It is ironic that nations who are considered to be the most vocal on human rights are the ones that are the mass producers of weapons of mass destruction. These so-called champions of human rights have turned the world into a ticking bomb with all sorts of sophisticated and deadly weapons.

If they close down their arms factories, it will go a long way in protecting human rights and eradicating terrorism and many conflicts will cease to exist.

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro once said: “The evermore sophisticated weapons piling up in the arsenals of the wealthiest and the mightiest can kill the illiterate, the ill, the poor and the hungry, but they cannot kill ignorance, illness, poverty or hunger.”

Two of the most lucrative businesses in the world are arms and drugs. Both threaten human existence on this planet. The arms producer is as bad as a drug dealer. A drug dealer brings slow death to society while an arms producer brings instant death.

Words of concern over human rights are meaningless while weapons of mass destruction are produced. If the world powers are serious about a “New World Order” they must deal with these two issues first.

S.H. Moulana

Riyadh