If there is one thing we can learn from the recent episode of whining rotters leaving the group because they think its a Shia-biased group, its this: Us Shias have to jump through high hurdles and bend over backwards in appeasement and resort to a lot of ridiculous political correctness for a lot of judgmental Sunnis here who see imaginary Shia intersectionality in a facebook group, in which theyre being oppressed, just because we criticize a few posters for their sympathies towards ISIS. When someone says something remotely offensive (or its perhaps not even offensive at all, but receiver of the message takes it the wrong way and melts down), they get into a hissy-fit about how theyre being oppressed on social media, when the much of the real oppression in the real world is from Sunni against Shia. You wonder why extremists like Sadiq Shirazi are becoming popular, while Khamanei and Sistanis theological camp, and Khomeinis political thought are becoming afterthoughts to many Shias (and its gotten to a point where people openly curse or make lanat on Khamanei for being weak or being an appeaser). Personally, I am no fan of Sadiq Shirazi, or Yassir Habib for that matter, and I consider myself a Khomeinist (to a fault), but I as a human, do not infinite patience, and Ive always had a very low, if not zero tolerance for nonsense. For those who know me well, I also do not have a fondness for those who cry oppression when it isnt present, or when it is counterproductive to do so. Throughout history, Shias have put up with a lot of a lot repression since the martyrdom of Ali (AS), to the martyrdoms of the Imams throughout the history of the Ummayyad and Abbasid Dynasties, Shias are often scapegoated or branded as disloyal whenever something goes awry in society, or when armies invade Muslim lands, be they Crusaders, Mongols, Soviets or Americans. We also face oppression in present time: The recent Arab Spring hasnt been very kind to religious minorities in the Middle East, there is often a screaming at the top of the lungs about Bashar Al-Assad being guilty of genocide against Sunnis (even though the vast majority of Syria is Sunni, and Sunnis comprise the majority of the Syrian Arab Arab, and therefore Assads support base). We are charged with supporting or sympathizing leaders such as Bashar al-Assad, Nouri al-Maliki, Fatah al-Sisi or the Iranian Islamic Republic. But where are the apologies for the Saud Dynasty, the Khalifa Dynasty, Saddam Hussein, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the UMNO in Malaysia or the Taliban? The latter mentioned rulers make most of the formers seem like humanitarians or Mr. Smith (from Mr. Smith goes to Washington) by comparison. But we dont mind being scapegoated for everything that goes wrong in the Muslim world and were used to being underground. Were used to being outcasted by the majority of the Ummah. Shia thinkers, from Ruhollah Khomeini to Mehdi Hasan have called for unity with the Sunni, and for us to put cast aside our differences for a greater cause, whether it be freeing the Muslim world from the yoke of imperialism and zionism, against the humiliating narratives of Islamophobe or even just to come together in mutual agreement and benefit. However, their words fall on deaf ears. But you can either deal with people like Khomeini, Khamanei and Hasan, who not only call for us to get along, but even political unity. Or you can deal with Sadiq Shirazi and Yassir Habib, who consider you to be among the kuffar. The choice is yours. Choose wisely.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 04:38:50 +0000
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