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Yeye anaandika kuhusu CIA...
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Waamerika kuhusu ugaidi.
Huenda akaelewa kuwa hilo si somo la jepesi:
The war against terrorism is an American dilemma imposed on Tanzania.
The government of Tanzania cooperated not out of principle but out convenience because the anti terrorism legislation that was passed helped the government to sustain itself against its own internal problems with Muslims.
The government manipulated the bogey of Muslim fundamentalists in its local politics as a bait to attract the attention of the United States to provide assistance in the fight against terrorism of which the United States was too eager to combat anywhere in the world where Muslims could be found.
The struggle in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine is still continuing with a lot of bloodshed. There also seem to be no let up in acts of terrorism against the United States and its allies either.
There is evidence that in desperation the United States Army used white phosphorus (a chemical weapon) as a weapon against combatants and civilians in Iraq. [1]
Muslims in Tanzania are aware about this and they kunut for the mujahid in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine; and sometimes in these kunut the imam includes the mujahid in Tanzania in reference to Muslims who have dared to stand up in defence of Islam resisting all kind of harassment and intimidation from the government despite the anti-terror legislation.
To these people the terrorism is not their priority or responsibility.
It is a phenomenon very far removed from their conscience or reality.
This is in the minds frame of the mainstream Muslim majority comprising more than 60% of the population in Tanzania.
It is interesting to note that Huntington postulates Tanzania as comprising of Christian animist mainland and Arab Muslim Zanzibar.[2]
Is this wrong premise part of the reasons which in its war against terrorism United States government fails to appreciate the forces at play in Tanzanias polity?
In Tanzania, Islam has proved that it could stand on its own.
The harsh rule of Germany colonialism left it intact so did British colonialism.
African Christians in post independence Tanzania who have taken over state power from the colonial administration have failed to prevent its growth and strength.
It is unlikely that the United States support to the government on its war on terror would bring Islam in Tanzania to its knees.
It is not lost upon Muslim that in cooperating with the United States the country would be rewarded and the resources, which would be poured into the country, would help to maintain the status quo.
Much as the passing of the Prevention of Terrorism Act is a set back to Muslims struggle against Christian domination in the political spectrum, the draconian law has made Muslims even more determined to organise themselves to face the challenges that prevail.
Further still, Muslims have equally realised that, it is only through active participation in the political arena as Muslims, that would they be able to share power and compete with Christians in governing the country and hence determine their future and that of their religion.
But most important is the fact that the FBI have been in the country for almost three years now but have failed to unearth even a single evidence to prove that Muslims in Tanzania have in any way engaged or supported acts of terrorism against the United States government.
Neither the United States nor the Tanzanian government have managed to amass enough courage to admit this in public and offer apology, at least for the time being.
Tanzania is now among 23 countries nominated by Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) for assistance from the United States in 2006 after fulfilling eligible condition for aid.[3]
[1]George Monbiot, Behind the phosphorus clouds are war crimes within war crimes, The Guardian 22 November 2005.
[2] Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilization and the Remarking of World Order, Touchstone Books, London, 1996 p. 137.
[3] See Mtanzania, Novemba 10, 2005, p.3.