Iraq’s trials and tribulations remind us that the term “Muslim world” provides practically zero analytical insight into the challenges of state and nation building.
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يامرحبا انامحمد من السودان انا اكره تدخل واشنطن في القضايا الداخلية للدول الفقيرة والاقل نموا كما احب انيرشح الامريكان ذلك العبد الاسود المدعو اوبوما خير من العاهرة كلنتون خصوصا ان كلنتون قد شاركت في ممارسة الجنس مع عشرة المراهقين
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Mr. Daniel Brumberg,
Thank you for your essay.
As for the difficulties of attaining compromise and consensus in the Arab world, it is perhaps cultural. The society is mostly tribal and clan based, unlike in South East Asia which is family based.
There is democracy in Indonesia and Malaysia. Not perfect, but thriving with hiccups here and there. Ironically, among all South East Asian countries, the democracies in mostly Muslim Indonesia and Malaysia are the healthiest, and both are more ethnically and religiously diverse than most Arab states.
Of course, there is also democracy in non-Arab but still mostly Muslim Turkey. All in a slighly longer way than intended to say that I differ slightly with your assertions that "many leaders in the Arab and wider Muslim world assert that domestic peace is far easier to achieve – or at least to enforce – under the umbrella of authoritarianism than under the uncertain canopy of democracy".
There are more non-Arab Muslims in the wider Muslim world than there are Arabs. It is also a mistake to define and measure all Muslims and Muslim countries by Arabs and Arab states.
And frankly, it would be better if the US cease interfering in the internal affairs of the Arab states, to shape its democratic institutions, or to reshape and remap Middle Eastern states to its own interests rather than the people there. It is just this simple and obvious.
There was internal violence and strife due to race, religion and politics in Indonesia and Malaysia following both countries' independence. There still minor ones are in pockets of Indonesia, including in Aceh and Papua. But was and is largely managed by both countries without direct foreign intervention.
If Indonesia and Malayia is as actively interfered in and or invaded by foreign forces as happened in the Middle East, I am sure the situation would be the same as in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Thank God we don't have as much oil as in the Middle East. Or Israel is carved out from one of our territories by the British or Dutch when they colonised our countries.
Thank you and best regards
"J"
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Mr. Brumberg:
At last, someone who has a fairly comprehensive grasp of islamic diaspora politics. The solution to sectarianism lies mainly in the hearts and minds of muslims.
Until the last vestiges of their differences are talked out and seen not to threaten each and every sect, there probably wont be peace.
Therefore, the various efforts by western governments to bully, cajole, or pursuade the various muslim actors to take a more patient and forgiving approach to their differences is probably doomed to failure.
What a sad world it is when you cant get similarly held religious groups to even sit at the same table and begin the dialogue that may lead to understanding and peace.
Then, again, if you had the same history of internecine fighting for over thousands of years, you too may be wary of losing control, land and wealth to a neighboring islamist sect.
Perhaps, what is needed is a reformation like the one that took place in Europe in the 1600's. There, it was the differences among Christians and Protestants which led to Edict of Nantes allowing for more than one Christian perspective.
Then this led to local religious leaders to seek guidance and participation of local citizens. And this finally led to the establishment of Federalism form of government where local leaders cooperated with national leaders to administer their states.
Tony Gillotte
April 1, 2008 1:43 PM | Report Offensive Comments
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Daniel:
Nice article, thanks for writing it. However, I'm not sure that the Washington Post is the correct forum for articles that educate and illuminate.
The Washington Post is the proper forum for articles the simplify, distort and obscure while pushing a partisan political agenda.
Nevertheless, thanks for swimming against the stream. I hadn' realized that there were any Washington think-thank/non-profits that employed actual scholars.
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