Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07JAKARTA725
2007-03-13 22:49:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Jakarta
Cable title:
INDONESIA RESPONDS TO PAKISTAN'S MIDDLE EAST PEACE
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/08/2012
TAGS: PREL PTER KISL ID
SUBJECT: INDONESIA RESPONDS TO PAKISTAN'S MIDDLE EAST PEACE
PLAN WITH ONE OF ITS OWN
REF: ISLAMABAD 895
Classified By: CDA John A. Heffern, Reasons 1.4(b) and (d)
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SIPDIS
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E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/08/2012
TAGS: PREL PTER KISL ID
SUBJECT: INDONESIA RESPONDS TO PAKISTAN'S MIDDLE EAST PEACE
PLAN WITH ONE OF ITS OWN
REF: ISLAMABAD 895
Classified By: CDA John A. Heffern, Reasons 1.4(b) and (d)
1. (C) EAP DAS Eric John inquired about Pakistani President
Musharraf's Middle East peace initiative during his meeting
with Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Director
General Imron Cotan. According to Cotan, Foreign Minister
Hassan Wirajuda attended the meeting as part of Indonesia's
effort to find alternatives to the current situation in the
Middle East. Cotan did not provide any specifics on
Musharraf's initiative, but instead commented on Indonesia's
own plan to help resolve Middle East conflicts.
2. (C) Cotan told DAS John that Indonesia will be hosting a
"track two" style meeting of non-governmental officials from
Muslim countries at the end of March. (Note. Subsequent
press reports said that the conference dates will be April
2-3. End note.) He said that DEPLU had directed Hasyim
Muzadi, chairman of Indonesia's largest mass Muslim
organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU),to organize the
conference, which would bring together Sunni and Shi'a
religious leaders. According to Cotan, Middle Eastern
governments are not in full control of the grassroots in
their countries, and as a result, there is now a problem of
"warlords."
3. (C) The Government of Indonesia (GOI) believes that
Middle Eastern conflicts spill over to Indonesia in the form
of terrorism, Cotan said. This conference, then, would be an
attempt to persuade non-governmental actors to renounce
violence and create a climate that is more conducive to
negotiations. DAS John replied that the Secretary is
interested in following up on GOI plans in the region, and
would like to discuss this at some point with FM Wirajuda.
4. (C) Separately, a representative from NU's rival
organization, Muhammadiyah (which is assisting with the
conference),provided us with a list of the individuals whom
Muzadi has reportedly invited to the Sunni-Shi'a conference:
Egypt: Dr. Salim Al-Awah, Al-Ahzar University
Iran: Ayatollah Muhammad Ali Taskhiri; Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi
Taskhiri; Mullah Muhammad Ishaq Madani; Shaykh Iraqi; Shaykh
Jawwad Marwa
Iraq: Sadr al-Din Qubanji (Imam, Najaf Mosque); Sayyid
Ammar Hakim
Lebanon: Ulama Sayyid Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah; Sayyid Ali
Fadlallah; Shaykh Ja afar Muhajir; Dr. Famy Haddidi
Syria: Abdallah Nitham; Dr. Nabil Halabaraq
Qatar: Sayyid Shakir Al-Yusuf
Kuwait: Shaykh Hassan Jarraf (possibly Jazzaf)
Turkey: Salah al-Din Awz Gunduz
Indonesia: Jalaluddin Rakhmat (Note. Rahmat is an Indonesian
intellectual who is generally regarded as a moderate. He has
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written extensively about Islam and pluralism. End note.)
Afghanistan: Muhammad Asif Mohsini; Sayyid Murtadhawi
Pakistan: Sayyid Sajid Naqvi
Yemen: Ashami
Bahrain: Sayyid Abdallah Arifi; Shaykh Aissa Qasim
Tunisia: Rashid Al-Ghannouchi
Saudi Arabia: Shaykh Hassan Saffar; Hadi Fadhli
Azerbaijan: Allah Shukur Pashazadeh
US: Seyyed Hossein Nasr (George Washington University)
India: Sayyid Kalbe Sadiq; Sayyid Kalbe Jawwad Naqvi
5. (U) This message has been cleared with DAS John.
HEFFERN
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/08/2012
TAGS: PREL PTER KISL ID
SUBJECT: INDONESIA RESPONDS TO PAKISTAN'S MIDDLE EAST PEACE
PLAN WITH ONE OF ITS OWN
REF: ISLAMABAD 895
Classified By: CDA John A. Heffern, Reasons 1.4(b) and (d)
1. (C) EAP DAS Eric John inquired about Pakistani President
Musharraf's Middle East peace initiative during his meeting
with Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Director
General Imron Cotan. According to Cotan, Foreign Minister
Hassan Wirajuda attended the meeting as part of Indonesia's
effort to find alternatives to the current situation in the
Middle East. Cotan did not provide any specifics on
Musharraf's initiative, but instead commented on Indonesia's
own plan to help resolve Middle East conflicts.
2. (C) Cotan told DAS John that Indonesia will be hosting a
"track two" style meeting of non-governmental officials from
Muslim countries at the end of March. (Note. Subsequent
press reports said that the conference dates will be April
2-3. End note.) He said that DEPLU had directed Hasyim
Muzadi, chairman of Indonesia's largest mass Muslim
organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU),to organize the
conference, which would bring together Sunni and Shi'a
religious leaders. According to Cotan, Middle Eastern
governments are not in full control of the grassroots in
their countries, and as a result, there is now a problem of
"warlords."
3. (C) The Government of Indonesia (GOI) believes that
Middle Eastern conflicts spill over to Indonesia in the form
of terrorism, Cotan said. This conference, then, would be an
attempt to persuade non-governmental actors to renounce
violence and create a climate that is more conducive to
negotiations. DAS John replied that the Secretary is
interested in following up on GOI plans in the region, and
would like to discuss this at some point with FM Wirajuda.
4. (C) Separately, a representative from NU's rival
organization, Muhammadiyah (which is assisting with the
conference),provided us with a list of the individuals whom
Muzadi has reportedly invited to the Sunni-Shi'a conference:
Egypt: Dr. Salim Al-Awah, Al-Ahzar University
Iran: Ayatollah Muhammad Ali Taskhiri; Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi
Taskhiri; Mullah Muhammad Ishaq Madani; Shaykh Iraqi; Shaykh
Jawwad Marwa
Iraq: Sadr al-Din Qubanji (Imam, Najaf Mosque); Sayyid
Ammar Hakim
Lebanon: Ulama Sayyid Muhammad Hussein Fadlallah; Sayyid Ali
Fadlallah; Shaykh Ja afar Muhajir; Dr. Famy Haddidi
Syria: Abdallah Nitham; Dr. Nabil Halabaraq
Qatar: Sayyid Shakir Al-Yusuf
Kuwait: Shaykh Hassan Jarraf (possibly Jazzaf)
Turkey: Salah al-Din Awz Gunduz
Indonesia: Jalaluddin Rakhmat (Note. Rahmat is an Indonesian
intellectual who is generally regarded as a moderate. He has
JAKARTA 00000725 002 OF 002
written extensively about Islam and pluralism. End note.)
Afghanistan: Muhammad Asif Mohsini; Sayyid Murtadhawi
Pakistan: Sayyid Sajid Naqvi
Yemen: Ashami
Bahrain: Sayyid Abdallah Arifi; Shaykh Aissa Qasim
Tunisia: Rashid Al-Ghannouchi
Saudi Arabia: Shaykh Hassan Saffar; Hadi Fadhli
Azerbaijan: Allah Shukur Pashazadeh
US: Seyyed Hossein Nasr (George Washington University)
India: Sayyid Kalbe Sadiq; Sayyid Kalbe Jawwad Naqvi
5. (U) This message has been cleared with DAS John.
HEFFERN