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What Kind of Yemen?

Muslims must strengthen their spirit of unity and ally
themselves around the truth.

As all these events take place, Muslims must not forget the
important fact that all people who say "La'Ilaha'IlAllah Muham-
madan Rasulullah" are brothers. At this time, when Muslims have
no spiritual leader and rivers of their blood are therefore being
shed, unity of brotherhood and the union of all Muslims are of the
very greatest importance.
It is impossible for one Muslim to leave another in difficulty
and in the face of oppression, no matter what their individual sect,
ideas or group membership may be. Muslims must always

remember our Prophet's (pbuh) words that "A Muslim is a broth-
er of another Muslim. So he should neither oppress him nor
hand him over to an oppressor." (Sahih Bukhari, Book 85, Hadith
83)
A Muslim is always aware that he must want the best for his
brothers in the faith. He must think of them as he thinks of him-
self. He must respond with patience, love and affection whenever

a dispute arises. A Muslim must therefore desire liberty, ease,
comfort, well-being, and security for all Muslims as well as for
himself. Ideas such as "As long as we are all right" or "as long as
we ourselves have freedom" are incompatible with Qur'anic moral
values. The morality of the Qur'an insists that Muslims must
desire and bring about a decent quality of life for all, no matter
what their faith, religion or race may be. Muslims have an obliga-
tion of conscience to desire ease, security and peace for all Mus-
lims who share the same Book, Prophet and God.

It is very important to bear these facts in mind when ana-
lyzing the events of recent days. Rulers, be they Shiite,
Sunni, Jaffari or Wahhabi, must strive to ensure equal
opportunities,

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