Benefitting From Animosity

Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan, Editor-in-Chief

The events against the US embassy that took place in Libya were barbaric, inhumane and disgusting. The pictures of the murdered US ambassador being dragged by a crowd of people was sad and out of respect for the United States and the people of America, Kuwait Times refrained from publishing them.

There is no excuse for killing an innocent person in such a cowardly manner. If this was a reaction to the film that depicts Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) then what does the ambassador or the American people have to do with that? After all, a handful of idiots do not represent the opinion of an entire nation.

If this was a planned attack on America by a group who thought of the US as an enemy, then the ambassador is only a representative or a messenger and since when have people started killing the messenger in a war? However, this is neither this nor that.

I believe this is a planned attack and I wouldn’t be surprised if the route of the film against Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) is connected to the route of the attack on the US embassy in Libya and the timing has been meticulously planned instead of it being just a coincidence or a reaction.

It’s strange how all of a sudden there are some groups in the Arab Islamic world and the Western Christian world who are trying to create hatred between the two sides. Why now and why all of a sudden do we have so much of negative propaganda like the burning of the Quran, the burning of the cross or blasphemous cartoons and drawings that mock prophets?

I can’t help but believe that these groups are serving the agenda of a third party that benefits from the creation of animosity between the two sides.

This third party is moving these groups at the right time to create hatred and more problems, which could build up in the future.

This style of dirty planning since the days of the Prophet (PBUH) belonged to a certain sect of people who I feel are the only ones benefitting from the current situation now. This is just my opinion and I leave the rest for you to decide.

By Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan
Editor-in-Chief
myopinion@kuwaittimes.net

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