Originally Posted by Workshop_Willy

Arab "Nations" are for the most part arbitrarily delineated entities. The British had a lot to do with this during the waning years of their colonial period. In addition, some of these borders were also altered arbitrarily by the most powerful world leaders after the close of WWI. Culturally and politically (from and Arab point of view that is) the borders make almost no sense. Moreover, it has been in almost every other nation's perceived self interest to deter the creation of Muslim states.

Given these circumstances, I fail to see how "Arab Nations" can be held accountable through the paradigm of Islamic unity in the relief effort. It's a sexy argument, but ultimately a specious one.

Maybe it would be better to examine the actions of Iran in this relief effort than to throw all Arab governments into one pile and light it on fire.