Comments on: Yemen - land of sorrows and qat

By: Mustafa

Mustafa — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:15:07 +0000

Majid, these Christians badly hate that Muslims are Muslims, they wnat to change them. They don't know what ''live and let live'' means obviuosly. And they clearly don't knwo where to put the BIble, in their pockets, not in peoples faces, especially Muslims in Muslim countries. Westerners,first their tanks now their bibles sigh.

By: Mark 8 and Prayers for the Persecuted! Yemen « Marchmommie7's Blog

Mark 8 and Prayers for the Persecuted! Yemen « Marchmommie7's Blog — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 02:59:30 +0000

[...] A little girl and her father in Yemen. Yemen has a rich history but is full of sorrows. It is largely forgotten by the Western World. If you’d like to know more about how to pray for these awesome people go to http://www.30-days.net/muslims/muslims-in/mid-near-east/yemen-sorrows/. [...]

By: Majid

Majid — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:14:12 +0000

TDI
I am not talking about why would a christian pray for Yemen. and believe me when i say i don't wanna start a war of words.
what i said is why the title of the page is "much pressure on Yemenis to remain Muslim", and you are talking about the curse of Qat.
apparently you feel uneasy about my reply, but i thought it is for discussion.

By: TDI

TDI — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 20:48:46 +0000

Dear Majid,

I am not sure how to reply right now. Discussion about why I as a Christian pray for Yemen is a huge topic (actually the topic of this web-site).

One thing is for sure, I am not going to start a "fight" (we say in English, 'war of words') about the theology of praying for Yemen. My hope is that all Yemen can find the Truth (John 8:32-59) [Hover over the link to read,].

I love Yemen (I don't live there, I just visit Yemen) and more, I love the people of Yemen.

But of course as a Christian, I pray for Yemen because I have a love for Yemen, a desire for Yemen and a hope for Yemen people.

By: Majid

Majid — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:27:29 +0000

Thanks TDI for understanding
I am looking forward for your reply.

By: TDI

TDI — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:32:58 +0000

Actually, I thought we were talking about "Blame Islam" for Qat ... I seem to have lost the thread Majid. The obvious point to me is that Qat is mentioned because it relates to Yemen. And yes, we are praying here for Yemen and thus issues such as Qat are relevant.

I am not here to fight with you, I was just trying to clarify that the article is not blaming Islam for Qat. I'll look at this again in a few days and try to understand more where you are coming from (and want to go) with this.

By: Majid

Majid — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:15:52 +0000

Dear TDI
sorry but I am not reading between the lines, please read these lines (not between them) and tell me what is it related to the subject of Qat.

"Christian Missionaries to Yemen"
>< , see above

I do not see any relation to the subject of Qat

I am aware that Qat is the worst thing in Yemen, but how come we mentioned this subject in the main article?

... "there is much pressure on Yemenis to remain Muslim????"

what does this mean ? is it a bad thing to be Muslims????

the page title is "Much pressure on Yemenis to remain Muslim"

you say I read between the lines?
explain that to me , should i ignore these paragraphs ???

Here are some statistics regarding the article: 34% of the article is about Islam. 53% historical and general statistics - this leaves only less than 12% talk about Qat. So am i reading between the lines????

I am not a native speaker of English, but what about you ??? can you read this article ?????

(edited for brevity, Admin)

By: TDI

TDI — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:20:27 +0000

Majid,

I'm not sure where you read into this that we "Blame Islam" for Qat. We are simply mentioning a well-known problem in Yemen.

Last time I was there a famous business man took me to his factory in the afternoon. By that time, most of his workers were asleep. He blamed the problem on Qat and was so frustrated that his business can't run better because of Qat. (He is from Yemen.)

Would Yemen be better off without Qat? Yes! I think so. Business, schools, institutions would run better, people could think clearly and "social" or not, the drug takes a huge toll on the country.

But we are not blaming Islam for this nor should you be offended. Hatred does not, in my opinion, start from mentioning a very real problem in Yemen thanks to this drug. Please don't read more into these articles then what we state. Reading too much between the lines IS where hatred can get started, so please let us stop it now.

PS. See the video above, I am not the only one with this opinion about Qat ruining the country.

By: Majid

Majid — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:10:20 +0000

Yes sure Qat is a social drug, and it also causing a lot of health problems, one of these problem is Cancer.
but to blame Islam and say that they are better without it is a huge mistake.
imagine someone comes to you, whither you are Christian or Jewish and says (You are a poor man, you should be a Muslim) wouldn't you be offended.
hatred starts from here, I know you refer to Islamic history as a brutal history of submitting other cultural, but i m sure you have noticed that all the countries conquered by Muslims has been developed, and allowed freedom of believing.
the only objective was not to force Islam, to give chance for the ones who wanted to be muslims or not.
one more thing, Islam is against Qat, Cigarettes, Alcohol and adultery and as you know all these stuff cause sickness one way or another. but there is controversy regarding Qat.

By: khat expert

khat expert — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 06:03:31 +0000

great info thanks
you know qat is really a social drug in yemen..