Islamists Exploit the Sickness

Nonie Darwish:

Despite initially blaming Hezbollah, the Arab street's sympathies have now shifted to Hezbollah. Terror groups count on that support. People in the West do not understand why the silent Muslim majority stays silent. The reason can be found in the old Arab saying, "My brother and I against our cousin, but my cousin and I against a stranger." Supporting fellow Muslims, right or wrong, is a fundamental cultural obligation among Arab society, which is tribal Arab radicals exploit this powerful cultural motivation time and time again.

This is the curse of a tribal culture where zero individuality prevails. When it's an Islamic nation vs. an infidel country, the Muslims side with the Islamic nation. When it's a Sunni vs. a Shia, the majority Sunnis pick the Sunni. When it's a distant family member vs. a stranger, the Muslims back the distant family member. An on and on it goes. It doesn't matter which side is right!

Darwish writes:

Arabs must join the world community and turn away from self-destructive patterns and tribal obligations. They must come to understand there is more pride in protecting their homes, families and society than in having fake pride by supporting reckless terror groups and attacks against Israel.

It is easier to obliterate Western sites, and derive cruel pleasure from the suffering, then to sober up and build a society that is truly on par or better than the West.

In addition to the backwards tribal culture, the Arabs have Islam: When you mix stagnant water with raw sewage, the result ain't Evian.

Last excerpt:

We Arabs must abandon this obsession to destroy Israel and tend to more important issues, such as honor killing of Muslim girls, stoning of Muslim women, killing and torturing of gays, amputation of limbs of criminals, female genital mutilation, the murder of apostates who leave Islam, polygamy and its devastating effects on family relations, and the imprisonment of Arab reformists and writers and cutting the tongues of those who speak out.

They won't listen to you Ms. Darwish.