war has negatively affected the economic and tourist activities of Lebanon, particularly since we know tourism is the backbone of Lebanon’s national economy. Moreover, the war in question claimed the lives of many innocent people in the country. “In Iraq, religious organizations are killing the people based on their doctrinal belonging, while in Somalia the war between Islamic courts and the interim government still continues. In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood Group is involved in remarkable political activities which are likely to conduce to a state of turmoil, in addition to the state of instability and insecurity perceived in some other Muslim countries including Pakistan, Afghanistan and Indonesia as well as every Muslim country which suffers from domination by the fundamentalists.

“In this connection, we say even Israel which is a religious Jewish state currently rejects the international resolutions issued by the UN Security Council calling for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the occupied Palestinian territories to allow the Palestinian refugees to return home and boost stability in Arab countries. “In light of the above, we say politicizing religion or mixing religion with politics is the prime cause of the state of violence, terrorism and turmoil seen at the moment in various Muslim states.”


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“The atmosphere in Middle East is currently gloomy never before witnessed by this part of the world. The Arab world at the moment is at the cross roads,” columnist, former Chancellor of the American University of Kuwait and the Professor of Political Science Dr Sahfeeq Al-Ghabra wrote for Al-Rai daily Thursday. “In Iraq, for instance, the situation is steadily deteriorating. Iran is currently holding key political keys including one for the Kurds, the Sunnis and the Shiites. In Syria, people are following up the prospective outcome of the international court to be formed to investigate the assassination of the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Al-Hariri and the clouded political atmosphere which currently prevails in Lebanon, particularly since at the moment organizations are involved in armed struggle. “In Palestine in view of the absence of the state of détente, the Palestinian arena is currently witnessing a Palestinian-Palestinian fight amid a persistent Palestinian-Israeli struggle. In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia many questions hover over the volume of terrorism and the armed groups in the country, particularly following the recent arrest of many suspects, while in Egypt a similar question popped up following the terrorist operation on the heels of a confrontation between the opposition and the government.


“Apart from the above, the Middle East is likely to witness a military confrontation between the United States of America and Iran over the latter’s nuclear file, and Washington and Tehran are currently in confrontation over the situation in Iraq and South Lebanon. “In spite of the above, the Arab world represented by the GCC countries and Jordan is currently resisting these situations in question, given the fact these countries are currently looking forward to achieve economic and developmental progress. “In this context, we say these countries including Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Jordan are currently striving to preserve their economic stability motivated by their realization that their future rests in achieving the economic and educational reforms as well as imposing law and order and restoring human dignity. In other words, these countries are involved in intellectual and developmental resistance, but not a military one.”

“We pray for Almighty Allah to help the Iraqis to truthfully sort out their sectarian, doctrinal and ethnic discords and agree upon a unified constitution capable of unifying them under one banner and one homeland where all citizens can enjoy the wealth, oil and other resources,” columnist Mohammed Hatem wrote for Al-Watan daily Thursday.
“Meanwhile, I hope all Iraqi politicians must follow the example of India in terms of achieving national unity. As such we call on the politicians to pay a visit to India to familiarize themselves with the distinguished Indian democracy and its applications on the ground and how various ethnic, doctrinal and religious minorities are living under the ceiling of the Republic of India’s Constitution and this has resulted in every Indian citizen feeling proud of their homeland, simply because they are freely practicing their religious, doctrinal and religious rituals customs and traditions.
“Recently, there was a proposal calling for isolating North Iraq and South Iraq, but for us we believe Iraq should be for all Iraqis without discrimination. In this context, we cite the example of Kirkuk where one million Iraqis live — Kurds, Arabs, Sunnis, Shiites and Christians — given the fact that these Iraqi citizens have been historically living in their city peacefully without any ethnic, sectarian, doctrinal or religious struggle, but unfortunately this state of national concord which prevailed in this city began to disappear in the 21st Century.”


“In spite of the significant changes which surfaced recently in two major Western European countries followed by the election of a new president in France and the resignation of Britain’s prime minister Tony Blair which will become effective on June 30, 2007, we have observed two significant points — the first is the ruling out of the eruption of a new war in the Gulf region and this could mostly attributed to attempts currently exerted by France and some European countries to restore European role in the international arena, given the fact this role is based on excluding any new war in this part of the world and eventually boosting economic relations in the region in a bid to transform the same into a prospective economic market to promote West European products,”

***Columnist Labeed Abdal wrote for Al-Qabas daily Friday.
“While the second point is represented by the absence of pre-emptive clarification of the British Cabinet’s new leadership, particularly in terms of the prospective war in this part of the world which is likely to be directed against Iran.
“In this context, we cite the difficulties faced by the incumbent British government during the war on Iraq represented by a popular British information opposition against the said war.
“Not just that, the Britons still oppose the idea of a new war in the Gulf and sending more British troops to this part of the world and this per se signifies the difficulties that shall face any new global mobilization that may aim at waging any prospective war in the Gulf region.”

“What occurred recently on the floor of the National Assembly — the outbursts among some MPs may raise a question, the type of question that has been repeatedly raised by us about the belief in the democratic method, the respect for opinions of others and the dialogue in the framework of a significant awareness that should rise to the responsibility of the MP in the National Assembly,” columnist Fahd Al-Hindal wrote for Al-Rai daily Friday.
“Needless to say an MP isn’t an infallible human being, but it goes without saying popular representation should be free of any defect, let alone the MPs after being elected to the Parliament must strive to establish a healthy relationship with each other as well as the government in the interest of the nation, particularly since we know the National Assembly is a constitutional institution which has been empowered to enact laws and legislation and control the performance of the executive.
“In other words, for a citizen the MPs are not elected to flex their muscles and exchanging vulgar and indecent words or accusing each other of corruption, rather these MPs have been elected to shoulder their responsibilities in the service of the nations and its citizens.”

— Compiled by Zaki Taleb