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Adnan Oktar
(Harun Yahya)

military spending and arms purchases from overseas, and a regulatory

mechanism for that is of primary importance for the stability of Yemen.
The problems with the military and security forces are not restrict-
ed to compromised security. They also involve widespread material
losses and economic collapse. If efficient use cannot be made of the
military, anarchy and turmoil caused by revolts and terrorist actions
will prevent investment in the country. Terrorist attacks aimed at dam-
aging the economic infrastructure of Yemen not only prevent regener-

ation in the regions concerned, but also destroy existing means. Eco-
nomic obstructions lead to backwardness in many areas, and particu-
larly social life.
Military spending on the fight against terror represents a separate
burden for every country. Material resources that should be used to
raise people's standards of living are instead being diverted to military
spending, and this has a damaging effect on the national economy.
Therefore, in moving toward rearranging and restructuring its
army, Yemen must also try to ensure security using methods that are

not based on arms. The only way of combating terror and domestic
conflict is not through resorting to arms. Students in Yemeni schools
must be taught that sectarian division is incompatible with Islam, that
Zaidis and Shiites and Sunnis are all real Muslims, and that they
should not fight against one another. The moral virtues of Islam that
ensure peace and goodness must be emphasized on a frequent basis,
and people must be taught the difference between fanaticism and the

true faith.
Efforts must be made, in the military and in schools, to prevent
Yemenis from being raised as people devoid of affection and compas-
sion, who regard life as a battleground, who regard love and solidarity
as unnecessary and who are cruel and selfish. That will prevent the
emergence of impoverished young people, who have fallen into the
clutches of the notorious drug khat and of corruption, who are morally
degenerate and whose only desire is money, as enemies of their own
country.

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