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Has the Chinese president become a Muslim?

This is what I wondered when I reflected on the resumption of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran after years of conflict. These are two Muslim countries. It was the Chinese president who took the initiative - with the help of Oman and Iraq - to reconcile these countries. And this president, he is not a Muslim. Then I remembered this verse from the Quran which says: "And if two groups of believers fight each other, reconcile them." * And then I thought: if the Chinese president applied this verse of the Quran although he is not a Muslim, it means that he may have converted to Islam? I listened to the radio, watched TV and "social" media and found nothing. Anyway, that got me a lot to think about. Benyounes Saidi * Chapter 49, Verse 9 Original text in Arabic: وَإِنْ طَائِفَتَانِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اقْتَتَلُوا فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَهُمَا

Victory in the War on Drugs!

April 2022 is a historic moment since it corresponds to the definitive victory against hard drugs. Not a gram of drugs circulates in the country, thanks to a proactive government policy. A small precision: it is not about the United States. The country in question is Afghanistan and the government is the one led by the Taliban party. The US government should perhaps call on Taliban advisers to help settle the issue of drugs in the United States against which the government has been waging a war for 50 years without success and which has cost thousands of human lives and a trillion dollars. Benyounes Saidi