The rebel
Great points mate. It is good to see a good humane person like you saddened by what is taking place in Darul-Fur. Though I agree with you on most of what you stated above, kindly, let me comment on some of the points you made.
“But let us agree that what's happening in Darfur is nothing to do with race. What makes it worse is that it's Muslim against Muslim. But religion, unfortunately doesn't factor into this current situation. What you have here is centuries of tribal fighting being acted out in this century.â€Â
As I always believed and said, the Darfur question is a complex one, however one of the underlying factors now is it took a racial outlook that emanates from a historical established racial mindset. But, I agree with you again that the issues involved in Darul-Fur are much deeper. As you made it clear that an “An African cannot be Arabâ€Â, and concluded with “Do you think Arabs can afford to divide Arab lands like that? Who will benifit from dividing Suddan?†The whole area is called Darul-Fur and may I ask you, if they can’t be Arabs and be treated as an equal, why do they have to share their land with Arab Sudanese? Though once more, I agree with you about the history of the tribal hostility, also I disagree with your statement that “what is happening in Darfur has nothing to do with raceâ€Â, because I believe that the conflict has an underlying racial factor.
Having said that, we all know that there are good and bad people in every community. Not that I think that all the Sudanese people are responsible for what is done on their names by the Sudanese government, or are racists. Just like good Americans who oppose George Bush’s policies, or here many Australians who oppose the policies of “Dubya’s petâ€Â, John Howard. Saaxib rebel, let me share with you what I found out in Somalia during a trip I made some 2 and half years ago. Somalia has been a chaotic place for over 15 years, and I was amazed to learn that most Somalis in Somalia don’t care that much about the tribal wars and were yearning for peace, and were sick of being held hostages by few warlords and their militias. To my surprise, I found out that many Somalis in the Diaspora are more tribalists than those left behind, because back home they moved on with time, while many Somalis in the Diaspora became static in time-wise, and are stuck with a by-gone era. Their memory of Somalia was frozen with time in 1991, or some other time. For them, the scars are still fresh. So, let us not blame the Sudanese people and sow hatred towards our brothers and sisters.
We (me and friends) always have those kinds of talk and exchange differing opinions on such issues. I heard from my own brother argue that if the Darfurians were not black, the Islamic world would have noticed them. At times, I do believe that most of the global citizens don't care about black Africans and feel the world would be a better place if African blacks never existed. While Africans suffer, colonial and post-colonial exploitation of African resources is well recorded, and continues to this day and age. Only the semantics has changed, and with this post-post-modern global exploitation called globalization, it is far better for the rich countries that Africans disappear and confiscate their resources, but that is another topic. To be honest with you that is why what's taking place in Darfur is based on a general lowly attitude of Africans and Blacks held by, not only Arabs, but many other people and Muslims as well. That is why it does seem that we Muslims are far better at ignoring our faults and pointing out the faults of others, rather than taking care of our own issues. The evil of racism is well and alive in most Muslim communities and political leaders.
I do agree with you that the Sudan issue has a multi-factored dimension that demands viewing it in totality. Most importantly, I strongly believe that we (Muslims) should never deny the suffering of the Fur people. In-fact we should actively help and support them. We can't deny the role that sections of the Sudanese community played in concert with the Sudanese government. Furthermore, it is a common knowledge that Sudan remains a strategic threat to US interests with its potential significant oil reserves and close relationship with China, that was perceived to warrant Sudan to be kept under the international microscope, and as a method to keep political pressure on the country, ensuring that it can’t gain political stability. The French, with the aim also to destabilize the Sudanese regime, uses Chad. It happened in the past and is currently happening all over Africa.
Bro, what sickens me most is the silent code in the Muslim World in regards to Africa in general, and the Diaspora in particular. Even amongst the Australian Muslim organizations, not one has raised or, addressed the suffering of the Fur people and the Sudan issue publicly. I monitored and met with similar shock most of the global Muslim organizations in the Diaspora on this issue. There is no pan-Africanism, and we African Muslims look towards our global Muslim brethrens, instead of towards our African non-Muslim bros/sis, and that is why we misguidedly believe that there should be no pan-Arabism and Arab League. That is why the Fur people expected fellow Sudanese Arabs to treat them as an equal, but instead were subjected to as second class citizens. They are not calling for succession, but a piece of the action or the pie. Like the current agreement between Khartoum and the SPLA in South, they want to share with them the revenues of the newly acquired oil wealth, and have a voice federally by the appointment of Fur people representatives to the ruling elite. It was easy to accommodate them and that is exactly what is on the table within their current talks, which the Sudanese government had so far accepted.
Mate, this is not a criticism to your character, because you only expressed a realistic point view shared by your fellow Arabs, and I admire that. Pray for us, maybe we Somalis can learn to build this kind of bond among ourselves, and help spread peace and love to all our African brothers and sisters.
This is exactly how many of us feel and is a nice conclussion:
“However, if we care our own people, Arabs would do something for those poor defendless people before West get excuse to interfere our affairs.â€Â
Bro, one more silly question and don’t be obliged to answer. This has raised my eyebrows and I’m curious to know the general view of the Arabs and in particular your countrymen. Let me remind you that most Somalis don’t consider Bantus as Somalis.
“An African cannot be Arabâ€Â
Are black Arabs, and in particular Saudi Blacks considered as Saudi Arabs? How do they define them as a group? In America, if you are black, it doesn’t matter if you are 20th American generation, you are an African American.

But a first generation European automatically becomes American.
DamallaXagare
Bro, you asked;
“What I don't understand Why International care is given to Sudan and not Somalia.â€Â
Didn’t you hear what is happening in Mogadiscio? Who do you think is involved?
â€ÂI think I opened a thread calling for the intervention of Somalia.â€Â
I have called for similar initiatives, but I believe that only Muslim troops can succeed in Somalia, and I hope it is beyond the drawing cards.