Letter to Prez. Obama.

 

Ms Gabriel:

 

Your concluding comment is fine. As to American President speaking at his level, hopefully he took some responsibility in making his claim. But are you a student of history?

 

While it will difficult to pick pieces in a litany of your accusations against Muslims using history, foremost question is who is behind that history, and thus to examine it sincerely through different sources till drawn to a conclusion. More than else, this is core value of history. I sympathize with Lebanon including destruction of Hotel Phoenicia (I happened to be visiting there in the sixties).

 

As to Muslim atrocities, what has happened in Palestine, Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechnya, Kashmir is familiar story. Freedom movements, albeit, political terrorism, started with Israel in the region wanting to drive out the British. Premier Begin, a devout Jew, was himself once tagged as a terrorist, while a latter day moderate. Rubin and Saadat gave away their lives for peace. This is human nature more than religion.

 

Muslims have lived in peace even in India with Hindus. They were fair rulers wherever they went, letting their own governors rule over their people. But indeed, they were also ruthless towards the defectors. In Spain, they provided opportunities to the Jews and Christians alike. Once settled, even the Christians joined hands with them to fight against their own Christians because they felt better protected by them.

 

In recent history, the Turkish Sultan offered Jews full freedom to live with freedom in Palistine.He refused them a state there, but latter offered them a country of their own, Slovakia, a beautiful land rich of resources. Today, it has also been inducted into EU. You mention Muslim colonialism, forgetting Western colonialism till today. Ask the American about their long war of Independence. Then, how Christine Europe lost forty million in second world war at their own throats. Conflict is at heart of history impelled by ideology and economics. What British almost simultaneously did in India, Sri Lanka, and also in Israel in collusion with others, is a saga of capitalism to date and a familiar topic.

 

While for your courage to be forthright, it would to be fair to yourself and others alike to read, and read more to learn enough about history.

Despite my desire for an extensive expose’, I have gone far enough to

to address to your letter. Hopefully Mr. Obama as also his advisors will be impressed by your history while it seems that for now their preoccupation is with the current.

 

I respect your views, and may I wish you,