SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: ABUSE OF THE KORAN

UNCLAS ABU DHABI 002574 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: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: ABUSE OF THE KORAN ¶1. SUMMARY: A COLUMNIST IN THE ARABIC DAILY "AL-BAYAN" WARNED ALL MUSLIMS AGAINST AN ALLEGED AMERICAN-ISRAELI PLAN TO DESTROY AL-AQSA MOSQUE. THE COLUMNIST CLAIMS THAT THE KORAN ABUSE IN GUANTANAMO IS A CONSPIRACY AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS A WAR CRIME. THE COLUMN URGES MUSLIMS TO NOT BE TOLERANT REGARDING THESE ACTS. END SUMMARY ¶2. COMMENTING ON THE DESECRATION OF THE KOEAN IN GUANTANAMO BAY, AHMAD KANANI WROTE IN THE DUBAI-BASED ARABIC DAILY "AL-BAYAN" 6/7:(CIRCULATION 90,000) ".THE AMERICANS REALIZED THAT THEIR DENIAL OF THIS ACCUSATION IS NOT CONVINCING ANYONE AND WILL NOT IMPROVE THEIR POSITION IN THE MUSLIM WORLD. THEIR PRESSURE ON NEWSWEEK TO DENY THE INFORMATION MADE THE UNITED STATES LOOK SILLY AND CONFUSED. THEREFORE, THEY USED A MALICIOUS TACTIC BY DISPENSING THE INFORMATION GRADUALLY TO PREPARE THE MUSLIMSTO ACCEPT SUCH A CRIME..SUCH A CRIME SHOULD BE JUDGED BY THE MUSLIMS. THE GUILTY SHOULD BE PUT ON TRIAL, AND BEFORE A COURT FOR WAR CRIMINALES FOR COMMITTING CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY. WHAT IS ALSO REQUIRED, IS TO CONVINCE THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND DEPARTMENTS TO ESTABLISH A MECHANISM THAT ENSURES SUCH AN ACT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE FUTURE WITH THE KORAN OR ANY MUSLIM HOLY SITE INCLUDING THE AL-AQSA MOSQUE. THE U.S. SHOULD ALSO CLOSE GUANTANAMO BAY AND RELEASE ALL OF THE DETAINEES, OR TRY THEM BEFORE A FAIR COURT SHOULD THEY BE GUILTY(THIS HAS NOT BEEN PROVEN AND MAY NEVER.) WHAT IS ALSO REQUIRED IS THAT THE MUSLIM REACTION MUST BE LOUD AFTER THE OFFICIAL AMERICAN ADMITTANCE......ONCE A CATASTROPHE TAKES PLACE AND THE AL-AQSA IS DEMOLISHED, IT WILL BE EXPLAINED AS IF IT WAS AN INDIVIDUAL ACT AND NOT A DELIBERATE ONE." "THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW AGAINST AL-AQSA MOSQUE. EVERY WEEK NEWS REPORTS REACH US ABOUT AN EXTREMIST JEWISH GROUP THAT SEEKS TO ATTACK THE MOSQUE AND DESTORY IT. MUSLIMS MAY BE SO ACCUSTOMED TO HEARING THESE REPORTS, UNTIL ONE DAY WHEN WE ALL WAKE UP AND WITNESS A CATASTROPHE; THIS IS THE CORE OF THE AMERICAN-ISRAELI SCHEME AGAINST THE MOSQUE. ANY TOLERANCE TOWARDS THE ISSUE OF KORAN ABUSE SIMPLY MEANS THAT YOU ARE ALLOWING ZIONISTS AND AMERICAN NEOCONSERVATIVES THE CHANCE, AND THE GREEN LIGHT TO UNDERMINE THE AL-AQSA MOSUE. IS THIS ENOUGH TO ALERT ALL OF US?" SISON