Reasons of dispute
Twelve Gulf States led by Saudi Arabia on Thursday bombed key points held by the Shiite Muslims in the civil war torn Yemen. Their land forces are reportedly ready for launching assault on the rebels, who differ with the Sunni Muslims of Yemen politically and economically, not ideologically.
The Gulf States tried to destroy Iran, which under Ayatollah Khomeini, successfully completed Islamic revolution in 1979. On September 22 the same year, Iraq massively invaded Iran in the belief that Iran was too weak militarily to fight back. Iraq was claiming territories inhabited by Arabs (Southwestern oil-producing province of Iran called Khouzestan), as well as Iraq’s right over Shatt el-Arab (Arvandroud). Some battles were won in the favor of Iraq, but a supposedly weakened Iranian army achieved surprising defensive success. Thus Saddam failed to achieve evil his design.
In truth, the Gulf States, the capitalist bloc and Israel got frightened at the rise of the Shiite Muslims as political force in Iran, and, therefore, invaded Iran before it rebuilt Armed Forces. In the changed development, they (western world and their stools) hunt not only the Shiite Muslims, but also the Sunni Muslims if they like Hamas and Egypt under Muslim Brotherhood try or become political forces.
The western countries want subjugated Muslims, who will go to mosques to perform Salat five times a day, keep fasting in the Arabic month of Ramadan, and will travel to Mecca for performing Hajj only. Beyond these, the Muslims will act on their advice only. They do not want rise of Muslims as a united force against socio-economic injustice, hegemony, imperialism and forced settlement. The reasons of dispute lie here. Will the Muslims heal their differences?
Shahed Ahmed
Dhaka
