The Boston Globe picked up on an essay by Mona Fayad, a Lebanese “dissident” very critical of Hezbollah and Iran. The bluntly written piece succeeded in sparking wide-spread Arab debate about Islamic terror:
Her bold and unusual stance has sparked debate in the daily newspaper An-Nahar , where it was published, and it has made Fayad something of a celebrity.
“What does it mean to be a Shi’ite for the majority of Shi’ites now, at this critical period?” Fayad wrote. “It means entrusting your fate to the wise and infallible leadership without daring to ask any question.”
To be a Shi’ite now “is to block your mind” and let Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, “command you, drive you, decide for you what he wants from the weapons of Hezbollah, and force on you a victory that is no different from suicide,” Fayad wrote. “To be a Shi’ite and dare such writing and such thinking means that you are a collaborator and a traitor.”
We couldn’t find a full copy in English, but according to The Thinking Lebanese blog, it’s available in Arabic.
UPDATE: Memri translated excerpts of Fayad’s essay into English.
