US and Islamic world
S Yasmin Zishan, Lalmatia, Dhaka
We always witness that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Cuban President Fidel Castro give speeches against the US and President Bush's activities. They don't care about the reactions or the action he (Bush) may take against those countries. Now my question is, if they can do all these so boldly, then why not we? I mean we, the Muslims, are the victims of US policies. Since Muslims do not react Bush and his administration can take any decision against them. We have no unity among us. They can create division among the Muslims very easily. Let us take an initiative world wide to protest against this tyranny. We should look back to our faults, review them and go ahead to stop the hostile behaviour of the US. Now it's the right time to stand beside the Iraqis. A new type of protest we see in Iraq. Recently, Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr urged Muslims across Iraq to paint US and Israeli flags at mosque entrances for worshippers to walk on them in protest against the alleged desecration of the Holy Koran at the US detention camp in Guantanamo Bay. In the picture it is shown that an Iraqi walks past guards into the Muqtada Sadr Shiite Muslim mosque, stepping on the freshly painted US and Israeli flags in the southern city of Basra. Though it's very symbolical, but we can take a lesson from it.
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