The UAE Invests with Terrorists!
As I See
Adel El-Baz
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The UAE’s media mouthpieces constantly claim, day and night, that they oppose political Islam, and that their interventions in countries whose revolutions they undermined with political money were aimed solely at fighting this “bogeyman” that supposedly threatens their system and stability.
But reality exposes a blatant double standard. The UAE may indeed dislike Islamists, but it loves its interests even more. In Sudan, for thirty years, it dealt comfortably with Islamists and supported them financially and politically as long as its interests were tied to the former regime. But once it found cheaper and more compliant agents, it quickly abandoned them and participated in bringing them down.
Today, reports from the Syrian–Emirati Investment Forum in Damascus (May 2026) reveal the true face of this policy:
– Emaar is studying real estate projects in Damascus worth up to $12 billion.
– Coastal projects in Syria are being considered at an estimated value of nearly $7 billion.
Thus, the groups that the UAE once classified as “terrorists” and openly fought have suddenly become preferred economic partners.
The obvious question is: what makes Syrian political Islam an acceptable economic partner, while peaceful Sudanese political Islam is considered a dangerous enemy?
The answer is clear and simple: economic interests. When interests are at stake, principles are thrown aside. No values or ethics govern Abu Dhabi’s policies—only cold material calculations. Yet it continues to claim otherwise. Those afflicted with political hypocrisy can do anything without batting an eye.
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Slogans Beneath Heavy Feet
France, which has long prided itself on being the land of freedoms and great revolutions, and which raised the slogans of “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity,” has trampled all those slogans under heavy feet.
Last Saturday, a French administrative court upheld the decision of the Loire-Atlantique prefecture to ban the “Annual Gathering of Western Muslims” in the city of Nantes, just hours before it was scheduled to begin.
The official reason: authorities expected that potential statements made during the event might undermine the principles of the Republic and national unity.
This is not protection of values; it is preemptive censorship of freedom of expression based on assumptions and anticipated intentions. With this decision, the slogans of the French Republic have fallen, revealing themselves to be nothing more than political tools used according to circumstances and interests.
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The Season Is in Danger While the Government Sleeps
As Sudan sinks deeper into its crises, Hongjie Yang, the representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Sudan, warned of an imminent agricultural disaster. Fertilizer prices have risen by 67%, fuel prices by 220%, and irrigation systems have been destroyed by the war. He stated that crop losses could reach 40% or more if urgent international assistance is not provided.
For its part, the United Nations confirmed that 33.7 million Sudanese people will require humanitarian assistance in 2026 and requested $2.9 billion to save 20.4 million people.
The uncomfortable question is: where is the Sudanese government in the face of this catastrophe? Has it taken any real measures to support farmers by providing subsidized agricultural fuel or affordable fertilizers?
The government appears completely absent from the priorities of its people, preoccupied with other conflicts while the specter of famine draws near.
The Berlin Conference announced modest pledges totaling around $1.5 billion, but even this limited amount suffered a setback after the UAE withdrew from its commitment of $500 million.
In light of this painful reality, the Sudanese people seem to have no option left except to place their trust in God. Neither their government nor the international community appears sufficiently serious about saving the country from a looming food disaster. Glory be to the One in whose hands lies the dominion of all things.
