A few days back, British Asian blog ran an entry under the headline:
Plenty of comments from various folks.
Raz says:
I believe the Muslim world needs to follow the example of Pakistani President Musharraf, who has taken the bold step of engaging with Israel and putting so many decades of mistrust behind them.
Both nations have shown commendable determination to survive in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds. It’s about time these two great nations broke down the barriers of mistrust and engaged with one another. Hats off to Musharraf.
Later on Raz further adds:
There is a clear hypocritical standard by many Muslims on the issue of Israel compared to recognising other nations (who often have a far worse human rights record than Israel). Fact is - there are 5 millions Israelis living there and they have a right to their own state and freedom. People need to forget the past and concentrate on resolving the future. Recognising the state of Israel does not mean abandoning the rights of Palestinans any more than recognising Russia or Indian means ignoring the plight of Chechens or Kashmiris.
This is what makes blogging great. Intelligent debate by intelligent people.
Whether we are Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Sikh or anything, blogging gives us the ability to talk and debate on a level playing field with each other.
We need to keep it up!


