Identifier
Created
Classification
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04ABUDHABI3322
2004-09-22 16:03:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
MEDIA REACTION: STRONG WORDS FROM SEMI OFFICIAL DAILY
how-tonull Diana T Fritz 02/05/2007 05:31:25 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: UNCLAS ABU DHABI 03322 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: PAO INFO: ECON POL AMB DCM DISSEMINATION: PAO CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: PAO:HOLSIN-WINDECKER DRAFTED: PAO:AALKHATIB CLEARED: PAO:TRWHATLEY VZCZCADI075 OO RUEHC RUENAAA RUEKJCS RUEHZM RUEHLO RUEHFR RHRMDAB RUCJACC RUCQSOC DE RUEHAD #3322 2661603 ZNR UUUUU ZZH O 221603Z SEP 04 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6046 RUENAAA/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE RUEHZM/GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON 0839 RUEHFR/AMEMBASSY PARIS 0879 RHRMDAB/COMUSNAVCENT RUCJACC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL//CCPA// RUCQSOC/USCINCSOC MACDILL AFB FL//PA//
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 003322
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP; NEA/PPD; NEA/RA; INR/R/MR; PA;
INR/NESA; INR/B; IIP/G/NEA-SA
WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESS OFFICE; NSC
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA
USCINCCENT FOR POLAD
LONDON FOR GOLDRICH; PARIS FOR ZEYA
LONDON ALSO FOR MOC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: STRONG WORDS FROM SEMI OFFICIAL DAILY
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 003322
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP; NEA/PPD; NEA/RA; INR/R/MR; PA;
INR/NESA; INR/B; IIP/G/NEA-SA
WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESS OFFICE; NSC
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA
USCINCCENT FOR POLAD
LONDON FOR GOLDRICH; PARIS FOR ZEYA
LONDON ALSO FOR MOC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: STRONG WORDS FROM SEMI OFFICIAL DAILY
1. SUMMARY: THE BRUTAL KILLING OF THE TWO AMERICAN HOSTAGES IN
IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN ALL LOCAL ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA.
UAE COLUMNIST ABDULLAH RASHID STATED IN "AL ITTIHAD" THAT ISLAM
IS A JUST AND RIGHTEOUS RELIGION AND THE PEOPLE WHO COMMIT SUCH
CRIMES MAY CALL THEMSELVES MUSLIMS BUT TRULY ARE NOT.
2. UNDER THE HEADLINE "VICTIMS OF TERRORISM FATWAS," "AL
ITTIHAD" EDITORIALIZED 09/21: (ARABIC DAILY, ABU DHABI-BASED,
SEMI-OFFICIAL, CIRCULATION 85,000)
". THE KILLERS SLAUGHTERED THE TWO AMERICAN HOSTAGES IN A VERY
TRAGIC AND HORRIFYING SCENE. THESE DREADFUL ACTIONS COME AS A
DIRECT RESULT OF AL QARADAWI'S FATWA THAT KILLING U.S. CIVILIANS
IS ALLOWED. RELIGION IS A MISSION, AND FATWA IN RELIGION SHOULD
BE RELIABLE, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF A NATION COMES THROUGH THESE
FOOLISH FATWAS THAT LEAD TO THE DEATH OF INNOCENT PEOPLE AND
DISTORTS THE GREATNESS OF THE ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS VALUES." "WE
CALL UPON THEM TO FILE A LEGAL CASE AGAINST THE ISSUER OF THIS
FATWA FOR IT IS DIRECTLY AND DELIBERATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
DEATH OF THE TWO VICTIMS. THOSE WHO INCITE AND INSTIGATE
TERRORISM MUST RECEIVE THE PUNISHMENT THEY DESERVE AND BECOME AN
EXAMPLE TO OTHERS."
3. UAE COLUMNIST ABDULLAH RASHID WROTE AN ARTICLE IN "AL
ITTIHAD" NOTING THAT THE KILLING OF HOSTAGES IS NOT PART OF ISLAM
AND THAT ISLAM IS A JUST AND RIGHTEOUS RELIGION ON 09/22:
". I AM TELLING THE MUSLIM SCHOLARS, WHO HAVE BEEN QUIET FOR A
DECADE, THAT WHEN THEY DECIDED TO TALK THEY SAID NONSENSE. I AM
TELLING THESE WHO THINK THEY ARE MUSLIMS: HOW MANY PEOPLE IN
THIS WORLD WILL BE BITTER TOWARDS THE GOOD ISLAMIC RELIGION? HOW
MANY WILL HESITATE CONVERTING INTO ISLAM IF THEY WERE PLANNING ON
IT? AND HOW MANY WILL RENOUNCE ISLAM?. I AM TELLING THESE PEOPLE
`THE PERSON WHO DOES NOT SAY THE TRUTH IS A MUTE DEVIL' AND HE IS
EVEN DEAF AND BLIND.. WE ARE IN A DESTRUCTIVE WAR, SO EITHER WE
PROVE THAT WE ARE A NATION THAT DESERVES LIVING AND WE FACE THIS
HURRICANE WITH HONESTY OR WE STAY AS IS, LEAVING THE EARTH TO
COME ON FIRE AND THEN WE CAN'T REGRET ANYTHING. WE ARE TELLING
THOSE THAT ISLAM IS NOT A CAP THAT HAS RUBBISH UNDERNEATH, ISLAM
IS A SIGN OF JUSTICE AND RESPECT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S RIGHTS."
SISON
SIPDIS
STATE FOR NEA/ARP; NEA/PPD; NEA/RA; INR/R/MR; PA;
INR/NESA; INR/B; IIP/G/NEA-SA
WHITE HOUSE FOR PRESS OFFICE; NSC
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA
USCINCCENT FOR POLAD
LONDON FOR GOLDRICH; PARIS FOR ZEYA
LONDON ALSO FOR MOC
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR TC
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: STRONG WORDS FROM SEMI OFFICIAL DAILY
1. SUMMARY: THE BRUTAL KILLING OF THE TWO AMERICAN HOSTAGES IN
IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN ALL LOCAL ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA.
UAE COLUMNIST ABDULLAH RASHID STATED IN "AL ITTIHAD" THAT ISLAM
IS A JUST AND RIGHTEOUS RELIGION AND THE PEOPLE WHO COMMIT SUCH
CRIMES MAY CALL THEMSELVES MUSLIMS BUT TRULY ARE NOT.
2. UNDER THE HEADLINE "VICTIMS OF TERRORISM FATWAS," "AL
ITTIHAD" EDITORIALIZED 09/21: (ARABIC DAILY, ABU DHABI-BASED,
SEMI-OFFICIAL, CIRCULATION 85,000)
". THE KILLERS SLAUGHTERED THE TWO AMERICAN HOSTAGES IN A VERY
TRAGIC AND HORRIFYING SCENE. THESE DREADFUL ACTIONS COME AS A
DIRECT RESULT OF AL QARADAWI'S FATWA THAT KILLING U.S. CIVILIANS
IS ALLOWED. RELIGION IS A MISSION, AND FATWA IN RELIGION SHOULD
BE RELIABLE, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF A NATION COMES THROUGH THESE
FOOLISH FATWAS THAT LEAD TO THE DEATH OF INNOCENT PEOPLE AND
DISTORTS THE GREATNESS OF THE ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS VALUES." "WE
CALL UPON THEM TO FILE A LEGAL CASE AGAINST THE ISSUER OF THIS
FATWA FOR IT IS DIRECTLY AND DELIBERATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
DEATH OF THE TWO VICTIMS. THOSE WHO INCITE AND INSTIGATE
TERRORISM MUST RECEIVE THE PUNISHMENT THEY DESERVE AND BECOME AN
EXAMPLE TO OTHERS."
3. UAE COLUMNIST ABDULLAH RASHID WROTE AN ARTICLE IN "AL
ITTIHAD" NOTING THAT THE KILLING OF HOSTAGES IS NOT PART OF ISLAM
AND THAT ISLAM IS A JUST AND RIGHTEOUS RELIGION ON 09/22:
". I AM TELLING THE MUSLIM SCHOLARS, WHO HAVE BEEN QUIET FOR A
DECADE, THAT WHEN THEY DECIDED TO TALK THEY SAID NONSENSE. I AM
TELLING THESE WHO THINK THEY ARE MUSLIMS: HOW MANY PEOPLE IN
THIS WORLD WILL BE BITTER TOWARDS THE GOOD ISLAMIC RELIGION? HOW
MANY WILL HESITATE CONVERTING INTO ISLAM IF THEY WERE PLANNING ON
IT? AND HOW MANY WILL RENOUNCE ISLAM?. I AM TELLING THESE PEOPLE
`THE PERSON WHO DOES NOT SAY THE TRUTH IS A MUTE DEVIL' AND HE IS
EVEN DEAF AND BLIND.. WE ARE IN A DESTRUCTIVE WAR, SO EITHER WE
PROVE THAT WE ARE A NATION THAT DESERVES LIVING AND WE FACE THIS
HURRICANE WITH HONESTY OR WE STAY AS IS, LEAVING THE EARTH TO
COME ON FIRE AND THEN WE CAN'T REGRET ANYTHING. WE ARE TELLING
THOSE THAT ISLAM IS NOT A CAP THAT HAS RUBBISH UNDERNEATH, ISLAM
IS A SIGN OF JUSTICE AND RESPECT OF OTHER PEOPLE'S RIGHTS."
SISON