What Obama Should Say in His Speech Addressing the Muslim World from Cairo

by Ben Dror Yemini

"I’m standing here today, in the capital city of a state with an ancient historic legacy, in the heart of an area that created one of the most magnificent cultures. And I’ll tell you in the beginning of my speech: it's time to stop the racism against the Muslim world.

In the name of the American nation, I came here to ask for forgiveness.

For many years, many people in the west, including people in my country, referred to Muslims as "inferior" creatures.

Many people, unfortunately, adopted the condescending approach and the racism.

They also refer to Muslims as the retarded children of the world.

Let me avoid from covering up the information. The situation is bad. Three extended reports about the Arab world were published in the last decade. These reports were written by intellectuals from the Arab world.


The situation that comes up from them is rough. Most of the Arabs live in dictator governments. The investment in education in these countries is much smaller than the world average. The level of the university's is low. In twenty two Arab states there is not one democratic government. The amount of scientifically Publications, that has significance to the nations themselves and the world in general, strives to zero.

On the other hand, the amount of hatred publications hits a world record. Except for one state, Tunisia, where there’s serious effort of changing the sad reality, the woman status is very low. The depression continues.


So it is also in the financial area. The investments in research and development are low. The Muslim world almost doesn't produce a thing.

With out the oil on her side, Saudi would look like Somalia. Tribal wars, ethnicity and religiosity are the main characteristics of this world. Muslims slaughtering Muslims and the world is silent. The numbers aren’t deceptive. In the last six decades, about twelve million Muslims in the world were killed. Ten million of them were killed by Muslims. Most of them by totalitarian governments and followers of the radical Muslim politics. The people who shout in protests "death to America" aren’t killing Americans. They kill they’re own brothers in Afghanistan, Iraq, Algeria and Pakistan.

These are the same people who dictate the depression, the absence of liberties, and woman rights. There is no war between the west and the Islam. It’s a lie. There’s a war between islamistics and the Islam. It’s not even a war, it's a slaughter. And the world is quiet.


The racists think that you are different. They think that you are not like other human beings. You can get out from the circle of depression, slaughter, ignorance and distress. It will happen only if the whole world will treat you as adults. And mostly-if you will treat yourselves as adult and equal people.

Too many years there were people in the west who blamed the whole world in the distress of the Muslim world. Too many who released you from all responsibility to your condition. Too many provided you excuses to any wrong you are doing. No more, Muslim brothers. No more. The Oppression of women is not a result of colonialism.

The genocide in Darfur is not a result of Zionism. Civil wars in Pakistan, Algeria, Somalia and Lebanon are not a result of western giant companies.


The massive massacres of Sadam Hussein did not happen because of the Globalization.

The ones who dismisses the Muslim world from responsibility into the culture of fear and operation, is hurting the Muslims and reinforces the islamistics who slaughter, them.

The west is guilty, they told you. The Zionism is guilty; they were moving you towards hate.


There isn’t a bigger lie. There isn’t bigger racism. As a son to a Muslim father, I don't think you are different. And the first condition for getting out from the distress is acknowledging that a choice has to be made between external and self deception to self Responsibility. Stop blaming all the others. Stop the self fraud. It is time for responsibility.


I am not saying anything new. Everything I say, many Muslims claim. They are here, among you. They are worth listening to. They don’t mean bad. On the contrary. They want the best for the Muslim world. They know that there are common human values that are not values of another certain groups. Equality, freedom of speech, honor, individual liberties and woman liberation isn’t western values. These are universal values. Every society and every nation and every community who left out the internal depression and the woman depression achieved accomplishments and wellbeing. The Muslim world was at the pick of his prime before hounded of years. He con and should take again a place of honor in development, prosperity, creation. Their key is one: adopting universal values while preserving the self legacy .It's true that sometimes it is contradictive. And because of that, there is a need for compatibility. He, who wants to stick to values that were acceptable hundred of years ago, can not complain for his accomplishments to be hundred of years behind.


I will not avoid one of the major issues that keep the Arab world busy. Israel. You got used to slogans. It is time to get rehabilitated from them. Instead of learning from this young state, you have made her the excuse of every problem. Watch what millions of Jewish refugee are accomplished in several years. More scientifically publications, more medicine development, more inventions are made in Israel than the whole Muslim world.

Seven million Israelis contribute to developing the mankind than 1.4 milliard Muslims. Is this country interfering anyone in Saudi to develop medicine? Is this country causing the genocide in Darfur? Will this country always continue to be the excuse for every injustice and oppression?


My many advisers prepared me an entire different speech. They claimed it’s is not allowed for me to tell you the truth. That it might hurt your Muslim dignity. I’m sorry, but they are also captured, in a condescending state of mind. I, barrack Hussein obama, swore to fight racism. And that is why is did not give up. I came to you as a son to a Muslim father in order to capture this historic moment and say: no more lies. No more excuses. No more racism. No more self deception.

In these moments people are walking to the streets with slogans of "death to America". Those are the people who slaughter Muslims. If Islam is the religion of peace and Reconciliation, if there is another Islam- let it appear now. Go out to the streets, people of peace, because if you will lose you will become victims. Please, dear Muslims, see me as a brother and a partner. Let’s depress the depressors, and march towards a more fair footer. This is an opportunity for change. Let’s take advantage of it together. With hope. With faith. With a new path. Yes, we can."

With the end of his speech, obama and his entourage went out to the roof of the building. Helicopters that were ready for them, took them to a ship of the six's navy. Violent protests started to spread amongst the Arab world. For the first time the anti- radical Muslims also went out to the streets. A war between the Muslims and islamistics has begun.

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* All rights reserved to Ben Dror Yemini, the content in this blog post was translated from his original Hebrew article.