"the core of which is humanity, compassion, and caring, and uphold the moral values which are the fundamental tenets of Islam".

Islam, humanity, compassion and caring, moral values, all in the one sentence. Come off it, mate.

There are two sides in every war! And two conflicting narratives!

And behind the scenes operators with their often evil agendas who clearly don't give a fig for human rights or Islam?

The latter, behind the scenes, operators can never ever be defended on any grounds whatsoever!

Take care and stay safe.
Alan B.

Yes, there are two sides to that war, Sunni & Shia.
They are not contravening the Koran as each considers the other to be
Kufars.

The virus is not really a consideration because the Immans have been
telling them that because they are moslems Allah has protected them.
They are just using it as an excuse to save face in giving up the fighting.

No, Bazz, this is not just a sectarian war. Though sectarianism drove external support, it was not the reason for the war, nor even what determined which side the people on the ground supported.

Yes Aiden, you are right, but they did side with Iran and the Saudis
would consider them as defaulting Moslems.
Still it is keeping them busy and preoccupied.

Wars are won by neglecting human rights.

No rocket science here.

Dan

I don't think human rights are a consideration.
They are Arabs, that is all that is needed.

Even if only one Arab was the only human being left on Earth he'd still find a reason to fight with himself !

For years I've heard the claim that Islam is peaceful, even to the point of saying it is the most peaceful religion, but I have never seen that claim backed up by actually being peaceful.

For once I'd like to see Islam actually be as it claims to be, and be peaceful. No excuses to say, at the core it is peaceful, or to blame the killing that Islamic leaders pursue on other nations. Just actually live up to the claim they say that they are.

No, its peaceful claim is qualified. It is peaceful to moslems but not
to non believers and Jews. It requires moslems to kill infidels and Jews
"wherever you find them".
The Koran is very firm on that with many verses.
To deny that is so is blasphemy, punishable with death.
And it is not something in history either.

Individual, your post did give me a laugh.

Bazz
As you say, Mohammed has actually commanded all Moslems to kill anyone who is non muslim.
It’s a direct command from Mohammed in the Koran.
They brand other moslem tribes as not being true moslems as well, it seems, because they kill them as well.
Not sure what the Koran says about that.

The Catholics were the same, they classed the Protestant Christians as heretics,
even though they were still Christians and believed in Jesus.
So it was actually doing good to kill them.

Religion gives religious tribes the ultimate absolution and excuse for wholesale slaughter of the other,
They brand the other religions, non believers or of the devil.
Once they brand you evil and satanic. Then it is not murder but a holy act, sanctioned by God.

Now! Isn’t that the ultimate out clause, for committing wholesale murder.?
and still being able to think of yourself as virtuos and a good person, even holy.
Which they do.

The Human race is endless in its delusions Especially when it comes to making stuff up to avoid clearly facing their own behaviour and culpubility

Religions are particularly dangerous because of their good versus evil, “get out clause”.

yep secularism and Islam have both turned out to be death cults. The hatred of decency they share make them bed fellows.

Unfortunately the crimes of the church in the middle ages and later are
used as an excuse by Islam to say ha ha the Christians did the same.
Very true but we grew out of that due to the enlightenment, Martin Luther
and others. No Christian advocates anything like that.
However that is not so in Islam as it is still a daily event for moslems
to massacre Christians, Hindus and Sikhs.
Even in Europe it is an everyday event.

Dear Prof. Alon,

Thank You for your article.

However, I hold little hope for people rising
to the challenges involved in putting an end
to their disputes.

Einstein was once asked his opinion about the
nature of a third world war.

He replied that he had nothing to say about that
matter, but that he was quite certain that the
4th World War would be fought with clubs and stones.

No, Alon ben Meier, the war in Yemen is not a war against humanity, it is a war between Muslims. So, I don't really give a stuff.

The Yemenis have been fighting each other, and anybody else that comes near them for that matter, since forever. It is their sport since they don't play football. Muslims killing Muslims seems like a great idea to me. And as a Jew, I can't figure out why you should be concerned about it?

If you have any idea who is running both sides of this war could you give me their addresses? I will happily send each side a crate of 7.62x39 ammo so that they can use them to shoot at each other.