From: ilyess@ECE.Concordia.CA (Ilyess Bdira)
Subject: Re: Iran and Muslim World News ( was Re: Islamic World News 6 )
Organization: ECE - Concordia University
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 00:45:52 GMT

In article <BxILDr.JvK@ccu.umanitoba.ca> ebrahim@ee.umanitoba.ca (Mohamad Ebrahimi) writes:
>
>>>I have no political Problem with Shia myself, I just want them to recognize
>>their size (only 10% of Muslims) and the fact that Iran represents only
>>Shia Muslims.. this is not again wrong, it just has to be made in the open..
>
>    Good point. What is missing is that you are not clear enough what do
>    you mean by this. The size is almost what you said, and they certainly 
>    recognize it. But does it mean that they shouldn't worry about Bosnian
>    Muslims or two million Afghan guests or one million Iraqi Kurds, just

I am not saying that they shouldn't, I am saying that they (the government)
should not use the same rhetoric and propaganda that the unislamic governments
of S.A and Egypt are using (More talk than action). I said that Iran's rhetoric
has been more sectarian lately (Afghanistan, Pakistan..) and that they should
admit that they are doing all they can to help spread Shia belief and to help
shias eleswhere while claiming that they call for Muslim unity..

>    because they are Sunnis? Does representing Shia mean that Iran does not
>    have any common concern or interest or enemy with Sunnis? Or if it has
>    it should keep a blind eye on it, in order to be distinguished or
>    isolated from Sunnis?
>    In a fair division, having a 10% population means that you should give
>    a 10% share of everything to the 10% minority. Have you seen even 5% of

From propaganda 101: if you talk about bad things in SUnni world  in 90%
and good things about Iran in 10%, then the result is 100% propaganda for Iran.
To be fair, though.. Iran is doing better to help Muslims than any other
government.. I wish they just practice what they preach: Unity.

>    news in ISLAMIC WORLD NEWS being devoted to Iran or Shia? I haven't seen
>    such a case, and I would yield to your judgment.
>
>>Now to Ibrahimi:
>>Iran's efforts for Bosnia are mostly rhetorical up to now, and their real
>>help does not exceed the help of Islamic movements in the Sunni world
>>who are themselves oppressed and in need of help.
>>And the NEWS talked about Ensuring Bosnia's survival, not Ridha!
>
>    Are you kind enough to show by evidence that Iran's help has been " mostly
>    rhetorical"? Do you mean that for example 100,000 tones of oil is 
>    rhetoric, or all Iranian 747 airplanes which are carrying food and 
>    medicine to Bosnia via Zagreb in a daily basis, a fact that has been
>    acknowledged by Bosnian government, are fictitious? Weren't you following
I did not say that. See above
>    the news, when they said that Iran has been supplying arms to Bosnians by
>    these planes, and threatened Iran to be prosecuted by UN security council
>    and arm and oil embargo?
...
>    My dear brother, my previous article is still unanswered. Why hearing that
>    Iran is fulfilling its duty toward fellow Muslims should be so hard? Which
>    part of that news article or any other article has been trying to undermine
>    the activities of Sunnis, directly or indirectly? In such a situation that
>    Muslims are suffering all over the world, why YOU chose to be the one who
>    deviates attentions from those problem to the problem of Sunni and Shia?

This is the first time I talked about this subject, although it has been
bothering me..As I said before, I have no problem with shiism, but
I want us to  be clear with each other.
>
>    I ask Allah s.w.t. to give all of us the power and the sincerity to
>    analyze everything in a manner which is His manner, and be free of
>    prejudice and hatred, Insha-Allah.
>
>Mohammad
>


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