Desert dwellers with their infinite wisdom
Bahrain is an island and besides that home to one of the oldest civilizations in the world (Dilmun among others) which it shares with Eastern Arabia as a whole (modern-day Eastern Province in KSA and parts of Kuwait and Qatar).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilmun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Arabia
Besides deserts come in all shapes and forms (mountainous, rocky, volcanic, sandy, fertile depending on the season etc.) and are very beautiful and famed for this especially those found in the Arabian Peninsula which come in all shapes and forms as the only place on earth.
Let me give you a few examples of this:
Volcano Madina Saudi Arabia by
Dr. A. Alturaigy د.عبدالله الطريقي, on Flickr
Zyaan by
Mohammed Albuhaisi, on Flickr
Saudi Arabia - Tabuk , by
© Saud AL-Jethli, Photo, on Flickr
kasser by
Dr. A. Alturaigy د.عبدالله الطريقي, on Flickr
وادي البردي-ينبع 2 by
asim mawwad -عاصم معوض, on Flickr
Saudi Arabia Snow by
ABO_TMEEM, on Flickr
Riyadh Desert Saudi KSA Spring by
Life-Style, on Flickr
Arabia is one of the most beautiful regions in the world and there can be no doubt about this.
Also all centers of civilization in the world be it in the Arab world (cradle of civilization) or elsewhere lie in arid climate zones so please continue to call us "desert dwellers". it is an honor.
The first alphabet in the world was founded by our Semitic ancestors in Sinai. By desert dwellers. Similar to how civilization itself was created by our ancestors, jungle dweller.
We much prefer that than what people call others (jungle dwellers, cave dwellers etc.).
Russia Today with their usual propaganda. I don't see them writing similar articles whenever "Sunni" criminals are executed anywhere.
They were punished for a crime they didn't commit.
The legal systems in the Gulf Arab states are incredibly oppressive and unjust. Many people in the Gulf are victims of these broken legal systems -- Sunnis and Shias alike.
The sad thing is that there's so much sectarianism in Gulf Arab society that neither the Sunnis nor Shias are willing to work with each other to fix their broken legal systems. On the contrary, a lot of Sunnis love it when innocent Shias get punished for crimes they didn't commit, and vice versa.
What a sorry state of affairs we live in.
Do you know the specific cases for you to say such a thing? Well, I don't know but if you do please share it with the rest of us.
As for sectarianism in the GCC and Arabia. Very limited compared to other hotspots in the Muslim world. When has there ever been a sectarian war or unrest in Arabia in recent eras or centuries? You will have to go back to the earliest times of Islamic history.
Oman is one of the most peaceful Muslim nations and home to the biggest Ibadi community in the world and a large Sunni minority and a tiny Shia minority. There are zero problems. Same story in Qatar and UAE where almost all locals are Sunnis however the migrant workers have different sects but there are no problems in this regard either.
Yemen despite being home to a large Zaydi minority (largest in the world) has never faced sectarianism historically and even today despite much unrest has no large problem in this regard.
Which leaves us with KSA, Bahrain and Kuwait. In most of KSA (95% of it) there is no trouble in this regard. The Shia communit in KSA (10-15% of the population) has suffered from 3-4 terrorist attacks in their entire history since modern-day KSA emerged back in 1932. All due to ISIS and all in the past 3-4 years. That is nothing.
In Hijaz (most populous region in KSA) Sunnis, Sufis and Shias have lived in peace side by side for 1400 years.
The hotspots for sectarianism politically is small Bahrain and Kuwait actually but even there you do not have widespread violence by any group.
Let alone us not suffering from any ethnic/political motivated violence.
Now compare that to the region and most of the Muslim world.
So no, we are fine for the time being. Could be many times worse. And what's better in KSA people have understood due to recent events in the region that sectarianism brings nothing good. Only the fringe groups and their supporters are interested in such discourse which is great news.
khamenei-boot lickers are crying for their terrorists in Bahrain who spread chaos and killing, meanwhile Iran executed 12 just in the last two days but it's okay to khamenei-boot lickers because their angel and the great peace maker, the terrorist khamenei did it.
Indeed. Let alone the Mullah's long history of executing ethnic, religious and political minorities under the disguise of being "enemies of God" and other nonsense. Nobody comes even close in this regard and their execution rates are also many times higher. A funny world.
However Iranian bootlickers are heavily outnumbered worldwide for all it matters, lol. However I would prefer that the bootlickers found other hobbies to pursue in general.
I'd take my desert any day over your country's slums.
