Arab News
Monday 22 April 2013
While the whole world deplores and condemns this wanton and senseless act of terror in Boston, which claimed 3 innocent lives and injured over 170, the publicity and the public rage also exposes the cruel double standards, the US and the Western governments and their powerful media practice when it comes to innocent killings of Arabs in general and Muslims in particular.
In Syria alone on an average eight people are killed every hour, and many more so in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and many other Muslim countries, yet there is no hue and cry in the Western capitals and the Zionist-controlled media.
We stopped counting how many Israel kills Palestinians every year, and that too after all the blockades and ethnic cleansing. As if these wars are not enough, we continue to hear such rhetoric, as “All options are on the table,” meaning new wars are being planned against another Muslim country.
The US media is going berserk over Boston bombings and US president is following the drama very closely. He has also attended the memorial in honor of the slain victims.
However, this is the same Nobel Prize winning President Obama who personally authorizes drone attacks, which has killed thousands of innocent civilians. Only a couple of days back, 11 children along with many women were killed in Afghanistan by drone attacks. We didn’t see any regret or remorse from the US administration, its people or from any Western print or TV media. This shows the callous and cruel double standards, especially of the Western media.
It means the Arab and Muslim blood and life is cheap and easily dispensable.
If we were to successfully stem the tide of Al-Qaeda and Taleban, it is high time the West corrected their policies, so we could defeat the Islamic deviant extremist groups ideologically.
The Western diplomatic missions in the Arab and Muslim countries are not doing their jobs properly, otherwise why such cruel double standards have not yet been addressed? — Seif A. Somalya, Jeddah
All Human Life is Precious and Sacred
Categories: Americas, Saudi Arabia, United States
True and sad
For Islam it is very common for the Western media to lower all Muslims to the lowest common denominator, among them.
On the other hand they judge the Christians and the Jews by the best in the faith and among the people.
This is worst form of stereotyping and guilt by association against the Muslims.
Neither Timothy McVeigh, nor Mother Theresa speak for all the Christians.
yes the life of citizens of muslim states is cheap because thier rulers are thier worst enemies. When your own people treat you as worthless why should others care about you. America is a current super power, it takes care of its citizens so no body dares touch them. Muslim rulers are the wrath of God for them.
I totally agree with Abdul Alim sb. As an example, read the post on the poor pregnant lady who was turned out from the hospitals in Jeddah.
Compare this with a similar set-up in a western country. When most of the Muslims themselves have lost their humanity for their own, why should anybody else do so?
It’s similar to – if we respect ourselves, others will, too.
We are also totally disunited, too, and killing and maiming our own. So, why should others also not do the same?