A reader, who is not an interested party, may find the posts of this weblog biased and even racist. Well, to begin with, one should consider that when I talk of the racism practiced in Iran, I can not mean only the one practiced against Ahwazi people (though I especially mean that). Racism in Iran is practiced against all of non-Persian ethnic groups living in different parts of Iran. I am not going to go into details of this racism. The case is that when I write in my Arabic weblog in Maktoobblog.com some of Arabs from different countries put comments like "what's your problem with such nice Islamic country?!", or "Come on, we are fed up with Al-Orouba(Arabic Identity)", or "Why don't you Ahwazis just live in peace with Persians, why should you be so racist?".
The worst thing that they could say is about Iranian government being an Islamic one! I really love to see Syria or Egypt go under the control of Ikhwan-Al-Muslemin, so that after tasting the secular dictatorship, get stuck with its Islamic version and then it will be a really interesting story.
Then they talk about us being racist? Of course, I do not expect from Arab nations, who live in censure and ignorance their whole life, to understand our situation. But then what becomes of the scholars? What is the position of Arab Scholars when the question is Palestine? Do they call Palestinian resistance against whatever Israel does to them Racism? Or maybe Israel-Palestine issue is the only one understandable to many of Arabs?
Arab Scholars should go and do some readings to see what really Persian theoreticians and thinkers write about them. People like Zarrinkoub, Safa, Afshar, and many more, are only some examples of Persian racism taught in the universities under the name of history and literature.
On the contrary, we Arab of Ahwaz, live among Persians, marry them, befriend them and communicate with them in all of possible ways. And yet, our Arabic race is a brand on our foreheads to let them recognize that we are different, we are the barbarians, we are the ignorant, we are the enemy, and we are the one whom they should watch and not let move. How is an Ahwazi expected to react? The history of human being reveals that the one who keeps silent in front of oppression is doomed to death and abolition. And this is not something I need to repeat for the wise reader. However, I need to emphasize that raising against discrimination cannot be considered racism itself. If I do not talk for my people, if I do not write about their sufferings, then who should do that? And, moreover, with this little weblog, or other few Ahwazi websites, can we even be counted in front of the huge media of Iranian type that advertise for them day and night? Under suppression the most trivial steps of a small forgotten group of people towards freedom count. This movement takes different shapes. For Ahwazi Arab people it gets the shape of nationalism as the only way possible towards freedom, and it is in no way racism. Racism is for the dominated group. Power brings racism. And for the minority group having something in common is only a motivation, an excuse for movement. How can the nationalistic view of a powerless group under oppression be felt in any way racism?
Which represents racism to a fair eye, Palestine, or Israel? Let Arabs remember this when they want to comment on the peaceful human demands of Ahwazi People for their rights.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Al-Intifada, Racism or Nationalism?
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The twin fascisms that causes most massacres, wars, "conflicts" today:
Arabism is racism (Arab racism)
Millions upon Millions are/became victims of [pan-] Arabism which is the worst current form of racism in its gigantic proportions, like: Kurds Jews (not just in Israel) Berbers (the real natives of North Africa), Africans (not just in the genocide in the Sudan or in Egypt on native Nubians by Arab invaders – till today), Persians, etc.
Islamism is bigotry (Islamofascism)!
The Islamic supremacy that “works” towards its vision of “final Islamic domination on the entire planet”, from Middle east to Africa from Asia to Eurabia, from terrorism & massacres in multiple countries (like: Thailand, Phillipines, China, Indonesia, Tunisia, Morocco, Kenya, Tanzania, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon India, USA, France, Israel, Russia, UK, etc.) to propaganda, the war includes on Muslims who are not radical enough...,
Let’s face it! that entire war on Israel & the Jews since the 1920’s by infamous facsist Mufti Haj Amin Al-Husseini who started the “genocide campaign” [and continues by the children, grand children of Arab immigrants into Israel - Palestine - now convenienently called "palestinians"] in a clear outlined declaration to 'kill all Jews', is nothing but out of pure Arab Muslim bigotry.
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Why does biased media blame Israel defenders from vicious Arab Muslims who use civilians when they attack Israeli civilians... so that their civilians (they prefer kids to) die then parade with the casualties as "innocent victims"???
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While the Islamo Arab dictatorship goes on...
Israeli [ungrateful] Arabs won't mention FAVORITISM by democratic pluralistic multi-racial Israel in: land, courts & universities, by the same token, the totalitarian & mullahcracy dictators of Iran with its Hezbollah thugs & militant "Palestine" anti-freedom forces cast their genocide plan under "freedom fighting."
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BTW I feel for the Ahwazi Arabs as a persecuted minority in dicatosrhip of Iran!
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