From Iraq the Model:
“From following the participations I am gaining more faith in the maturity of thinking of my Iraqi brothers. Thank God.
And to Olmert I say: Go forward and abolish the fountains of terror in Gaza”
A free Iraqi: Baghdad.I just want to say that I stand in admiration and respect for the nation that wouldn’t mind destroying the world for the sake of her sons’ safety; a nation that doesn’t care about the consequences for their operations in Gaza as long as the soldier is still kidnapped and has to be set free.
Let Arabs and Muslims learn how human life is highly valued in all non-Arab, non-Muslim countries”
Hassan al-Shami: Baghdad/Iraq
I am ready to be convinced that not all Muslims hate Israel. Omar says that the number of positive remarks from Iraqis greatly outnumbered those from the rest of the Arab world:
About three dozens of comments were made by Iraqis both inside Iraq and in exile and all these comments were supportive of Israel or at least against Hamas as far as the topic is concerned except for only three comments; that’s a 10:1 ratio while as you probably have guesses, the opposite ratio is true about the comments by the rest of Arabs.
And this one is especially good:
“To answer Mr. Jihad (the Palestinian from Jordan) and his advice for Iraqis: Iraqis are singing outside the Arab flock for one reason which is that they distinguish the truth from the Arab illusions. Only 13 years ago Iraqis used to speak like the rest of Arabs; equipped with the illusions of the “Zionist conspiracy” created by Islamists and pan-nationalists. But Iraqis now have discovered the bitter truth. Who is murdering Iraqis on daily basis?? Who is prolonging the stay of foreign troops? That’s the terrorists coming from Arab and Islamic countries!!
Israel doesn’t want to become the “Great Israel” because Israelis are only several millions in this world…
We are people with long history that we are proud of and we possess enough education and awareness, so long live the new Iraq and let Israel live as our neighbor. I’d love to say that I wish Israel could rule the entire region; better than any Arab government except for the Iraqi”
An Iraqi in exile: Asia.
Read the rest.
A little over a year ago, Arabs in Port Suez rioted against Egyptian corruption and incompetence. The crowd shouted that the Israelis were better rulers than the Egyptians.
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Wonderful post by Omar. It gives me hope that there can be peace over there – and that there are muslims who will stand up and not be afraid to speak their minds even though it is different from what the mainstream muslims say.