December
26, 2009
If the majority of the Kurds were not Muslim, what
would their status be by now? Would the Kurds get
support from Christian nations? Would Kurds have
their independence? Would their case be like East
Timor, which was granted independence from
Indonesia, so that now East Timor is a sovereign
state in the 21st century and one of the only two
Asian countries that is predominantly Roman
Catholic? The other is the Philippines. Since today
most Kurds are being oppressed and deprived by
Muslim countries such as Iran, Turkey, Iraq, and
Syria, what would be their status if those countries
were not Muslim,? If Kurds were oppressed by
Christian countries, what would the status of the
Kurds be? Would Kurds have support from Muslims
nations? Would Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan
and President Abdullah Gul visit Kurdistan because
it was being oppressed by the infidels? Would Syrian
President Bashar Assad or Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad visit Kurdistan because many Kurds have
disappeared? Would Erdogan speak for one minute for
the whole world to listen as he denounced how the
Kurds are being oppressed and suffering? What would
the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) do?
If Kurds were not Muslim,www.ekurd.netwould
the OIC support the Kurds like they support the Moro
Islamic Liberation Front (MLIF) and the Moro
National Liberation Front (MNLF) in the Southern
Philippines to get their independence? The OIC ‘s
web page and its mission statement ask for support
for the struggle of the Palestinian people to assist
them in recovering their rights and liberating their
occupied territories, so if the Kurds were being
oppressed by non-Muslims, then probably they OIC
would speak out.
Maybe because the OIC
assumes, as the Turkish Prime Minster said, “Muslims
do not commit genocide, perhaps because only non
Muslims commit genocide.” Is the Sudan a Muslim
country? Is Syria a Muslim country that killed and
leveled Kurdish towns early in the 80s? Is Iraq a
Muslim country whose government gassed thousands of
Kurds? Is Iran a Muslim country that killed and
jailed many Kurds? Is Turkey a Muslim country that
killed so many Kurds, burned their villages, and
caused thousands of them to disappear?
Hypocrisy is a lie in action and the legacy of
indecency. The OIC is an international organization
consisting of fifty-seven countries that combine
their efforts and speak with one voice to protect
their interests and to secure the progress and well
being of Muslims in the world. I wonder what the OIC
has done for the Kurds’ well being. But the OIC has
granted the MNLF observer status, a privilege given
to nonmembers to allow them to participate in its
activities. It also defends the rights of and helps
Muslims in the Philippines. Iran and Libya had even
at some point in the early 70s put an oil embargo on
the Philippines because of the national government’s
bad treatment toward Muslim minorities and
subsequently forced Manila to give Muslims an
autonomous region—the Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM).
The MLNF, which has a permanent observer status in
the conference, is strongly opposed to the
Philippine national government. The Republic of the
Philippines has been seeking observer status in the
OIC since 2004, but Turkey has objected to it, with
Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Yemen joining in the
protest. The MILF has repeatedly accused the
Philippine government of violating the human rights
of Muslims in the Mindanao region. It is true that
Muslims have been oppressed and deprived by the
government,www.ekurd.netbut
why does the OIC not protect the interests of the
Kurdish people who happen to be oppressed by the
Muslims, not by the Christians? How can we talk
about fairness and justice? Is fairness what justice
really is? The government in a democracy should
ensure justice, fairness, and equality for all. One
cannot speak of government where these do not exist.
Power dominance is transitory, but truth, justice,
integrity dominance are eternal. Even if these
conditions do not exist for the Kurdish people yet,
I hope they will be practiced in the near future. If
Turkey wants peace, why does it not work for
justice?
Dr. Aland Mizell is a regular KurdishMedia com
writer and is with the MCI. You may reach the author
via email at: aland_mizell1(at)hotmail.com
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