Al-Usboo [Archives:2004/787/Press Review]

28 Oct. 2004
Main headlines
– Governorates children homeless in the capital
– Two Airbus airliners for the Yemenia

An article published by the newspaper on the religious dialogue with the extremists says in reality the liberalism does not possess a strong structure inside the Arab societies and as an idea coming from the west any internal political pressure cannot create an atmosphere of freedoms. Arab liberal hope that the western demands of political reforms would be profitable in creating democratic changes in the region though political pluralism would grant the Islamists a great share in the trust of ordinary people. That is because of the limitedness of the effect of civil society organizations versus the influence of the religious address. In Yemen the dialogue with extremist prisoners has not gone beyond the religion. It is an encounter of a religious address with another religious address. Officials have their justifications that it is easier in influencing them with a religious address.
On the other hand dialogue is considered a sound decision and rational, better than continued confrontation. Nevertheless, the terrorist threat is still hidden.
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