Yet, many people choose clinging to ignorance and inactivity. As far as kidnapping is concerned, it can be said that it is an indication of the wild form in a community. Kidnapping has its historical root in any community which still suffers from. Our history is full of evidences and events that kidnapping is a vital phenomenon. Even the best modern Yemeni literary masterpiece is the novel of Mr. Zaid Damag which is entitled The Hostage.
Kidnapping is a sign of the ill exercise of law and government and the absence of the modern state.
However, in Yemen, it has become a form of a joke. One starts to be skeptical and thinks that the government itself stands behind the kidnapping and perhaps in the near future there will be the Ministry of Kidnapping and Tourism. Factually, it seems that the government itself gets benefits from kidnapping. It is a distraction for the international media from the actual crises of political or economical shortcomings. Kidnapping offers an opportunity for the government media to change local and international opinion against the opposition by accusing them of kidnapping the guests of the generous Yemeni people.