Middle East 2007 - Stability in the Broader Middle East

http://www.weforum.org 19.05.2007
Plenary Session
Stability in the Broader Middle East: Who Is Taking the Lead?
Many international powers have scaled back their involvement in the Middle East for domestic reasons. This has created an opportunity for regional political leaders to seize the initiative on the region's political conflicts and challenges.
1) How strong is the determination of regional leaders to solve issues on a regional basis? How can recent progress be maintained?
2) What are the linkages between the various issues, and what are the prospects for a "package"?
3) What do regional leaders need from the international community to increase their chances of success?
Shaukat Aziz
Marouf Bakhit
H.R.H. Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud, Prince of Saudi Royal Family; Chairman, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Saudi Arabia
Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan
H.H. Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa
Manouchehr Mottaki, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Chaired by Raghida Dergham, Senior Diplomatic Correspondent and Columnist, Al Hayat, USA; Global Agenda Council on Faith

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[dEEpindEEd]

because being a Muslim means you have the same faith while being an Arab means you share the same language and in many ways a culture and obviously borders.

[Geprodis]

The Saudi representative said that he wanted to see an end to the Muslim against Muslim violence, mentioning that it was worse than violence against their common enemies...which I can only assume is the West and specifically Israel..anyone else pick up on that?

[s05s050]

@uch Because not all Arabs are Muslims and not all Muslims are Arabs.

[dEEpindEEd]

I think its pretty obvious who he was talking about. The history of the Middle East for this past 50 years has been pretty rotten with many broken promises.

[NeoGuardian21]

if you wanna see it that way, so be it. consider it this way. is it better for the Christian factions to fight each other, or would you rather have them live and coexist? but if you wanna see every sort of wording as inkling for war with the West and or Israel, than that shows you got problems with Arabs themselves.

[NeoGuardian21]

how very very simple and ignorant of you. take a Middle East History course and learn a bit. the 'killing each other' was no different back then what your warlords in Europe were doing. It is only until recently did the West 'rise' above war, as you Americans love to point out all the time. the Revolution, Spain, France, Britain, Canada (look it up), and the genocide slaughter of the Natives. so please.... shove it.

[peiman1368]

Sudi Arabia was tring to say Iran is not an Arab nation,but body you(Arabs) arenot able to solve any thing with out other nations especialy Iran.The only thing I realy understand from Arabs, from the past history until now is killing each other.If you read Quran and be smart enough you will know that.

[yk2bad]

I think he meant the crisis in Pakistan. If you noticed the camera panned off towards the Pakistani Prime Minister.

Pakistan is killing Pakistani's in the area between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

[markhalawa]

Because Arab muslims have different political interests from other Moslims.. makes sense to me !

[caravan360]

uch,

because not moslems in the world are arab. i think arabs make only 15% of total moslem population. perhaps that is why.