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| Arsalan |
| 11/28/00 at 23:28:02 |
| Ulema's appeal draws response over American goods' boycott By Syed Rashid Husain www.dawn.com RIYADH, Nov 27: A call, given by ulema to boycott US products in protest against the American support to Israel, is generating ripples throughout the Gulf states and starting to have its impact. Sensitive to such matters, the very symbol of Americanism, McDonalds has started a campaign, saying for every meal sold, one Saudi Riyal will go to the Al-Quds Intifada fund. Some major supermarket owners have told the local press that about 20 per cent of their customers have stopped buying American food products. As a result, other products which have been in stock for some time have started moving fast now. In the Research Institute of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran, like in many other public places, a list of American chains and brands have been put on notice boards urging the people not to buy those products. In a number of high schools in Riyadh, boycott leaflets are being distributed. It is being reported that the boycott call has reached Egypt with graduates of the College of Langua explain the boycott call given by the religious scholars throughout the Gulf earlier this week. However, the US embassy officials told the local press that the boycott of US products would not be useful. "The right approach now is to help everybody get back to the peace process. Boycott is not a very useful approach to make way for peace process to resume", the press attache at the US embassy told newsmen here. "For us this is not a major issue. Personally the boycott call may only harm the small business involved in services, restaurants and food firms that are franchized to a number of Saudi businessmen", he said. |
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| mispk |
| 11/29/00 at 03:30:15 |
| I think this appeal is for the Muslims all over the world and every Muslim shoul join hands and make some contribution, so that the world can see the Muslims united for their Palistinian brothers and sisters. |
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| jannah |
| 11/29/00 at 10:12:14 |
| Duh what else would US officials say. But it's definitely time to cut any dependence we have on foreign countries. Once those Muslim economies are self-sufficient they can really be a power. |
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| Kashif |
| 11/29/00 at 11:38:34 |
| assalaamu alaikum Question: Once the clashes in the West Bank have ceased will this boycott of American goods be lifted? It sounds slightly hollow to me, because if they aren't fighting the ummah on this front they're fighting it on 15 other fronts. |
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| bhaloo |
| 11/29/00 at 12:09:23 |
| slm If they really wanted to have a successful boycott, OPEC just has to say, hey US and Israel no more oil until you stop these crimes against humanity. |
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| Asim |
| 11/29/00 at 13:22:38 |
| slm I agree with Arshad. The Muslim countries had a golden opportunity to enforce an oil embargo. US and Israel would have come to their knees in weeks. US is sooo heavily dependent on crude, and even a token temporary embargo would have taught them a lesson. Even shortages like the one a few weeks ago spark strong emotions in this country. BUT, the so called Muslim governments are idiots! (Sorry, don't have a better word for them :)) Boycott of US products will work best when done at a higher level (like the government). But again, governments are not going to do that. Public boycotts may work this time especially considering the widespread sentiments in the middle east. At least they have the potential to generate some ripples that can reach Washington. I don't know about the middle eastern countries but from experience boycotts like these have little effect in countries like Pakistan. The lower class does not buy such products, the middle is the one most receptive but its buying power is limited, and in the upper class many don't give a damn. So overall it has little effect. The middle east may be different. But it will take some effort on the part of the organizers because the Gulf states are so dependent on US products. Bahrain for example looks more like a US town than a middle eastern country! Wasalaam. |
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| Saleema |
| 11/29/00 at 13:51:52 |
| Assalamoalykum, The Muslims should scare the businesses with it like they did to macdonalds and then they will donate a dollar for every purchase to the Al-Quds mosque. :) :) Yeah, those idiots, they should have stoped all that oil from flowing to the US and Israel. |
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| Sara |
| 11/30/00 at 16:14:23 |
| Assalam, EXACTALY!!! I agree with everyone on this thread:) |
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| hermit |
| 12/02/00 at 08:54:18 |
| Assalam-u-Alaikum, Ofcourse, stopping oil exports seems like a good idea on paper. However, it has its problems to us as well... 1)A big slice of our income will be removed, putting us in, umm, economic problems. 2)There are American soldier camps in Saudi Arabia. They will just take the oil forcefully. Anyway, McDonalds could be lying....maybe they will just send the money to Israel, but I don't know. I'll ask my freind, he'll tell me more disadvantages(maybe).... |
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| jade |
| 12/02/00 at 17:22:46 |
| SALAAM, first I'd like to say ramadhan mubarak to everybody. second, I'd like to urge all the saudis out there not to go for the 1 riyal offer presented by Macdonalds. our aim should be to get these franchises to close. true, saudi business men will loose money and many muslims will be out of work but these are only a short term problem. these losses are also justified in light of the current situation in which four palistinians are killed on average every day. the businessmen will limit their dealings with nonamerican companies. and as one of the posters said this will encourage local businesses to grow and create more jobs in the process. |
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| Saleema |
| 12/02/00 at 21:00:45 |
| Assalamoalykum, A little hunger and tight budget problems are nothing compared to what the Palestinians are going through. Good point though, that the US will take Saudi oil forcefully. That's why they need to be ordered out of Saudi. Then the Saudis and the rest of the Arab world should cut down the oil prices. I don't give a d*** if I have to pay 50 dollars more for the gas if such a thing were to happen, (Please God make it happen!). wassalam |
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| AbuSobiya |
| 12/02/00 at 22:56:23 |
| Assalamulaykum and Ramadan Kareem everyone I agree with everyone on this thread and let me put my two cents worth. Boycotts are a very effective tool depending if it is done on a large scare. What I do not understand is why people in the Middle East make this an Arab problem. This is a Muslim problem and instead of having Arab summits, we need to have Muslim summits. We need to organize a Muslim union like the European Union with one currency. This union should include all Muslim countries, like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia (even if they are for name only). Insha Allah that will give us enough economic powers to then ask or dictate peace terms. Insha Allah we should all pray for a good leader to bring this about. Wassalam Abu Sobiya |
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| Mona |
| 12/03/00 at 22:58:21 |
| assalamu alaikum [quote] What I do not understand is why people in the Middle East make this an Arab problem. This is a Muslim problem and instead of having Arab summits, we need to have Muslim summits. [/quote] You are right it IS a Muslim problem. But I'll tell you why it ain't transpiring this way. You see, Arab leaders, and sadly many Arabs, are racists and big snobs. The Kuwaitis for example think, no believe, that they are *better* than other non-Gulf Arab nationals because they have more money and oil [translate status] than the latter. The Egyptian and Syrian leaderships look down on other Arabs and see them as inferiors. The North African Arabs resent Arabs from the Gulf Area due to the latter's unwillingness to invest oil money in N.Africa, and so on and so forth. But in general, ALL ARAB LEADERS (sadly many Arabs also who are clearly lacking in eeman) feel superior to other no-arab Muslims. I am being harsh here, but I do know that this is ture. I am Arab and have seen how *we* treat people from the far east and how many of us almost *bow* to the kaffir blue-eyed blonde europeans. So what do you expect from other Muslim Leaderships here given this snobbery from our lovely Arab leaders ? Wassalam Mona |
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| jade |
| 12/04/00 at 14:17:28 |
| SALAAM, I have to agree with mona, some arabs do think of themselves as superior. but that isn't the true reason, in my opinion, why this is seen by many as a mainly arab problem. the problem is the concept of arab nationalism. this started at the end of the othmany khalifate in responce to some of the injustices that took place during the last period of the khailfate. it was first introduced by arab christians in what is now known as lebanon. this sentiment was nurtured by the british who were trying to distroy the khilafa compleatly. an example of this is Laurance of arabia, a british spy who was sent to organize the arab tribes in fighting the turkish army. it is no suprise that the arab league was a concept created by a brit. I think that this consept should be fought. we should start thinking of ourselves as muslims first and foremost. it is just a more complex form of tribalism that is totally meaningless and worthless. |
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