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What Kind of Yemen?

So, how can trust be established in the Yemeni people to their own
state as to prevent Yemen becoming another Syria?
The first and foremost step needed for public officials in Yemen to
create a common perspective in society is to determine basic principles.
The principles in question must be advanced democracy, Islam and a
Yemeni identity.
These principles must be explicitly set out by the state, and a more

contemporary content must be added to the traditional perspective
prevailing in society. The state must explain comprehensively in detail
that all ethnic identities and political opinions can be maintained on
the basis of democracy, and that democracy is indeed a part of Islam.
For example, a Sunni must be told that Islam requires him to be friends
with a Zaidi rather than his enemy with substantial evidence.
Be they Sunni or Zaidi, Muslims are brothers, and that brother-
hood requires them to happily make sacrifices for and assist one anoth-
er. For that reason, believers must have no qualms about helping other

Muslims when they encounter difficulties on the path of God.
Every Muslim in fact wishes to help his brothers and to support
those in need. This is a responsibility incumbent on all Muslims, Sunni
or Zaidi. God reveals in the Qur'an that terrible strife and corruption
will result when believers fail to help one another. God described
believers as one another's guardians due to the mutual solidarity
between them. All Muslims will encounter difficulties of various

kinds; however, the devotion and mutual aid between Muslims enable
them to overcome these difficulties en masse.
God speaks in the Qur'an of Muslims assisting one another in the
same way that deniers are united among themselves. Muslims falling
out with one another and the friendship between them being compro-
mised, at a time when deniers assist one another even though they do
not believe they will be rewarded in Paradise, of course represents a
source of great corruption. This subject is especially raised in the
Qur'an:

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