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Adnan Oktar
(Harun Yahya)

the Houthis' justified demand for their rights is leading to fighting,

there are also claims to the effect that what is really happening is, in
fact, a fully-fledged sectarian war. If these claims are true, then it
would seem difficult for the agreement reached with the Houthis to
solve all the problems at once. As is well-known, it is not easy to put
an end to a conflict of foreign origin in any country. What happened in
Bosnia, although that was a struggle between Muslims, Orthodox
Christians and Catholics, in contrast to Yemen, is the greatest indicator

of this. The fighting occurred in Bosnia, but those who backed it were
outside Bosnia, in Serbia and Croatia. The conflict came to an end with
the Dayton Agreement, but Bosnia is still wracked by troubles that
emerged because of that agreement.
First and foremost, we must not forget that solutions deriving
from political agreements function from the top down. In other words,
the agreement regulates power sharing and the use of resources within
the state. In short, political agreements organize the state, but they can-
not affect people's minds.

The basis of the fighting in Yemen is the radical and fundamental-
ist belief that incites division between Shiite and Sunni. The fact that
'Muslims are brothers' has been almost entirely abandoned on various
pretexts that have nothing to do with religion, and the idea that other
sects are mortal enemies has been encouraged. What Yemen and the
entire Islamic world need is for that distorted mentality to be done
away with. The fact that an agreement has been signed is without

doubt grounds for rejoicing if it is instrumental in ending the blood-
shed. However, different steps need to be taken if this agreement is to
be made reality and if Yemen is to attain security and, most important-
ly, a lasting peace.
During these steps, it needs to be made clear that Shiites and Sun-
nis share the same book, prophets and faith, and that in the Qur'an,
God tells Muslims to protect each other, not fight with one another.
The superstitious conception of the faith that has infiltrated both Shiite
and Sunni beliefs has spread the idea that these two Muslim communi-

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