Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06MANAMA707
2006-04-25 05:33:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Manama
Cable title:
BAHRAIN: MENAFATF CAIRO DEMARCHE
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UNCLAS MANAMA 000707
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS FOR BADKINS, S/CT FOR VNICHOLS,
NEA/ARP, IO/PSC FOR BFITZGERALD
TREASURY FOR DGLASER AND OFAC FOR RWERNER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER BA REGION CTR
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: MENAFATF CAIRO DEMARCHE
REF: STATE 59414
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. NOT
FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION.
UNCLAS MANAMA 000707
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS FOR BADKINS, S/CT FOR VNICHOLS,
NEA/ARP, IO/PSC FOR BFITZGERALD
TREASURY FOR DGLASER AND OFAC FOR RWERNER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER BA REGION CTR
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: MENAFATF CAIRO DEMARCHE
REF: STATE 59414
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. NOT
FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION.
1. (SBU) Econoff and TreasAtt April 19 delivered reftel
demarche to Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) Compliance Director
Ahmed Bumtaia and provided him with a copy of the MENAFATF
Charities best practices paper. Bumtaia said he was
unfamiliar with the paper but promised to study it carefully.
2. (SBU) He noted that, in principle, individuals are
sensitive to the Islamic concept of anonymity in
charity-giving. He explained that the purpose of this
anonymity was to avoid receiving recognition for one's
charitable acts, and that revealing to whom one has donated
and how much tended to diminish the purity of the act. He
said that for this reason, donors feel their donations are
private matters that should not be subject to outside
scrutiny. Bumtaia said he countered this by asserting that,
for the donor's protection, the Compliance Directorate had
the responsibility to ensure that donations were going to
clean charities.
3. (U) Emboffs assured Bumtaia that the MENAFATF paper was a
local product reflecting regional collaboration. Bumtaia
promised to contact Emboffs with any questions or reactions
to the paper. He said it was likely that he would head
Bahrain's delegation to the Fourth Plenary, set for Doha in
September.
MONROE
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
STATE FOR EB/ESC/TFS FOR BADKINS, S/CT FOR VNICHOLS,
NEA/ARP, IO/PSC FOR BFITZGERALD
TREASURY FOR DGLASER AND OFAC FOR RWERNER
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER BA REGION CTR
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: MENAFATF CAIRO DEMARCHE
REF: STATE 59414
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. NOT
FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION.
1. (SBU) Econoff and TreasAtt April 19 delivered reftel
demarche to Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) Compliance Director
Ahmed Bumtaia and provided him with a copy of the MENAFATF
Charities best practices paper. Bumtaia said he was
unfamiliar with the paper but promised to study it carefully.
2. (SBU) He noted that, in principle, individuals are
sensitive to the Islamic concept of anonymity in
charity-giving. He explained that the purpose of this
anonymity was to avoid receiving recognition for one's
charitable acts, and that revealing to whom one has donated
and how much tended to diminish the purity of the act. He
said that for this reason, donors feel their donations are
private matters that should not be subject to outside
scrutiny. Bumtaia said he countered this by asserting that,
for the donor's protection, the Compliance Directorate had
the responsibility to ensure that donations were going to
clean charities.
3. (U) Emboffs assured Bumtaia that the MENAFATF paper was a
local product reflecting regional collaboration. Bumtaia
promised to contact Emboffs with any questions or reactions
to the paper. He said it was likely that he would head
Bahrain's delegation to the Fourth Plenary, set for Doha in
September.
MONROE