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| A War against All of Us |
| 2006-07-19 |
| Tashbih Sayyed Ph.D The current conflict in the Middle East may appear to be limited to Israel, Lebanon, and Gaza, but as FSM Contributing Editor Tahbih Sayyed argues, it is also a war between two visions of Islam and two ways of life in the world. There are currently two wars pulling the world apart. The first is the global jihad in which radical Islamists are confronting the rest of the world. The second is the intra-religious struggle between Shiite Islam, led by Iran, and Sunni Islam, represented by Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan, in a fight for regional domination. It is this conflict that has pushed the Middle East into the latest crisis. Iran, which is an integral part of the global jihad, is determined to establish itself as the regional superpower but its Shiite government in a Sunni region is a major obstacle. But there is one major factor working in IranÂ’s favor: whereas the masses of the region are anti-west, anti-Semitic, and totally committed to the destruction of the Jewish state, their Sunni governments have not shown the same zeal and commitment. In all the wars that the Arab governments launched against Israel, the Jewish state defeated them decisively. As a result that Muslim masses long for leaders who have the courage to stand up to the Judeo-Christian powers. They are waiting for another Saladin, who defeated the crusaders in Jerusalem in 1187 C.E. IranÂ’s President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants to be that leader. He knows his Muslim history and its numerous examples where otherwise incompetent leaders like Gemal Abdul Nasser of Egypt won the love and loyalty of the masses just by defying the West and challenging the U.S. |
| Posted by:anonymous5089 |
| #3 He was a Muslim-world male, gromgoru. Just because he didn't believe in them didn't mean he didn't want them. For that matter, I seem to have grown up to be a Western realistic idealist; but I still dream of "Peace on Earth/ Goodwill to Men." |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-07-19 21:03 |
| #2 Mr Nasser was a Marxist, TW. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2006-07-19 20:16 |
| #1 The writer sounds like an apostate to my untutored ear. He knows his Muslim history and its numerous examples where otherwise incompetent leaders like Gemal Abdul Nasser of Egypt won the love and loyalty of the masses just by defying the West and challenging the U.S. And what happened to Mr. Nasser afterwards? Did he actually get the houris he so craved? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-07-19 18:22 |