The latest news that Kuwait has also joined with its other colleagues in GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) States in sending its Navy Units to Bahrain to quell the sectarian unrest there is a good sign of support. As a GCC country, as per the pact Kuwait is bound to come to the rescue of any of its GCC members when any of GCC countries is facing threats to its security. So also other GCC countries are bound to come to the rescue of Kuwait in a similar manner. GCC is a club of 6 Gulf countries, namely Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Oman. Many countries in the world are having such pacts. When Sri Lanka was in chaotic situation due to unrest, India under Rajiv Ghandi’s premiership sent its troops to Sri Lanka to quell the unrest there developed due to the internal security problems created by the internal sectarian conflicts. So also India in a similar manner sent its troops to Maldives. In Fifties when the then Iraqi troops threatened Kuwait, British Government sent its own troops from its Bahrain base to Kuwait to contain Iraqi advancement into Kuwait,
The latest decision of Kuwait in sending its Naval Units to help Bahrain is a right move having also in it a gesture of gratitude. When Kuwait was invaded on 2nd August in 1990 by Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, directly or indirectly every GCC country suffered in varying degrees, Bahrain was one of them. Besides, during the war for the liberation of Kuwait in January-February 1991, Bahrain was the target of Saddam Hussein’s Scud Missiles and in the light of it because of Kuwait, Bahrain also suffered. Hence, it was a very good decision of Kuwait to show its gratitude to Bahrain by supporting Bahrain when it is in problem. To follow the principle of reciprocity is a healthy sign for the smooth functioning of the friendly relations and this is exactly what Kuwait is doing, of course rightly.
The crisis in Bahrain looks more like sectarian between Sunnis and Shias who according to available information are supported thru remote control by Iran, a Shia citadel in the Middle East. Mohammed Ali Jinnah the architect of Pakistan following the independence of Pakistan from the British, in order to reassure the minorities in Pakistan said that henceforth the people in Pakistan will not be identified by their religions, that means Hindus will cease to be Hindus, Muslims will cease to be Muslims and Christian will be ceased to be Chrsitians but they all will be first identified as the citizens of Pakistan. Is such a principle followed in Bahrain where both the Shia and Sunni communities are identified first by the Bahraini nationality or by their religious denominations?
Descriminations based on religions is a worst discrimination because of which human beings are made to suffer though God is same for the followers of all religions. Mahatmah Gandhi said that "Religions are different routes leading to the same destination". The societies and the Governments practicing religious discriminations are offending God who is the creator of all mankind and Who expects all his children to be treated on equal basis. Those societies and those Governments treating their citizens and other subjects on the basis of religious inequalities should stop practicing religious discriminations and then only everything will be okay.
Like India, Middle East is also rife with religious sectarianism. In this area you are too religious conscious which makes you unfit to be a metropolitan. Religious sectarianism is too deeply engrained in people of this area. People in many respects are clubbed and idntified by their religions and religious denominations. Human beings should be religious but not to the extent of being reigious fanatic so as to dub others following different religion than yours as downcast. For the smooth functioning of the society discriminations based on religion should be eradicated.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
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