| Islam and the West | |
| 16 Aug 2011, NewAgeIslam.Com | |
| Why the West is losing its step in the Arab Spring | |
By SUHASINI HAIDAR Instead of raising the spectre of regime change, the West must learn from its experiences in the Arab Spring and find more effective ways of helping the Syrian people. Foreign policy has very few tongue-in-cheek moments. Yet, as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad called on the British government to show restraint while quelling its rioters, and suggested a full report on human rights violations in the United Kingdom, many Arab leaders found it hard to conceal a grin. Western (read American, British, French) interventions in West Asia this year have met with few success stories, and as the international community steps up the pressure on Syria after weeks of a brutal military crackdown on protests in Hama, Daraa and other towns, a drum roll is under way. |
Categories : 
4:06 AM
Moderate Islamist here
0 comments:
Post a Comment