An Eye for a Tooth

TIT FOR TAT

By

Dr. Mahathir Mohamad

on March 13, 2010 3:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (40) | TrackBacks (0)

1. I heard from someone that a certain Muslim country has disallowed Swiss Airlines to fly there because a cross is on the tail of the aircraft. The Swiss flag has a white cross on a red background. This was to retaliate against Switzerland's ban on building minarets for mosques in that country. There are altogether four mosques in the whole of Switzerland.

2. Intolerance simply invites intolerance.

3. What next?

By AZIZ MOHAMMAD on March 13, 2010 7:22 AM

Dear Tun,
A more serious issue is the race or competition in the vicious cycle of retaliations - to do worse than the previous act (of violence) by the other party.
Another alternative is to logically (exercise wisdom or Hiqmah) evaluate the costs (including the extent allowed by one's religion) and opportunities at stake (including to the future generations should the cycle of retaliations escalates in intensity).
Should the Arabs learn from the Japanese experience - assess your current strength and QUIETLY work very hard to achieve a long term goal? Better to lose a battle in order to win a War?