IUK: Kurdish state “will only harm Muslims”
The Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) maintains its critical attitude towards the Iraqi general elections. The Union separated from the "Kurdish Alliance", formed by Massoud Barzani, head of the autonomous Kurdish government in northern Iraq, and Jalal Talabani, the current president.
"What we have experienced recently clearly shows that Kurds still have difficulty in assimilating the notion of democracy. Evidently, our efforts to institutionalize democracy in Kurdistan will not be enough," said the IKIU leader, Salahaddin Mohammed, four members of the IKIU were killed during a raid on its office prior to the elections.
At the party headquarters in the city of Erbil, currently under police protection, Bahaddin told Zaman the idea of having an independent Kurdistan sounds like a good slogan; however, it does not match the geopolitical realities.
"A Kurdish State could instigate conflicts between neighboring countries and Sunnite Kurds. Therefore, we avoid suggesting a formation that will only harm Muslims."
They exert concentrated efforts for democracy under the shadow of guns, and the Kurdish attitude towards politics is still underdeveloped. The IKIU leader explained the reason for their separation from the Barzani and Talabani alliance as a reaction against a one-dimensional political formation.
The military personnel and civilians, who threw stones at the party-owned cars and used violence against party members even on the day of elections, further diminish the prospects of Kurds contributing to democracy in Iraq, claimed Bahaddin. Many discussions were flamed by the recent developments over "how democratic Kurds are towards each other?"
Bahaddin emphasized the need for everybody to learn a lesson from these experiences.
Source: zaman
"What we have experienced recently clearly shows that Kurds still have difficulty in assimilating the notion of democracy. Evidently, our efforts to institutionalize democracy in Kurdistan will not be enough," said the IKIU leader, Salahaddin Mohammed, four members of the IKIU were killed during a raid on its office prior to the elections.
At the party headquarters in the city of Erbil, currently under police protection, Bahaddin told Zaman the idea of having an independent Kurdistan sounds like a good slogan; however, it does not match the geopolitical realities.
"A Kurdish State could instigate conflicts between neighboring countries and Sunnite Kurds. Therefore, we avoid suggesting a formation that will only harm Muslims."
They exert concentrated efforts for democracy under the shadow of guns, and the Kurdish attitude towards politics is still underdeveloped. The IKIU leader explained the reason for their separation from the Barzani and Talabani alliance as a reaction against a one-dimensional political formation.
The military personnel and civilians, who threw stones at the party-owned cars and used violence against party members even on the day of elections, further diminish the prospects of Kurds contributing to democracy in Iraq, claimed Bahaddin. Many discussions were flamed by the recent developments over "how democratic Kurds are towards each other?"
Bahaddin emphasized the need for everybody to learn a lesson from these experiences.
Source: zaman