Fostering friendship

Fostering friendship

Flipping through several programs on private television
stations, I caught sight of a program titled Messages from
American Muslims Institution for Friendship, which was probably
intended to foster friendship among Muslims in America and
Indonesia, or which, perhaps, depicts harmonious relationships
and understanding between Muslims and non-Muslims in the U.S.

Conceptually, this seems challenging to us: "Strong efforts
toward creating harmony among religious societies, and perhaps
America is making efforts to create peace in the world."

With regard to the U.S., this country, the world's only super
power and the world's police officer, should, logically or
sensibly -- and also with super speed-- put pressure on Israel to
give the Palestinians their rights by having UN forces deployed
to prevent the Jews and Palestinians from killing, slaughtering
and hating each other.

In line with these efforts, the American Muslims Institution
should ideally air programs non-stop to Israelis and Palestinians
on Israeli, Kuwaiti and Turkish TV stations. These non-stop
messages would be sure to create friendship among them and would
help the Americans in general create peace and stability in the
Middle East.

Enough is enough, lots of innocent lives have been lost. To
the majority of the civilized world, perpetuating the
Palestinian-Israeli conflict is akin to bringing shame on the
existence of the world's police officer.

Many people underestimate the irrational capabilities of
suicide bombers and many perhaps cannot help but think why they
carry out suicidal attacks. Palestinians, American Muslims and
Israelis are all God's children -- they are all human beings who
believe in their Holy Books. All of these books teach about
friendship and brotherhood. The use of force in eradicating
terrorism without giving the Palestinians their rights will not
wipe out terrorists.

SUNGKOWO SOKAWERA

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