Cawralo Posted August 18, 2004 Arab Press Don't Blame Zionism For The Violent Arab Culture 14:46 Aug 13, '04 / 26 Av 5764 The journalist and former Kuwaiti Communications Minister, Dr. Sa'ad Bin-Tafla, said that violent tendencies in Arab culture have deep roots and are not a product of the conflict with Zionism. "I believe we are all responsible for this culture and Zionism and Imperialism have no part in it," Bin-Tafla declared in a recent interview with Jordanian television, "It is incorrect to say that violence is the result of the occupation. The French occupation left Algeria after a million victims fell, and then 100,000 Algerians were slaughtered by other Algerians, in the name of Islam, within less than ten years. That is to say, sadly, more than even Israel could have killed during the period of the intifada. This violence has cultural roots, unconnected to the occupation.... "The number of killed in Algeria and those killed by other Arab regimes is greater than the number of Palestinians killed by Israel..." the former Kuwaiti minister explained, adding, "There is a culture of violence that existed before the Americans arrived in Iraq and the Gulf, and even before the Israeli occupation in Palestine; before the American occupation in Afghanistan...." Bin-Tafla stated, "the slaughter, the destructive abuse, the anarchy and the bloodshed do not approach in any way the legal definition of Jihad or resistance. It is anarchy and terrorism and is indicative of frustration and a culture of collective suicide reminiscent of whales [which beach themselves]. Such a culture stems from objective and personal reasons." Bin-Tafla traces the source of much of the frustration among Arab youth to "an extremist religious stream" in the Islamic world. "It tells [the youth], 'You must achieve one of two things - martyrdom or victory,'" the Kuwaiti journalist explained, "It prettifies the culture of violence and describes it as resistance and Jihad." Bin-Tafla also lays the blame on the Arab media: "Unfortunately, many in television, radio and print media... pushed these youth towards frustration and caused them to die needlessly, killing others with them, and to divide the world into black and white." http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news.php3?id=67311 --------------------------------------------- Have to admit that he's definetly got a point. But on the other hand, you cant just overlook imprealism in the case of Algeria for example. When a so called 'islamist' party won, Paris opposed. And I doubt that palestinians blow themselves up in the air just for fun. But ppl tend to blame everything on The Big Capitalist Devil and The Sneeky Jew maffioso (who apparently run the world :rolleyes: ), instead of taking actions and fighting against nepotism&hippocracy. So in that sence, he's absolutely right!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NGONGE Posted August 18, 2004 Love the source of your article. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cawralo Posted August 19, 2004 Yeah, they aren't as good as Haaretz though :cool: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
