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By Moutasem Al Brezat
October Issue
Original Article (English)
U.S. Undersecretary of State Karen Hughes has concluded her diplomatic voyage to repair
First, the entire campaign was intended to alter the way Muslims perceive the
As the United States claims that it is bringing justice and democracy and a whole package of lofty American values to Muslims, it also tries to teach them how to perceive the world and live their lives. Therefore, not only are Muslims ignorant about so-called justice and democracy, but they also lack the common sense to “correctly” understand the world around them, including
On her goodwill tour, Mrs. Hughes disrespectfully and implicitly conveyed the message to elite Saudi women that they are not happy; and that they need to act to positively shape the image of Saudi society in the
What kind of diplomacy does Hughes practice when she comes to Saudi Arabia on an official visit, meets with the country’s leadership, and then turns to Saudi women and incites them against a law on the books in their country?
Regardless of the correctness of that law and whether or not it is just, the point here is how rude and absurd it is to interfere in a country’s internal affairs with that kind of insensitivity and lack of diplomatic tact, while on an official visit. Personally speaking, this is just another in a series of blunders, just another sign of arrogance by an American Administration that has become a role model for “global dictatorship” presented to the world under the guise of “Globalization.”
Hughes faced heated and emotional complaints about
A comparison is possible with Muslims who are trying to burnish the image of Islam in the West. This is an image tarnished by hundreds of years of misleading information and propaganda by biased orientalists driven by religious and cultural enmity, and blemished with false interpretation and practices perpetuated by some Muslim individuals and groups who - to be fair - represent only themselves.
While Muslims are trying to present Islam in its pure divine form without human interpretation, Hughes, on the other hand, is trying to convince the world that invading other countries, abusing their resources and subjugating their people are in the interest of those very same countries. What a paradox!
Instead of reconsidering America’s colonial foreign policy that taking Washington from one war to another, creating foes in every corner of the globe, the U.S. Administration wants the world to change the basic, instinctive sense of justice that man has been created with. Americans want to know why there is growing hatred toward everything American. The only answers they receive, however, are those given them by their own media monopoly giants that have for so long claimed to be fair and independent.
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