By:Kayhan Int’l Staff Writer

 

The sands of the deserts are notorious for their sudden shifts; hence dunes can have a negative impact on civilized settlements when they encroach on human habitats.

In the realm of geography, if wind, water, and gravitational force are behind the shifting sands, in the arena of politics the force that causes a sudden shift in ties between countries is expediency, rather than respect or animosity for the other side, irrespective of the result being positive or negative.

Currently, we are witnessing such abrupt changes in our neighbourhood where heads of states that were fiercely engaged in a war of words as bitter foes, have suddenly back-tracked from their supposedly principled stands to embrace each other as long lost friends.

We are not talking about the beeline of the Arab reactionary regimes of the Persian Gulf to send envoys to Damascus and mend fences with President Bashar al-Assad after miserably failing to overthrow him (or kill him) and balkanize Syria through the macabrely murderous Takfiri terrorists.

The reference here is to the tectonic shift in the region as is evident by events in the capitals of Turkey and Egypt, although the leaders of the two countries have not yet formally restored their diplomatic ties following the rupture in 2013 for the overthrow of President Mohammed al-Morsi by General Abdul-Fattah as-Sisi.

In Ankara, MBS (Mohamed bin Salman) has been accorded a red carpet welcome by President Rajab Tayyeb Erdogan, who after years of calling the Saudi Heir Apparent the principal killer of journalist Jamal Khashogchi felt no inhibition in warmly shaking his hands with a bright smile on the faces of the two leaders and exchange of sweet words, in anticipation of billions of dollars of petro-dollars to uplift Turkey’s ailing economy.

In Cairo, the same scenario was repeated in expectation of billions of petro-dollars for the sagging Egyptian economy when President General as-Sisi was all smiles as he greeted Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Aal-e Thani in spite of years of accusation that Doha was providing asylum to members of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood following the overthrow of the now suspiciously dead President Morsi.

Of course, the burying of hatchets and promotion of fraternal ties among Muslim states is a welcome development, if it is based on sincere intentions – neither for momentary political gains nor dictated by forces from outside the region.

Indeed, if the countries of the region and the whole Muslim world were to unite on the basis of faith and fraternity, then the Ummah will surely become invincible and capable of not just liberating Islam’s former qibla, Bayt al-Moqaddas, but also eradicating the cancerous tumour called Israel.

This is the cherished goal of all Muslims, and we pray to God Almighty to hasten it.

What, however, saddens us is the fact that these shifting of political sands is not intended to bury the illegal Zionist entity once and for all, but to welcome to Saudi Arabia and Israel next month the US president – the archenemy of Islam and Muslims, who wants all client states to stand in an orderly row to hear orders for advancement of American goals.