Dennis Prager interviewed Robert McFarland (of the Reagan Administration) telephonically on his show this morning. I listened as McFarland described his participation in negotiations between the top religious leaders of Shia and Sunni tribes. These leaders are considering issuing a Fatwa condemning violence against either sect. The fatwa would deem it contrary to Islamic religious law to kill a Sunni if you are Shia and to kill a Ahia if you are a Sunni. Based on Mr. McFarland's testimony on the air, this fatwa would be the first of its kind in history! Both Prager and McFarland were dumbfounded that the story had not been picked up by mainstream media. McFarland indicated that he would attend further negotiations to nurture the process. It is expected that the ruling would be effective very soon.
While the Sunni-Shia war is having it's most catastrophic effect in the middle east and parts of Africa right now, isn't it coloring lives across the globe? It is impossible to tune into local or world news and not hear about its effects locally. We mourn fallen heroes from our hometowns almost everyday. All the cities in Europe that I have ever wanted to visit have major problems rising from within their Islamic populations. I have no Muslim acquaintances that I can name at the moment, but what is going on among Muslims gets closer and closer to home on a daily basis.
I don't care if main stream media picks up on it or not. Godspeed to McFarland and everyone involved. It's probably no panecea. The tension in Islam is systemically entrenched in history I suppose. But how much longer will it be before the movers and shakers in that movement see that the strategy to blow up innocent women and children is viewed as insanity by the rest of the world. How much longer will it be before the movers and shakers in the rest of the world act as if a problem that stems from religious beliefs needs a solution that stems from religious beliefs. I think religious threats may need to be dealt with militarily sometimes. I am not on the "defund-the-war" band wagon. But I am on the "end-the-threat" band wagon. Go McFarland Go, success here may save someone I know.
