READER COMMENTS

There is no doubt that the Arab kingdom of Bahrain can achieve the stability when all individuals of the society become united and give precedence to the interests of Bahrain to any other interests. Bahrain has many blessings, which would bless all the people of Bahrain. However, the current problems are caused by the corrupt elements in the government and all the institutions of the State. Hence, all the Bahrainis should cooperate and work together to fight the rampant corruption as well as the injustice and tyranny of the government, and the strata and all the officials of the State. They must be fought until we get rid of them. All the Bahrainis should unify their purposes and identify their enemies clearly, no matter how this war on terrorism cost them. The government of Bahrain must stop the phenomenon of aggression against the people by the terrorists and the terrorism. No Arab State would be able to maintain stability or return to its previous conditions without achieving stability in Egypt, the mother of the world. The mother should first rest and then the children as the metaphor suggests regarding the mother-child relationship. When the mother feels restful, the children feel restful, assured, and vice versa.

The Bahrainis have to put hand in hand in order to stop any aggression against Bahrain. They have to be united and stand as one in the face of terrorism. They must be united because unity is the most important factor in power. Disunity means weakens. Hence, in case of any disagreement between the government and the Bahraini people, then such problems must be solved in all the possible peaceful ways. The dialogue between the government and the citizens must be calm and this requires mutual trust between the government and the people. In other words, the people should not mistrust the government and vice versa. This applies to all the acts, laws and anything else.

All of the Bahraini people should join together to face the conflicts between them, put an end to them and get rid of them due to the holy month and the religious tolerance. Its importance may require mutual respect between people of the same country and require the common appreciation between people, and always call for the people to know each other as well as to get close to each other. This dealing may be imposed inside the objective circle without compromising privacy and without raising the subject or violation of the sanctity itself. It is the circle of exchanging knowledge, benefits, and interests of the partnership which have good effects for all. The definition of religious tolerance is a word derived from the word tolerant which means ease and forgiveness, and tolerance indicates the participation which means it takes place between two, unlike intolerance which is by one person. Also, what needs to be highlighted is that the importance of religious tolerance is represented in its dimensional existence that it is necessary to present and to stay in peace.

O people of Bahrain, the bonds of brotherhood and interdependence are of paramount importance for the development and the progress of any people. Also, the civilized behavior and the mutual respect are the bases of any respectable stand-alone State. Therefore, we urge you to reconcile and we wish for you that the civil peace and tolerance would prevail between the members of the Bahraini people as a whole. You are good people and any differences amongst you will affect you greatly. It is very important that you agree on a national reconciliation and to put aside the disputes, and make a comprehensive national reconciliation by all the members of the Bahraini people to live in peace and security. Among the very important things are love and interdependence that should prevail among you. However, the connections of brotherhood are the bases of your development and your progression. As you are Muslim people, you must pay attention to the importance of the religious tolerance among you because Islam is one of the most urging religions regarding the religious tolerance and love among the Muslims and towards each other. The greatest things that Islam renounces are the sectarian strife and disputes that are based on the religious processes. Reconcile, May God have mercy on you and grant success to you and grant the kingdom all the best.

A message to our dear Bahraini brothers: Dear brothers, you who are known by the morals and the principles, you are a Muslim nation and a precious Kingdom on the hearts of all the Arabs as well as any internal disagreement among you that affects your economy and your position among all the countries. As you are a Muslim people, who are attached to the Islamic religion and the Arabic language, we draw your attention to the fact that the Islamic religion is the religion of tolerance and love. It is one of the most celestial religions, which urged the freedom of belief and the freedom of the religion conversion. These are mentioned more than once in the Quran. The religious tolerance is a characteristic of the Muslims. Among the things that calls strongly for the reconciliation is that the Kingdom of Bahrain is one of the States with high percentages of Muslim and certainly disagreement between different communities is an outcast in the Islam. Therefore, the conflict between the different sects is forbidden in the Islam and as such, the religion is to God and the country is for everybody. It is not the right of anybody to forbid the freedom of belief in the religion. We urge you to reconcile and stop all the differences among you in order to live in peace towards each other as well as to eliminate all the source of pain before it starts.

Sectarian strife is among the most serious problems faced by Bahrain. Thus, the country resorted to national reconciliation in order to spread stability. The State must discuss this problem with senior officials in order to reach the suitable solutions. All society classes must take part in this reconciliation and convene to achieve reform. Although the Government is trying to find solutions, the problem is getting worse and worse. However, the Government will not give up.

The phenomenon of the revolutions of the Arabic peoples against their governors these days are called the spring of the Arabic revolutions to be raging in most of the Arabic countries like the wildfire. There is no doubt that the peoples of this region seek for suppressed freedoms and usurped rights. They are legitimate demands. Most of the inhabitants of the State of Bahrain are Shiites and the ruling regime is Sunnis. It is no secret that Bahrain had been an Emirate before doing the referendum on changing one of the constitutional chapters. However, it changed from an Emirate into a Kingdom. This shows that the Bahraini citizen had no problems with the regime, only recently. We must not forget the Middle East conflict between the West and Iran where I think that Iran is using the intelligence services that will infiltrate with the various available means to the Gulf Cooperation Council which the Kingdom of Bahrain is a permanent member of and the proof of this is the presence of the Iranian President Nejad in the recent Gulf Summit.

The real problem behind these events is that the people are fed up with the practices of the royal family including ignorance and disregarding the rights of the people for a country like Bahrain where the poverty line is estimated at more than half of the people below the poverty line, as well as the corruption that is rampant in the institutions of this country because of the practices carried out by the authority imitating the royals, the Ministers and high responsibilities in the State, bringing a certain community member and recruiting them in the remaining positions at the expense of the other communities bullying by them to stir the obnoxious sectarian strife and then accusing external parties of causing the crisis situation and these abominable temptations to evade its responsibilities and to request help and assistance from other countries.

We wish that the government would provide the people a place anywhere in the country in which they are assured of the freedom of expression, the work of the vigils, peaceful demonstrations, and free expression of the democracy in all its forms and various kinds. One of the problems that the Bahraini people can encounter with the government from the start is the friction between the soldiers of the police officers, the members of the community and the protestors, and of course with all respect on the designed areas for the sit-in and the peaceful demonstrations. However, here when any friction starts, the friction between the people and the police also starts. When the demonstration or the vigil turns into a non-peaceful demonstration, that is to say a vandalism demonstration, they must control it. It is difficult to control the individuals in this demonstration, whoever they are, from the ordinary people, the members of the Interior troops or from the soldiers. The situation evolves and reaches the degrees of great difficulty in dealing where the subject of this case reaches the degree of disbelief, Allah forbid. When the matter reaches its highest degrees and because stubbornness generates disbelief, we must strengthen the relations between the members of the Bahraini people and preserve the precious country. We must also solve the problems that occur between the government and the people through all the peaceful means.

The fraternal relationships among the people themselves must be strengthened and also the fraternity among the youth of this small community must be built on the basis of them not only nominally or to please anyone, but rather the issue should stem internally from within the Bahraini person himself in a natural way, and the brotherhood among the members of the Bahraini society because they are Muslims and the Muslims are brothers, and even if there is, among the same Bahraini society, another one with a different religion and this is, of course, possible because there are freedoms in religions as said in the Islamic teachings. However, Allah the Almighty said In the Name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful, “To you be your Way, and to me mine.” Allah the Almighty has spoken the truth. Also, all the members of the Bahraini people must maintain their State and their Kingdom where they live. They must defend Bahrain with their lives. They must sacrifice for Bahrain with their blood and with all what they have because it is their home that contains them and combines them. Recently, there emerged some problems and dialogues which have no value and which are the problems that arise between the governments, the people and its elements.

The lack of the sense of freedom and democracy leads to some kind of suppression of the citizens, making them dissatisfied. Certainly, we emphasize the importance of the demands of the Bahraini people and at the same time, we stress the importance of the peaceful demands, as the most important thing for any country is maintaining its stability and security. Therefore, it is very necessary for the Bahraini Government to consider the demands of the Bahraini people quietly and in an understandable way. Also, the other party should deliver their demands fully, peacefully and objectively so that the legitimate demands would be achieved and Bahrain will be on a sound political approach without getting into any internal problems that would undermine the security and the stability of the Kingdom of Bahrain.

The citizens in Bahrain need to wake up and peacefully and wisely watch the plot that is being hatched in order to overthrow their country, and they should learn from what has happened in the neighboring countries. What Bahrain is witnessing currently could lead to very detrimental consequences, and this is because of the chaos that Bahrain is witnessing. There are certain groups that are engaged in stepping over all the red lines in order to duplicate what is taking place in the neighboring countries. A group of young people that are after their own selfish interests have popped up and revolted against the government, and they were repeating the same scenario that has taken place in many of the Arab countries, but they have failed to achieve what others have done due to the fact that the circumstances are different, and the Bahraini government has prevented this chaos from occurring, and as a result of that there have been some deaths in the wake of the clashes between the citizens and the security forces. But what some people do not know is that the Bahraini government did not mean to intentionally kill those that have died in these clashes, but the violence of these youths and their haste are what has destined them to such a terrible end. The Bahraini citizens have to wake up from their slumber in order to save what can be saved and work urgently toward restoring stability in Bahrain and stay away from all that could cause any chaos.

A flood of protests and objections has prevailed Bahraini atmosphere in previous periods to the current time on the land of Bahrain, continuous ongoing disagreements between the Bahraini government in all its officials and the Bahraini people in all segments and classes. Especially the working classes wasted their rights and living life as if they are not of them and do not have the rights. This is the Bahrain now a sea of differences and conflicts between the government and people and there is not any kind of agreement as if they were from different countries or races and not as if they were sons of one nation lived on the same land and under the same sky. But the men's decision in the Bahraini government have to hear Young Rebel and understand their demands and objections. It has now come to be erased that perception of inferiority, which is used by Arab governments to look to its own people out as if they were of mud below theirs. The people of Bahrain has right to express his point of view and it is natural that arises in the case of ignoring those responsible for the view because we are human beings and this is because each reaction was based on a previous act. In addition to the vast amount of differences and civil conflicts between different groups of people at either the differences or religious diversity in political views, but all This does not give right to any of the parties to exceed the other party. To only express right is their point of view and to follow the language of peaceful dialogue to restore peace in the land of Bahrain.

If there is no tolerance in the month of Ramadan, the month of mercy when tolerance will be, so we should have an impact on the people of Bahrain nation, good security and tolerance will help to spread good because it is the principle of a healthy heart and one can has the presence good to assert the rule. We are in the month of Ramadan and there must be an understanding of the win and lose on the neighboring countries. The efforts of join hands as a result of cooperate. tolerance between people create great between fields attacks, which sends a spirit of tolerance between one people and forget differences permanent and continuous.

Religious tolerance requires that people respect each other, and also to have mutual respect between the residents and people of the same country, and it requires mutual appreciation among people, and it calls for nations to become acquainted with each other and to become closer to each other. And all of this necessitates that people deal with objectivity without infringing on the privacy of others and without raising issues that are sensitive and without violating sanctities, and this is what constitutes an effective partnership for exchanging knowledge, benefits and interests, and which reflects positively on everybody. The definition of tolerance (tasamuh) is that this word is derived from the root (sa-ma-ha), and in all its common derivations it denotes convenience, forgiveness and ease, and the form of the word (tasamuh) denotes mutuality, i.e. the action is done with the participation of two parties, as opposed to tolerance that is done by a single person. And what needs to be highlighted is that the importance of religious tolerance is represented by the fact that it has an existential dimension, i.e. it is vital for life itself to exist and continue peacefully. So, all the people of the beloved country of Bahrain need to cooperate with each other and work hand in hand in order to confront the conflicts that exist among them and put an end to them and get rid of them in honor of this blessed month.

What is happening in Bahrain is a correct revolution like what is happening in the other neighboring countries. The people can demand for the rights they have been deprived of and they need to live a decent life. Bahrain is a known country like any Arab countries and its people have the right to start a revolution just like the Egyptians, to ask for their rights to give the individual financial and psychological rights and to grant the citizen a respected opinion. The opinions and decisions, especially against some special violent acts and there should be an exchange of opininons. Some Shiites share in the revolution and despite our differences, we talk about the great national rights that the entire world witnessed of the rights of any citizen whatever he is Sunni, Shiite, or Christian. I see the cruel methods of the Bahraini government against the people and they do not give people their rights; that is why, what is happening in Bahrain are the rights of every citizen.

The Bahraini government has announced recently the establishment of the foundation for national reconciliation among the people and to face religious extremism, this foundation must take several values in consideration including tolerance and free expression of opinion and ideas and should not be bias to a certain spectrum, and all sectors of are equal in public and private freedoms so as to increase harmony among the people, also should include members of the Shiites and Sunnis who are opposed to the idea of sectarianism and to put the interests of the nation and the people above any other consideration. The spirit of tolerance, mutual respect and understanding must prevail among all sects of people without regard to age or to their sect that they belong to, and never judge any individual except through his deeds. It is also important to respect other views and opinions and also the opposite views and opinions without taking side of certain opinion or sect. People of Bahrain must raise the flag of Bahrain first and before anything else and must work on reinforcing the idea of national reconciliation and raising Bahrain position, and must trend towards youth and their ideas as they are the backbone of the country and they own the enlightened ideas and must aware them and raise them over loving their country and preserving it and always be concerned with it and its interest, also teaching them what does mean to belong to homeland in order to this sectarian problem won’t grow any bigger and become irresolvable problem in the future.

The stability in Bahrain needs the cohesion of citizens with each other to prevail love between them quickly. Citizens should be away from temptation and work for the future of their countries and work to eliminate the discord that some are trying to rise to ruin homelands. A lot of people are trying to raise people against their governments. The citizens in their home countries like Bahrain and will not settle for the one that works on its destruction. I accept the Ramadan month of mercy and tolerance must be Bahraini forgive and work with their governments for a better future for their home countries. Bahrain is going through a lot of the problems that sparked a lot of people and which claimed the lives of many. Stability is the grace of God must be on all citizens to maintain this stability, and that does not work to destroy it and so do not turn their country to the places of outlaws, or so-called terrorism, who take advantage of problems for the deployment of their members within it in order to work on the destruction of the nation and exploited to do their jobs dirty. Citizens should be aware of the seriousness of what could happen if the continued internal conflicts between citizens and government. The wise people should work in order to restore Bahrain better than it was in the past.

I strongly hope that peace will prevail among the people of blessed Bahrain on the occasion of the Holy Month of Ramadan, the month of goodness, blessing and love, the month of Allah. In this Month, people must be very tolerant given that in this good month we should strengthen family and Islamic relationships between people in the same nation or community. In addition, the good people of Bahrain should avoid any disputes or conflicts. Thus, all the Arab people must be good and tolerant because of this good Haram Month in which Allah the Almighty has forbidden fighting and conflict.

I would like to explain to the Bahraini people about the importance of peaceful coexistence so that stability would prevail in the hearts of the people and that they will live in peace and security. Hence, I urge the Bahrainis to be mindful of the importance of peaceful coexistence and the necessity to set aside differences for the sake of their country, which is the country of Bahrain.

The crisis in Bahrain actually requires the conflicting parties to show their readiness to cooperate in order to seek a real solution for the problem. The latter should not seek to reproduce or prolong the crisis. In fact, this is visible in various areas. Meanwhile, there is no doubt that the supreme national interest of the country and its future lie in the mutual concessions and the faith that the problems could be solved only through dialogue. The Bahrainis should bear in mind the balance between rights and duties of the individual, the State, the Government and society. All these parties should strongly believe that the success of any opportunity for dialogue depends on only one point, which is the road map. Indeed, all the parties which participate in the discussions should approve of the road map. They should also be convinced that dialogue is the only way to reach an agreement. They must assume that they agree on the interests of the country no matter how different views, theories, trends and ideologies might be. They should put Bahrain above all other considerations and put aside their differences and their disagreements in order to focus on national dialogue. In other words, they must keep this national dialogue away from directions and visions that classify citizens and the forces that represent them under the headings of classes and the denominational or sectarian labels. I think that Bahrain will achieve stability only when all classes of people feel that they are the real managers of the affairs of their country without discrimination or bias. The Bahraini people should be sure that the solutions to this crisis comes from within and through Bahrainis themselves, depending on their patriotism, sense of belonging and the belief in the importance of peaceful coexistence. They must ignore differences for the sake of Bahrain.

The government should provide a place for the people where they can enjoy the freedom of expression and peacefully demonstrate. Peaceful and free protests, that express democracy in all its forms is what could spark problems between the Bahraini people and the Government. It could cause a friction between the military and the protestors

I think that the stability of Bahrain can be achieved only if all the groups of people feel that they are managing the affairs of their country without distinction or partiality and prove that the occurrence of the Bahrain crisis from within and in the minds of their people, their patriotism and their belonging. Bahrain has the human competencies and cadres who are able to provide solutions to the crisis that the country is going through more than the foreign experts can. It is wrong to convert the error into a technical issue that a foreign company or foreign experts can provide advice about, even if it was useful and correct advice, to put in the context of the political and the social system, which the non-Bahrainis cannot be familiar with, and are unable to resolve.

There are many procedures that the Bahraini government must take to fight the turbulence that threatens the future of the country. The Bahraini citizen has many problems that must be solved by the government rather than contributing to their escalation. The government is recruited to end the turbulence and spread the culture of love and mutual trust between the government and the citizen. There are many reforms that the Bahraini government must undertake in order to end the sectarian strife. That may take place between the people of the same home, particularly given that there are many disputes between the Bahraini government and the citizens. Hence, many youths tried to make a revolution to purify their government of corruption. However, the response of the security forces was violent and things would have escalated seriously were it not for the help of God. Some Gulf States sent military forces to eliminate these problems between the citizens and the security forces. These steps contributed significantly to ending the clashes between the citizens and the security forces.