Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
04ABUDHABI4186
2004-11-22 13:54:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Abu Dhabi
Cable title:
NO REPORTED INCIDENTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN UAE
how-tonull Diana T Fritz 02/05/2007 04:03:33 PM From DB/Inbox: Search Results Cable Text: UNCLAS ABU DHABI 04186 SIPDIS CXABU: ACTION: POL INFO: AMB DCM RSO MEPI P/M ECON DISSEMINATION: POL CHARGE: PROG APPROVED: AMB:MSISON DRAFTED: POL:SRADDANT CLEARED: DCM:RALBRIGHT POL:JMAYBURY VZCZCADI587 RR RUEHC RUEHDE DE RUEHAD #4186 3271354 ZNR UUUUU ZZH R 221354Z NOV 04 FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 6863 INFO RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI 4512
UNCLAS ABU DHABI 004186
SIPDIS
STATE FOR DRL/CRA-MDAVIS, EUR/OHI, AND NEA/ARPI
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KDEM KIRF PGOV PHUM TC
SUBJECT: NO REPORTED INCIDENTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN UAE
REF: (A) STATE 239529 (B) 03 ABU DHABI 3146 AND
PREVIOUS
Post is not aware of any incidents of anti-Semitism
taking place in the UAE from July 1, 2003, until the
present. In the 2003 Human Rights Report and in the
2004 International Religious Freedom Report we
reported on the controversy surrounding the closure of
the Zayed Center for Coordination and Follow-up
(ZCCF),an Abu Dhabi-based think tank. In August
2003, the UAEG closed the ZCCF for sponsoring anti-
Jewish activities, stating that it "starkly
contradicted the principles of interfaith tolerance"
advocated by the president. Critics worldwide cited
multiple examples of anti-Jewish literature, website
material, and lectures sponsored by the ZCCF, and
began an international publicity campaign to expose
the center's anti-Jewish bias. The center strongly
refuted the charges. The organization has not
reopened, and similar organizations do not exist in
the UAE.
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