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Adnan Oktar
(Harun Yahya)

have long spoken of the poverty

in the country, and the continuing
domestic turmoil. Yet we would
honestly rather have been able to
speak of increasing prosperity in
Yemen, the reconstruction of its
cities, and of Shiites and Sunnis
praying and breaking fast togeth-

er.
Yes, there is a major climate
of conflict in Yemen today, mean-
ing that a great many people are
living under very harsh condi-
tions. Looking back in time, how-
ever, it is very hard to find much
to praise in those days either.
Sana'a, Cairo, Baghdad and

Aleppo are cities that face the
same problems even when there
is no fighting. The region is dom-
inated by brown dust, pollution,
poor infrastructure and poor peo-
ple. The lands from Afghanistan
to Libya have become places

where women cannot feel safe to
move about freely.
The word "democracy" has
been much repeated here, but
there has been little sign of it in
practice. The unease of today was
also caused in those lands by
Gaddafi and Saddam in the past.
A mindset that believed that any-

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