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Date Posted: 16:10:51 08/15/07 Wed
Author: Rana
Subject: Re: Rana...
In reply to: Roger 's message, "Re: Rana..." on 15:59:34 08/15/07 Wed

I think it's more like the opposite is true.
More countries mean weaker countries and more conflicts (and maybe wars) among them. I am not very well learnt with regard to history, but I don't think the Kurds have ever had a state .. however, when Iraq was ruled by the Islamic caliphs, all people were treated equally.. all had same rights and same obligations, no matter whether they were kurds or any other ethnicity. You see, tearing the territories apart, and creating more countries in the region is something the European occupiers were keen to do so that no strong state emerges in the region, which makes it easier for them to continue dominating the resources of the region in one way or another.

>And thank you, Rana.
>
>It has occurred to me a couple of times that the
>solution to some of the problems in the middle east
>may be to reorganize some of the territory, and
>perhaps create more countries. Iraq was cobbled
>together by the French and English at the end of the
>first world war, and if they had more input from the
>local tribes, they might have made a more sensible set
>of boundaries. Perhaps the Kurds should have had their
>own state, for example.
>
>
>>Thank you, Tom. Thank you, Roger, you are both really
>>nice and I am glad to be friends with you.
>>
>>Michael,
>>I don't get what you mean by pan Islamic state.. you
>>mean like all Muslim countries unite and form a one
>>big state? I don't think this is possible.. although
>>the idea is nice.. but I don't think it is doable.
>>
>>>>>I have just seen this.. and it is very sweet..
>thank
>>>>>you Tom
>>>>>
>>>>>>btw: has rana been invited by any chance? Or is
>she
>>>>>>long gone? I really appreciated her presence and
>>>I'd
>>>>>>really like a Muslim perspective as well.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks Rana! Glad you're here.
>>>>
>>>>:-)
>>>>
>>>>Tom
>>>
>>>Out of interest, Rana, have you got a view on the
>idea
>>>of a pan-Islamic state coving all the Muslim
>counties,
>>>that we have been hearing suggested at a conference
>>>recently?

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Replies:

Re: Rana... -- Roger, 16:25:06 08/15/07 Wed
- Re: Rana... -- Rana, 16:59:09 08/15/07 Wed
  - Re: Rana... -- Roger, 18:33:43 08/15/07 Wed