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12th May 2008
Some said here that the Sunni who felt a big blow by the murder of Hariri, hated everything that is related to Syria (since they are convinced that Syria is the killer regardless of international tribunal or not). This is not true because these same Sunni actually allied with HA during the helf roube3e which happened AFTER Hariri was killed.
Now I would like to state my opinion if I may about the topic.
I am known to be a staunch FPMer, and thus, everywhere I go, I am faced by people who try to incite me to talk politics, either to actually tease me or to try to get information from me. I am saying this to tell you that throughout the past 2 years, EVERYTIME I have a political discussion with a 14 feber, no matter his religion, the ONLY argument thye used to face me with was, WILAYET EL FAKIH. That was it. We debate, we share arguments, but at the end, the discussion will always always end at the wilayet el fakih argument.
I am a Christian by birth, couldn't care less about any religion now. However, I can tell you that I always had friends from all sects, and my Sunni friends when asked whether they would marry their kids to a Chiite or a Christian had all the same answer, a Chiite is still a Muslim. I know hundreds of families in which Chiite and Sunni are married to each other. Before these 2 years, the majority of Muslims did not care about this detail.
I hereby blame the 14 feb propaganda for GIVING BIRTH TO THIS HATRED AND THIS SECTARIAN FEELINGS between Sunni and Chiite.
Before these 2 years, Sunni never felt they needed to get help to be protected from their Muslim compatriots. Before these 2 years, Sunni never considered HA as a wileyit el Fakih, but rather the resistance that protects them and Lebanon.
I admit, Manar is a propaganda tool par excellence, but I also have to admit that Manar never incited sectarian feelings (at least what I know and what I watch of it).
What this 14 feb propaganda has achieved, is actually make people believe in the Wileyit el Fakih thing, make it look like the ultimate danger, not the quaeda, not a civil war, not economic depression, just the wilayet el fakih issue and through a lot of hammering, actually put that in the minds of their supporters.
Regarding the Sunni's feelings today, they are blinded by hatred, hatred for the "Wilayet el Fakih" representatives. The most hilarious comments I got from my Sunni friends were blaming GMA for ALL what is happening, because GMA did not stand by the government, denying that as we respected their Sunni chosen representative as a PM, they did not respect ours, denying the fact that Siniora government actually through its structure today alienates a huge part of the population, and the only argument that they put forward is the "wilayet el fakih".
Yesterday on Euronews, they chose a very significant scene to show under their "no comment" section. They showed a covered man of the ones who attacked some FM office, probably a Chiite, there were 2 photos on the wall, one of Saad Hariri, and another of Rafik Hariri, the man did a huge X on Saad's photo, and on the one of Rafik Hairri, the man wrote "anta el Kaed, alla yerhamak".
No need to say more, this says it all.
Regarding calling on Qaueda for help, the Sunni would be making a HUGE mistake, because Quaeda does not differentiate between a Sunni and a Chiite or a Sunni and a Sunni, and only time will prove this. |