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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00BEIRUT1411 |
ELECTION 2000: AMAL-HIZBALLAH MAKE A DEAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMAL MOVEMENT AND HIZBALLAH HAVE MADE A SYRIAN-INDUCED DEAL TO DISTRIBUTE SEATS AMONG THEMSELVES IN THE UPCOMING PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. IF THE DEAL HOLDS, HIZBALLAH WOULD HAVE A NET GAIN OF TWO SEATS, PLUS A STRONGER FIGURE IN A THIRD ONE. THESE EXPEDIENT PAIRINGS ARE TYPICAL [...] |
2000-04-17 16:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL LE |
| 01ABUJA1046 |
SHARIA IN ZAMFARA--A NEW LOW [...] (U) Summary: Governor Ahmed Sani on May 3 permitted the second hand-amputation since the return of criminal Sharia in Zamfara State in February, 2000. The victim had been convicted of stealing three bicycles in July 2000, and the sentence had been held in abeyance since that time. The timin [...] |
2001-05-09 14:51:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KISL KIRL |
| 01ABUJA1133 |
KANO HOTEL BURNED BY SHARI'A ENFORCERS [...] (C) Summary: In a recent crackdown, the Government of Kano State authorized the quasi-vigilante enforcement of the State's new liquor law by sending the Deputy Governor, accompanied by Hisbah members (Shari'a enforcers) to five hotels to enforce a ban on the sale or purchase of alcohol by Mus [...] |
2001-05-16 09:55:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL SOCI EAID NI ASEC |
| 01ABUJA1449 |
NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR VISITS SOKOTO STATE: OFR [...] (U) In his first trip to the Northwest, Ambassador Jeter travelled to Sokoto State on June 19 and 20 to hold meetings with Governor Bafarawa, Sultan of Sokoto Maccido and Brigade One Commander General Emejuru. The Ambassador thanked the officials for their support for Operation Focus Relief P [...] |
2001-06-22 19:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI KISL NI |
| 01ABUJA2347 |
JOS CONFLICT ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Summary. A team of officials from the U.S., U.K. and Netherlands diplomatic missions in Abuja drove to Jos on Friday, September 14, to meet with their nationals and to assess the situation there following the ethnic and religious conflict that began on September 7. It appears that over [...] |
2001-09-19 17:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREF CASC MOPS KIRF KISL EAID NI |
| 01ABUJA2398 |
NO CELEBRATIONS IN ZAMFARA: REPORTS INACCURATE [...] Summary: Post has investigated the story reported by a BBC stringer in Gusau, capital of Zamfara State, that there were celebrations there following the September 11 attack on the U.S. All sources indicate that this story was exaggerated. Reports of unrest in Kano on Friday, September 14, a [...] |
2001-09-21 07:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO KISL PINS NI |
| 01ABUJA2510 |
NORTHERN GOVERNORS ON SECURITY SITUATION [...] (U) Summary: During a tour of Northern Nigeria the week of September 23, Poloff discussed with six governors--Jigawa, Kebbi, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kano and Kaduna--the security situation in their respective states. Presently army troops are responsible for order in Kaduna, Jos, and Tafawa Balewa [...] |
2001-10-03 09:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PTER PINS PINR KISL CASC EAID NI |
| 01ABUJA2700 |
STONING SENTENCES IN KEBBI, SOKOTO; GON BEGINS [...] No summary [...] |
2001-10-23 17:32:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF NI |
| 01ABUJA2786 |
RADICALIZATION OF ISLAM IN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy interprets a "radical formulation of Islam" (reftel) as one which deems violence against Americans as licit for reasons of faith. Few in Nigeria have adopted this extreme view; however, there is widespread concern and significant anger among Muslims in Nigeria aga [...] |
2001-10-31 13:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER KISL PHUM KIRF NI |
| 01ABUJA2792 |
RADICALIZATION OF ISLAM IN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy interprets a "radical formulation of Islam" (reftel) as one which deems violence against Americans as licit for reasons of faith. Few in Nigeria have adopted this extreme view; however, there is widespread concern and significant anger among Muslims in Nigeria aga [...] |
2001-11-01 11:35:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER KISL PHUM KIRF KPAO OIIP |
| 01ABUJA3236 |
NIGERIA - THE AMBASSADOR'S IFTAR [...] Ambassador Jeter hosted a very successful Iftar on Wednesday, December 12. Although FSOs assigned to the (former) Embassy Office in Abuja had hosted Iftars in the past, Ambassador Jeter was the first U.S. Ambassador accredited to Nigeria to host an Iftar in the national capital. I sent a s [...] |
2001-12-19 18:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL OEXC PGOV PREL NI |
| 01BEIRUT1018 |
KHATAMI HOLDS COURT FOR LEBANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: IRANIAN PRESIDENT KHATAMI MET ON APRIL 25 WITH HIZBALLAH SYG HASSAN NASRALLAH AND PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER/AMAL LEADER NABIH BERRI ON THE MARGINS OF THE TEHRAN-SPONSORED CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF THE AL-AQSA INTIFADA. KHATAMI LAVISHED PRAISE ON HIZBALLAH AND WAS SOMEWHAT MORE RESERV [...] |
2001-04-26 16:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL KPAL IR SY LE |
| 01BEIRUT758 |
HIZBALLAH-AMAL FORGE MUNICIPAL ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER/AMAL MOVEMENT HEAD NABIH BERRI, CORNERED BY SYRIAN SUPPORT FOR HARIRI'S STRUCTURAL REFORMS WHICH WILL HARM HIS PATRONAGE MACHINE, IS TRIMMING SAILS. HE HAS MET WITH ARCH-RIVAL HIZBALLAH SYG NASRALLAH AND COMPROMISES ON TWO BONES OF CONTENTION ARE EMERGING. [...] |
2001-03-22 16:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL IR LE |
| 01CAIRO3303 |
EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERS - PART I: HISTORY AND [...] (C) THIS IS THE FIRST IN A TWO PART MESSAGE DISCUSSING EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD. PART 1 OUTLINES ITS HISTORY AND STRUCTURE, PART 2 OF THE MESSAGE WILL DISCUSS THE BASES FOR THE MB'S POPULARITY AS A POLITICAL FORCE IN EGYPT TODAY. EGYPT'S (ILLEGAL) MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, FOUNDED IN 1928, IS A PART OF [...] |
2001-05-31 09:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PTER EG |
| 01CAIRO3757 |
EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERS - PART 2: A POPULAR [...] (C) IN THIS, THE SECOND OF TWO CABLES ON EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB), WE LOOK AT THE BANNED MOVEMENT'S POPULARITY AND ITS SOURCES. DESPITE INTERNAL TENSIONS AND IMPRISONMENT OF THE MOST DYNAMIC OF ITS YOUNG LEADERS SINCE THE MID-1990'S, THE MB HAS ENJOYED AN UPSURGE IN POPULARITY, WINNING 17 PE [...] |
2001-06-21 11:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PTER EG |
| 01CAIRO7997 |
EGYPT: NEW TERRORIST GROUP, AL-WA'AD (THE PROMISE) [...] (C) IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF TRIAL BEFORE THE MILITARY TRIBUNAL, THE PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN ORGANIZATION OF 94 EGYPTIANS AND FOREIGNERS, WHICH HAS BECOME KNOWN AS "AL-WA'AD" (THE PROMISE), IS ALLEGED TO BE A SOPHISTICATED NETWORK OF TERRORIST CELLS. INDICTMENTS WERE ISSUED AGAINST 94 DEFENDANT [...] |
2001-12-10 16:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PTER PGOV PHUM EG |
| 01DUBAI1141 |
POPULAR IRANIAN VIEWS OF TEHRAN'S POLICY [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY PRINCIPAL OFFICER RICHARD OLSON FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. IRANIAN VISA APPLICANTS, DUBAI-BASED TRADERS, AND IRANIANS RESIDENT IN DUBAI PROVIDED THEIR ASSESSMENT OF IRAN'S POLICY TOWARD ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIAN CONFLICT. OF THOSE WHO EXPRESSED OPINI [...] |
2001-09-15 08:41:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KPAL KISL IR TC |
| 01KUWAIT3757 |
KUWAITIS DENOUNCE BIN LADEN [...] KUWAITI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND OPINION LEADERS DENOUNCED THE BIN LADEN TAPE RELEASED BY THE PENTAGON DECEMBER 13. 2. ASKED HIS VIEW OF THE TAPE, KUWAIT'S ACTING PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER SHAYKH SABAH SAID: "EVERYONE WHO HEARS SUCH THINGS WILL DEFINITELY BE SHOCKED WHEN HE HEA [...] |
2001-12-15 14:29:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KISL KU |
| 01MANILA6761 |
MISUARI TO USG "I'M NO TERRORIST" [...] (C) SUMMARY: NUR MISUARI HAS DECIDED TO REVERT BACK TO HIS ARMED SEPARATIST WAYS, BUT HAS SENT A CLEAR MESSAGE TO THE UNITED STATES CLAIMING THAT HE WILL NEVER BE A TERRORIST AND HAS NOT ALLIED HIS FORCES WITH THOSE OF THE ABU SAYYAF GROUP (ASG). A MISUARI EMISSARY HAS TOLD EMBASSY MANILA HE I [...] |
2001-11-21 11:56:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS MOPS PREL KISL PGOV RP |
| 02ABUJA3015 |
NIGERIA: GOMBE STATE BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Governor Alhaji Abubakar Habu Hashidu is a key power broker in Northeast Nigeria. Deputy Governor Joshua M. Lidani is an intelligent technocrat; a Christian who balances Gombe State's Muslim-dominated government. The Emir of Gombe Alhaji Shehu Usman Abubakar remains an important [...] |
2002-11-05 13:29:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR NI KISL |
| 02ABUJA3017 |
NIGERIA: GOMBE STATE GOVERNOR'S VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 6, Ambassador Jeter and Economic Officer Hricik met with Gombe State Governor Hashidu and Deputy Governor Lidani to discuss Nigerian politics and Northern views on the U.S. The Governor said the National Assembly's attempt to impeach President Obasanjo sent the wrong [...] |
2002-11-05 14:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL PTER NI |
| 02ABUJA3296 |
NIGERIA: PROTESTS AND PRAYERS IN KATSINA [...] (U) Peaceful protests have been taking place recently in Nigeria's northern Katsina state, reportedly sponsored by the "Shi'ite" Muslim Brotherhood, among others. Taking place before and after Friday's Juma'at prayers, the number of protests increased during the Holy month of Ramadan. Accor [...] |
2002-12-11 16:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI KISL PGOV PINS PINR KPAO NI |
| 02AMMAN2432 |
SENIOR ISLAMIC FIGURES PRAISE CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM [...] (C) The Chief Justice of the Sharia Court and the Mufti of the Kingdom recently expressed to us their strong condemnation of Israeli violence in the West Bank and of suicide bombings, but asked that the U.S. adopt a "more just" position defending the rights of Palestinians against Israeli oc [...] |
2002-05-16 09:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL SOCI IS JO |
| 02AMMAN2529 |
TENSE REGIONAL SITUATION INCREASES ELECTION [...] (C) Developments across the river and elsewhere in the region continue to place strong pressure on King Abdullah's reformist agenda. Along with the pressure, speculation concerning the status of parliamentary elections that were tentatively scheduled for the fall has grown. On May 10, Jordan [...] |
2002-05-20 13:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | JO KISL PGOV PREL |
| 02AMMAN3327 |
ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT LEADERS TO U.S.: DIALOGUE, [...] (C) On June 13, Poloff and PA Cultural Exchange Visitor Imam Yahya Hindi met with Islamic Action Front (IAF) leaders Hamza Mansour (IAF Secretary General), Abdel Latif Arabiyat (IAF Shura Council President), Jamil Abu Bakir (Chairman of the Board for the weekly IAF newspaper, Assabeel), and Sa' [...] |
2002-06-20 05:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN3330 |
SHARIA PROFS DISMISSED, SOME REINSTATED; MYSTIFIED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Three Jordanian universities recently dismissed 8 professors, most of whom were Sharia professors, without explanation. Most suspect the professors were dismissed because of their political views and/or their background as Saudi-educated 'Salafi' proponents. Media reports and e [...] |
2002-06-20 06:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PHUM PGOV JO |
| 02AMMAN3549 |
ASSABEEL: UNDERSTANDING JORDAN'S PREEMINENT [...] (C) The Islamist publication Assabeel ("the way" or "the path") is Jordan's most important weekly newspaper. Its circulation is small compared to that of the daily newspapers, but it has grown recently when other Jordanian weeklies have not. Insiders aver that the paper seeks to convey "qual [...] |
2002-06-30 13:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN3947 |
JORDAN: ENGAGING ISLAM [...] (C) Embassy Amman's chief goals include promoting moderation and reform within Jordan through contact work and a wide range of programs. Our Economic Reform efforts seek to achieve these goals through improved living standards, increased employment opportunities, and encouraging Jordan's cont [...] |
2002-07-17 13:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PTER EFIN EAID KPAO KDEM KIRF PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN3953 |
. . . AND NOW ELECTIONS APPEAR LESS LIKELY [...] (C) As King Abdullah's July 31st visit to Washington approaches, the status of elections to reinstate Jordan's Parliament remains uncertain, but elections before the spring of 2003 seem unlikely. When we last reported on this topic in mid-June, regional tensions had abated somewhat (Ref. A). [...] |
2002-07-17 15:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL JO |
| 02AMMAN4236 |
AMBASSADOR ROSS' MEETING WITH ISLAMISTS: A GOOD [...] (C) On July 17, R Special Coordinator Ambassador Ross met with Islamic Action Front (IAF) leaders Sheikh Hamza Mansour (IAF Secretary General), Abdel Latif Arabiyat (IAF Shura Council President), and Jamil Abu Bakr (IAF First Deputy Secretary General). Poloff accompanied Ambassador Ross. IAF [...] |
2002-07-31 06:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM JO |
| 02AMMAN4258 |
IAF PRESS RELEASE RESPONDS TO PRESS CRITICISM OF [...] Summary. The July 17 meeting between R Special Coordinator Ambassador Christopher Ross and the leadership of the Islamic Action Front (IAF) was not reported in the IAF's weekly Assabeel but received considerable attention from other weeklies, including a scathing editorial by a former lefti [...] |
2002-07-31 12:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO KISL KPAL JO |
| 02AMMAN5478 |
EMBASSY AMMAN'S PARTICIPATION IN CAIRO CONFERENCE [...] Embassy Amman requests country clearance for Political Counselor Douglas A. Silliman and Public Affairs Officer Haynes Mahoney to participate in the Conference on Engaging Islam in Cairo October 2-3, 2002. 2. Mr. Silliman and Mr. Mahoney will arrive at Cairo International Airport (CAI) o [...] |
2002-09-23 14:30:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL OTRA KISL JO |
| 02AMMAN7234 |
RAMADAN 2002: AMMAN [...] SUMMARY: EMBASSY AMMAN UNDERTOOK A NUMBER OF SPECIAL ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF RAMADAN AIMED AT REINFORCING A MESSAGE OF RESPECT FOR ISLAM. SOMEWHAT TO OUR SURPRISE IN THESE TENSE TIMES, OUR JORDANIAN CONTACTS PARTICIPATED IN GREAT NUMBERS AT OUR EMBASSY RAMADAN EVENTS, INCLUDING TW [...] |
2002-12-12 13:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL KISL JO |
| 02AMMAN7349 |
MEPI REACTION: AMMAN [...] SUMMARY: THE MEPI AND SECRETARY POWELL'S SPEECH HAVE DOMINATED JORDANIAN EDITORIAL PAGES IN RECENT DAYS, WITH REACTION BEST DESCRIBED AS COMPLEX: SOME WRITERS HAVE WELCOMED THE INITIATIVE, EXPRESSING A KIND OF RELIEF AT THE ACCURATE IDENTIFICATION OF CORE DEFICIENCIES PLAGUING ARAB SOCIETIE [...] |
2002-12-19 14:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL KISL JO |
| 03ABUDHABI3565 |
POLITICAL ISLAM COUNTRY SNAPSHOT: UAE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) This message has been coordinated with AmConsul Dubai. 3. (S/NF) SUMMARY: There is little sign of an active political Islamic movement in the UAE, primarily as a result of the UAEG's support and promo [...] |
2003-07-30 13:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | KISL PREL PHUM TC |
| 03ABUJA1340 |
NIGERIA: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MEMBERS OF THE [...] (C) This is the second of Post,s biographic cables on newly appointed GON ministers. This cable focuses on the President,s new economic team. According to Embassy sources and press reports, President Obasanjo is promoting his economic team as a new generation of internationally respected tec [...] |
2003-08-07 09:17:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL KISL NI |
| 03ABUJA1516 |
POLITICAL ISLAM: NIGERIA SNAPSHOT [...] (C) Reftel questions appear to pertain primarily to countries with active Islamist political parties or NGOs, and Nigeria does not fit neatly into these cookie-cutter categories. Nigeria has no national parties or groups that pursue policies consistent with the definition of Political Islam [...] |
2003-09-04 14:16:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PHUM XF XA XG NI |
| 03ABUJA2216 |
NIGERIA: CHRISTMAS EVE ECONOMIC ROUND-UP [...] (SBU) Summary: We report another telecommunications victory for a United States company and another GON milestone in transparency as CODEM systems won a USD 28 million telecommunications contract after months of wrangling over alleged corruption by GON officials and European companies. U.S. ai [...] |
2003-12-26 07:38:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD KISL PTER NI |
| 03ABUJA902 |
NIGERIA: ZAK-ZAKY EMERGES FROM HIBERNATION [...] (C) Ibrahim el-Zak-Zaky, leader of a fringe Nigerian Islamic sect calling for the return to traditional Shi'a principles, emerged over the weekend from a period of inactivity. Sheikh Zak-Zaky held a fundraising event and public rally in Kano on May 10- 11, attracting some media attention an [...] |
2003-05-16 15:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL NI |
| 03AMMAN1344 |
JORDAN: DEMARCHE TO OIC ON IRAQ ISSUES [...] (C) A/DCM covered ref points on the Iraq discussion at the OIC summit with Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. A/DCM emphasized that UNSCR 1441 found Iraq in material breach and that Iraq must comply immediately and fully with 1441. It is also crucial that an [...] |
2003-03-06 09:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL IZ JO OIC |
| 03AMMAN4408 |
NEW PARLIAMENT MEETS, ELECTS SPEAKER; ISLAMIST [...] (U) The Jordanian Chamber of Deputies (Lower House of the Parliament), elected on June 17, held its first special session July 16 and elected Saad Hayel Srour as President (i.e. Speaker) of the house. Srour, who was speaker of the Lower House from 1993-97, received 65 of the 110 votes. Imme [...] |
2003-07-16 15:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM KISL JO |
| 03AMMAN4827 |
POLITICAL ISLAM IN JORDAN: OPPOSITION MOSTLY FROM [...] (C) Political Islam is a mostly moderate force in Jordanian society. By far, the most important Islamic organization in Jordan is the Muslim Brotherhood, and then its political arm, the Islamic Action Front. There are no other Islamic groups in the country that match the MB/IAF in influence a [...] |
2003-08-03 14:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PHUM XF XA XG |
| 03AMMAN4849 |
POLL RESULTS REFLECT GROWING POPULAR DESIRE FOR [...] (C) A Jordanian pollster who has conducted a number of studies in the country over the past several years believes that there is a growing disconnect between government pronouncements on democracy and the popular perception of Jordanian "half-democracy." In a recent conversation with Pol In [...] |
2003-08-04 07:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI KISL JO |
| 03AMMAN5245 |
JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT GIVES ABUL RAGHEB'S [...] (U) On August 14, Jordanian Members of Parliament (MPs) overwhelmingly approved the new government of Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb. Despite this support, many MPs criticized the prime minister's cabinet and agenda during the five days of debate that preceded the vote. In the end, Abul Rag [...] |
2003-08-19 07:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL JO |
| 03AMMAN5330 |
CHRISTIAN MP COMPLAINS ABOUT USG RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (C) A Christian member of the Jordanian Parliament complained August 20 that USG religious freedom policy in the Middle East hurts the indigenous Christian communities by encouraging emigration and diluting the strength of established churches by supporting foreign missionary groups. He sug [...] |
2003-08-21 14:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KIRF KISL XF JO |
| 03AMMAN5333 |
MILITARY PROSECUTORS FORMALLY CHARGE 13 IN 2002 [...] (U) The Jordanian State Security Court on August 14 formally charged 13 individuals accused of plotting attacks against U.S. and Jordanian targets late last year. Jordanian authorities in December 2002 arrested nine individuals, known locally as the Mafraq cell, for allegedly planning attacks [...] |
2003-08-21 14:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL JO |
| 03AMMAN5336 |
JORDANIAN ISLAMISTS USE PARLIAMENTARY PLATFORM TO [...] (C) The Islamic Action Front (IAF), political arm of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood, bounded onto the political scene in Jordan this month after boycotting the political process since 1997. Relishing its newfound legitimate voice in the Jordanian Parliament, the IAF aired longstanding griev [...] |
2003-08-21 15:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
| 03AMMAN5940 |
JORDANIAN AUTHORITIES CHARGE 15 IN ANOTHER [...] (U) In the second indictment against alleged terrorist plotters handed down in a month, Jordan's state security court formally charged 15 individuals with conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks against U.S. and Israeli targets worldwide, according to press reports on September 13. Military [...] |
2003-09-15 15:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KISL ASEC PREL JO |
| 03AMMAN6119 |
ANTI-NORMALIZATION CAMPAIGN IN JORDAN HAS LASTING [...] (C) The effects of an Anti-Normalization Committee, disbanded over two years ago, linger. One remnant of its campaigns to discredit Jordanians who supported relations with Israel is the ongoing legal case filed by one of its targets, Jordanian businessman and self-proclaimed peace advocate Tar [...] |
2003-09-23 15:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM KPAL IS JO |
| 03AMMAN6120 |
ISLAMISTS DENOUNCE U.S. PRESSURE ON IRAN, CALL FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY & COMMENT: Prominent Jordanian Islamists have denounced U.S. policy toward Iran, encouraged the Iraqi resistance, and called on Jordan to close its field hospital in Fallujah, Iraq. The Acting Prime Minister responded to the last demand, defending the hospital's humanitarian work. [...] |
2003-09-23 15:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL IR IZ JO MEPP |
| 03AMMAN6232 |
JORDANIAN FORCES CAPTURE FUGITIVE EXTREMIST BEHIND [...] (U) Capping a ten-month manhunt, Jordanian security forces on September 27 captured one of its most-wanted fugitives, local Islamic extremist Muhammad Ahmad al-Shalabi (aka Abu Sayyaf), and an accomplice, 'Umar Ghazi al-Bazayi'ah, in the northeastern town of Mafraq. Charges against al-Shalabi [...] |
2003-09-29 15:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL JO |
| 03AMMAN6347 |
PROSECUTION IN FOLEY TRIAL RESTS; JORDANIAN [...] (U) The final prosecution witnesses in the case of five individuals accused of assassinating USAID official Laurence Foley appeared in court on October 1. The witnesses included a Jordanian Telecom employee who traced the calls of the primary suspect, Libyan national Salem Bin Suweid, a sec [...] |
2003-10-02 15:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PGOV PTER JO |
| 03AMMAN6502 |
GOJ DEMOLITION ORDER IN PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP [...] (C) A plan to demolish homes of more than 500 families to widen a congested main thoroughfare in Jordan's second-largest Palestinian refugee camp has spawned controversy. Amman city authorities say the demolition is part of a larger plan to rehabilitate the camp's infrastructure, and they p [...] |
2003-10-09 14:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAL IS PGOV JO |
| 03AMMAN7268 |
JORDANIAN ANTI-NORMALIZERS SCORE LEGAL VICTORY [...] (C) Jordanian anti-normalizers scored a victory on October 26 in their campaign against ties with Israel. Capping a two-year legal battle, the Amman Court of First Instance acquitted Islamist member of parliament (MP) Ali Abu al-Sukkar, former head of the Professional Associations Anti-Norma [...] |
2003-11-06 12:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM KPAL IS JO |
| 03AMMAN7298 |
ISLAMIC AFFAIRS MINISTER SHARES PLAN OF ACTION; [...] (C) During the Ambassador's courtesy call on November 5 on Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Shaykh Ahmad Hilayel, the Minister outlined his priorities in the new cabinet, discussed efforts to challenge extremism and those who would use religious activities to further political agendas, [...] |
2003-11-06 16:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
| 03AMMAN7909 |
ISLAMIC PARTY THE KING-MAKER IN JORDAN'S SPEAKER [...] (C) Saad Hayel Srour, former Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament, told PolCouns and PolOff that he withdrew from the Speaker race after the Islamic Action Front made too many demands in exchange for backing his candidacy. He expects only limited progress in approving the backlog of provi [...] |
2003-12-04 17:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL JO KTER |
| 03AMMAN8122 |
JORDANIAN OPPOSITION TO GENEVA ACCORD GEARS UP IN [...] (C) Breaking weeks of relative silence on the issue, Jordanian officials, led by King Abdullah, are lauding the unofficial Geneva Accord as a means to enhance dialogue and complement efforts to end the current peace process stalemate -- while reiterating their support for the roadmap. The o [...] |
2003-12-11 18:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KISL IS JO |
| 03AMMAN8225 |
JORDANIAN ISLAMIST LEADERS CALL FOR POLITICAL [...] (U) In recent press interviews, the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamic Action Front welcomed government dialogue efforts, but warned that they would judge the government by its actions, rather than its words. The Islamists called for political reform, a new electoral law, and [...] |
2003-12-16 18:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM KISL JO KTER |
| 03AMMAN8286 |
PARLIAMENT SPEAKER ON ISLAMISTS, NEW GOVERNMENT, [...] (C) Lower House Speaker Abdul Hadi Al-Majali predicted to the Ambassador that "a good majority" would vote to approve the government of Prime Minister Fayez and pledged to cooperate with the government to implement King Abdullah's calls for political development. He denied public allegations [...] |
2003-12-18 12:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM PHUM ECON JO |
| 03AMMAN8321 |
ANTINORMALIZERS IN JORDAN RALLY AGAINST GENEVA [...] (SBU) The unofficial Geneva accord -- particularly its provisions dealing with the Palestinian right to return -- is the latest cause celebre for antinormalizers in Jordan. The Professional Associations Council in Jordan -- headed by a prominent Muslim Brotherhood member -- is leading the ch [...] |
2003-12-18 16:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAL KISL IS JO |
| 03ANKARA7363 |
PM ERDOGAN STIRS CONTROVERSY BY REJECTING "ISLAMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Erdogan has ignited controversy by rejecting the phrase "Islamic terrorism" to describe the November 15 and 20 Istanbul bombings. Secular critics of Erdogan and his AK Party government worried that the government was soft on terrorism because of its Islamic roots. There i [...] |
2003-12-02 09:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PGOV PTER TU |
| 03BEIRUT3697 |
FORMER HIZBALLAH LEADER RESURFACES TO DENOUNCE ... [...] (C) SUMMARY: SPEAKING AT THE FUNERAL OF HIS FATHER, FORMER HIZBALLAH SECRETARY GENERAL SHAYKH SUBHI TUFAYLI DENOUNCED GOL OFFICIALS AS "MONSTERS," HIZBALLAH AS "BORDER GUARDS FOR ISRAEL," AND IRAN AS AN ALLY OF THE UNITED STATES. THIS WAS THE FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE IN TWO YEARS BY TUFAYLI, [...] |
2003-09-10 14:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR KISL IR LE SY |
| 03BEIRUT5454 |
LEBANON: ISLAMIC REFORM: THE BEGINNING OF A [...] (C) Summary. Meeting in Beirut to address the misuse of Islamic endowments by extremist groups, the Executive Council of the Ministers of Islamic Endowments rejected any link between Islam and terrorism, denouncing terrorists as "infidels." Prime Minister Hariri called for reforming Islamic [...] |
2003-12-23 10:22:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL KIRF SOCI EFIN LE SA |
| 03COLOMBO1253 |
Political Islam in Sri Lanka and the Maldives [...] (C) In response to Reftel action request, country descriptions of political Islam as a factor in Sri Lanka and the Maldives are contained in Paras 2-7. --------- SRI LANKA --------- 2. (C) OVERVIEW: Political Islam is not an important factor in Sri Lanka at this time. Sri Lanka is [...] |
2003-07-17 09:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PTER PREL SOCI MV CE |
| 03COLOMBO1493 |
Maldivian police review visit to detainee at [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In an August 26 meeting with Charge', two Maldivian police officials reviewed their recent visit to Guantanamo Bay to interview a Maldivian national detained there. The officials said they did not/not believe the detainee was connected with terrorism, but noted that there we [...] |
2003-08-26 11:38:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINS PGOV KISL MV |
| 03COLOMBO1619 |
Tiger attacks in the east spark deep Muslim [...] (C) SUMMARY: Attacks by the Tigers in the east have intensified Muslim anxiety about the direction of the peace process. Muslim leader Rauf Hakeem has pressed the GSL to take a harder line toward the Tigers. While Hakeem continues to back the government, some in his party have indicated a [...] |
2003-09-17 10:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PHUM KISL CE LTTE |
| 03COLOMBO2009 |
Maldivian government requests return of [...] (S/NF) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para 3. 2. (S/NF) On November 18, Mission received a letter dated November 5 from the Maldivian government requesting the release and return to the Maldives of Ibrahim Fauzee (or Fouwzy), a Maldivian national detained at Guantanamo (see Para [...] |
2003-11-20 10:51:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINS PGOV KISL MV |
| 03ISTANBUL127 |
RISING ANTI-AMERICAN SENTIMENT AND U.S. POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Widespread and increasingly vocal opposition to a possible war against Iraq is on the verge of evolving into a more general anti-American backlash in Istanbul. Our observations, Istanbul contacts, and recent polls and surveys lead us to believe that anti-American sentiment is shar [...] |
2003-01-29 14:33:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO PTER KISL TK |
| 03ISTANBUL1395 |
SLIPPERY SLOPE TO SHARI'A?: ISTANBUL DEBATES AKP [...] (sbu) Summary: Ask anyone in Istanbul what's wrong with the Turkish education system and you are likely to get the same answer: overcrowded, under-funded schools tied up in bureaucratic red tape. Fixing the problem, however, has been the subject of considerable acrimonious political debate. C [...] |
2003-09-19 12:20:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KISL SOCI TU |
| 03ISTANBUL349 |
RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN: CLUES FROM ISTANBUL [...] (U) Summary: In assessing the outlook for the new government to be led by Justice and Development (AK) Party leader Tayyip Erdogan, we look back at his only major previous government experience --- as Istanbul Mayor from 1994 to 1998. End Summary. Refah and Grassroots Politics ---------- [...] |
2003-03-14 14:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KISL TK |
| 03JEDDAH828 |
TWO SAUDI PROFESSIONALS: BET ON THE PEOPLE, NOT [...] (C) ON APRIL 2, POLOFF MET WITH A LOCAL SAUDI LAWYER, DR. BASIM ALIM (STRICTLY PROTECT), TO DISCUSS HIS OPEN LETTER TO CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH CALLING FOR REFORM. A "SELF-MADE" LAWYER, ALIM WAS CHOSEN IN DECEMBER 2002 TO REPRESENT SEVERAL SAUDI CHARITIES IN THE SEPTEMBER 11 LAWSUIT AND ADMITS T [...] |
2003-04-14 13:18:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KISL SA |
| 03KUWAIT1105 |
(C) HOW THE WAR COULD AFFECT KUWAIT POLITICALLY [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Reftel examined how a US-led war against Saddam's regime could affect US relations with Kuwait. This message looks at the closely-related topic of the political effects the war could have on Kuwait itself. In both cases, the answer is highly scenario-dependent. [...] |
2003-03-26 18:51:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV SOCI KISL KU |
| 03KUWAIT1334 |
REACHING OUT AT THE SHI'ITE FEAST OF AL-ARBA'EEN [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Both the people and the Government of Kuwait support U.S. actions in Iraq very strongly. Even here, however, the constant drumbeat in the Arabic press of U.S. anti-Muslim intent is having an effect. In recent conversations wo [...] |
2003-04-09 16:42:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KISL PGOV PREL SOCI IZ |
| 03KUWAIT2276 |
IRAQ'S SHIA HEARTLAND: PROMINENT SHIA SHARES [...] (S) Summary: One week after returning to Iraq, noted Shia leader Mohammed Bahr al-Uloum and his party are encountering an Iraqi populace disillusioned with the lack of security and disgruntled at the fact that Ba'ath Party members still hold positions of power, according to Kuwaiti Shia busine [...] |
2003-05-28 06:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PGOV KISL SOCI IZ KU IR |
| 03KUWAIT3536 |
(C) POLITICAL ISLAM WORKING GROUP: KUWAIT SNAPSHOT [...] (C) This cable responds to reftel request for "brief thumbnail descriptions" of Kuwait's "most influential or prominent Islamist political parties, NGO's, individuals or university campus activist groups." Formal political parties are not permitted in Kuwait, but de facto parties exist, and [...] |
2003-08-04 10:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PHUM PGOV KU |
| 03KUWAIT3605 |
ISLAMIST COMMENTATORS TAKE AIM AT EMBASSY [...] No summary [...] |
2003-08-06 10:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PHUM KU |
| 03KUWAIT3950 |
(U) "SCIENTIFIC SALAFIS" PRESS FOR BIDOON RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hardline Islamists are spearheading a push to resolve the status of the Bidoon, stateless persons resident in Kuwait who number in the tens of thousands. This appears to be an attempt by the so-called Scientific Salafis to portray themselves as principled, compassionate defender [...] |
2003-08-26 12:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL PINR KU |
| 03KUWAIT4071 |
LACK OF NAJAF SECURITY THREATENS SHIA SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Reacting to the death of Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Hakim, prominent Kuwaiti Shi'is have again (reftels) warned the Embassy that the absence of increased security for Shi,a religious leaders based in the city of Najaf is threatening coalition efforts in Iraq and turning the country' [...] |
2003-09-03 13:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL SOCI KU IZ |
| 03KUWAIT4503 |
(U) ISLAMISTS PROTEST SUPERSTAR CONCERT [...] (C) Summary: A small gathering of Islamists, members of the National Assembly among them, protested the Sept. 18-19 "Superstar" pop music concert held in Kuwait as "unIslamic." The protest highlights a major division in Kuwaiti society, and could backfire given the popularity of such entertainm [...] |
2003-10-01 10:25:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL SOCI PGOV PINR KU |
| 03KUWAIT4532 |
(C) AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW AWQAF MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador paid an introductory call on the new Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, Dr. Abdullah al-Maatouq, September 30. The Minister praised the US liberation of Iraq, jumped at the offer to work with PAO to re-organize a visit of Ministry staff to the US, which he h [...] |
2003-10-01 14:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PINR KU |
| 03KUWAIT4613 |
(C) SPEAKER KHORAFI PREDICTS INCREMENTAL PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Assembly Speaker Jassem al-Khorafi told the Ambassador October 6 the Government should be able to muster a majority in the Assembly, but it will only become clear after parliament reconvenes later this month whether the Assembly (elected in July) will be more or less co [...] |
2003-10-08 05:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN KISL ETRD PINR KU |
| 03KUWAIT482 |
GOK EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE EXTREMIST INFLUENCES IN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Embassy PAO met January 27 with Kuwait's Minister of Education, Dr. Mus'aad al-Haroun, to discuss his ministry's efforts to reform the country's secondary school curriculum and the (false) reports of embassy interference in this process. Al-Haroun, who obtained undergraduate a [...] |
2003-02-05 15:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL SCUL PGOV PHSA KU |
| 03KUWAIT5841 |
CONFERENCE WRAPUP: ISLAMISTS AND POLITICAL REFORM [...] Summary. Gulf Islamists, notable academics and reporters gathered in Kuwait from December 6-8 to discuss the role of Islamists in regional political reform. During the two-day conference, entitled The Role of Islamic Groups in the Political Reform Process in the Middle East and sponsored by [...] |
2003-12-29 14:09:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PREL KU |
| 03KUWAIT595 |
EVALUATION: KUWAIT SHARED VALUES SPEAKER HEDIEH [...] Summary: Dr. Hedieh Mirahmadi, Director of Public Affairs for the Supreme Islamic Council of America and member of the Council of American Muslim Understanding, visited Kuwait 14- 15 January in the context of the Department's Shared Values campaign. In a series of presentations before audience [...] |
2003-02-18 09:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL KISL OPRC OIIP KU |
| 03KUWAIT651 |
KUWAIT,S ISLAMISTS: THEY NEED US BUT THEY DON'T [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs have met with a number of influential Kuwaiti Islamists to discuss their views of the U.S. presence in Kuwait and the region. Almost all of them defined the U.S. role in the world as that of the current imperial power and predicted the eventual downfall of the U.S. "empi [...] |
2003-02-23 11:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PGOV PINR KU |
| 03LAGOS104 |
NIGERIA: CONVERSATION WITH FORMER INFORMATION [...] (U) Summary. Prince Tony Momoh, former Minister of Information and Culture, successful public relations consultant and influential political columnist for the "Vanguard" newspaper says that the Shari'a law case of Amina Lawal will be decided in Lawal's favor. He believes there was an inevit [...] |
2003-01-14 10:13:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL NI |
| 03LAGOS2379 |
Engaging Islam in Southern Nigeria. [...] Summary: Working closely with PAS, post engaged the southern Muslim community on the "Shared Meaning of Ramadan and Thanksgiving" and hosted an Iftaar dinner for Muslim community leaders. 2. The Media Message: During Ramadan, ConGen Lagos reached out to southern Nigeria's Muslim com [...] |
2003-11-20 07:54:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO NI KISL |
| 03LAGOS322 |
NIGERIA: AN ASSESSMENT OF POLITICIZED ISLAM IN THE [...] (C) Summary. Islam as a factor in politics in southwestern Nigeria and the threat of the imposition of Shari'a (Koranic law) in the south are not current or near-term possibilities. However, all observers agree that overwhelming poverty, and uncertainty and possible instability in governm [...] |
2003-02-13 10:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PINR PTER NI |
| 03MONTREAL204 |
BORDER UPDATE - CANADIAN IMMIGRATION DIGS OUT OLD [...] SUMMARY: A LONG-STANDING CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION CANADA (CIC) PRACTICE HAS CHANGED. ILLEGAL ALIENS WHO PREVIOUSLY WOULD HAVE BEEN ADMITTED IMMEDIATELY INTO CANADA ARE NOW TURNED OVER TO USINS UNTIL A CIC APPOINTMENT IS SCHEDULED. END SUMMARY. 2. STARTING IN LATE 2002, LARGE NUMBERS [...] |
2003-02-14 16:30:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PREF KPAO PBTS KISL PGOV PREL CVIS CA CIC |
| 03MONTREAL4 |
APPARENT ILLEGAL ALIENS FROM PRIMARILY PAKISTAN RESIDING [...] SUMMARY: SOME 200 ALIENS, MOST OF THEM OF PAKISTANI ORIGIN, FLOCKED TO THE NEW YORK-QUEBEC BORDER POST OF CHAMPLAIN-LACOLLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO FILE FOR THE STATUS OF POLITICAL REFUGEE AT THE CANADIAN BORDER IMMIGRATION OFFICE BEFORE THE START OF THE NEW YEAR. PAKISTANI CLAIMANTS SAID THEY WERE N [...] |
2003-01-03 21:27:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG KPAO SOCI KISL PGOV PTER PREL PBTS CA |
| 03RABAT1086 |
CASABLANCA ATTACKS: WHO ARE THE SALAFIYAH [...] (C) SUMMARY. COMMENTING ON THE MAY 16 BOMBINGS ON MOROCCAN TELEVISION MAY 18, PM DRISS JETTOU INDIRECTLY CRITICIZED THE LEGAL ISLAMIST JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY (PJD), AS WELL AS THE LEFTIST MOROCCAN HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION (AMDH), FOR THEIR PAST CRITICISM OF THE GOVERNMENT OVER ALLEGE [...] |
2003-05-19 17:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KISL MO |
| 03RANGOON1361 |
RELIGIOUS/ETHNIC TENSIONS SPREAD TO RANGOON [...] (C) Summary: For the past four nights, October 25-28, and coinciding with the advent of the holy month of Ramadan, Rangoon has experienced low-scale religious violence between Muslims and Buddhists that originally flared up in mid-October in upper Burma. The motives for these attacks, their i [...] |
2003-10-29 10:43:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS SCUL PGOV KISL BM |
| 03RANGOON1509 |
BURMA'S MUSLIM LEADERS, FOREIGN DIPLOMATS FETED [...] (SBU) Summary: Two Iftaar dinners hosted recently by the Embassy community made great strides in improving already good relations with the Burmese and Diplomatic Muslim communities. There were good exchanges on religious diversity, the role of Islam in the United States, religious tensions in [...] |
2003-11-21 07:19:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL SCUL KPAO PREL BM |
| 03RANGOON258 |
MUSLIM REPRESSION AND RESENTMENT NEAR BURMA'S [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime's repression of the mostly Muslim population of northern Rakhine State, located along the border with Bangladesh, is breeding resentment and poverty. DCM visited the area in mid-February as part of a trip to the region organized by UNHCR for diplomats. UNHCR [...] |
2003-02-27 08:47:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREF KISL BM UNHCR |
| 03RANGOON897 |
MOSQUE RAZED, PARAMILITARIES TRAINED [...] (C) Trouble in Sittwe: Local officials on July 22 reportedly tore down a mosque in Sittwe, 70 miles SE of the Bangladeshi border, and arrested seven Muslims, one of whom subsequently died in custody. This information came to us from Bangladeshi, Pakistani, and UN contacts. Apparently the m [...] |
2003-07-28 10:01:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL BM |
| 03RIYADH5821 |
RIYADH GOVERNOR ON ISLAMIC EXTREMISM AND REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: An exceptionally cordial and frank Riyadh Governor Prince Salman told the Ambassador on September 16 that Muslim fanatics were damaging the image of Islam and Saudi Arabia and engendering hatred amongst peoples. He acknowledged that preachers who taught hatred of others bore so [...] |
2003-09-16 13:36:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL MEPP KPAL SA IZ |
| 03SANAA1313 |
MEDIA REACTION ON THE ROAD MAP [...] No summary [...] |
2003-06-10 09:04:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM |
| 03SANAA1718 |
MEDIA REACTION ON AMBASSADOR HULL'S ARTICLE ON [...] SUMMARY: On July 2, an opinion article on Iraq by Ambassador Edmund Hull, entitled "Toward a Free Iraq: Security, Economic, Political Efforts on Track" was widely distributed to the Yemeni press. Out of about 29 newspapers, six independent papers published the article plus the al-Sahwa.net we [...] |
2003-07-16 11:31:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM |
| 03SANAA2258 |
SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON BUSH'S ADDRESS TO THE [...] SUMMARY: U.S. President George W. Bush's speech on September 7 has so far been mentioned only in one government and one opposition paper. The opposition paper, which is usually very anti-American, only published excerpts of the speech with no commentary. Only the government paper carried c [...] |
2003-09-11 10:30:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM |
| 03SANAA2474 |
SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON BURNS'S VISIT TO YEMEN [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Burns's visit to Yemen received wide and positive coverage in the Yemeni media in general. Without commenting on the visit, some papers published straight coverage of his meetings with President Saleh and with the Supreme Commissi [...] |
2003-10-08 14:44:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM |
| 03SANAA253 |
INITIAL YEMENI MEDIA REACTION TO SECRETARY [...] No summary [...] |
2003-02-06 13:31:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM |
| 03SANAA263 |
ROYG INITIATIVE TO ESTABLISH A CODE OF CONDUCT TO [...] (C) Summary: President Saleh this week proposed an initiative between the political parties to establish a Code of Conduct to ensure peaceful and fair elections. In a controversial move, Saleh appointed Sheikh Zindani, leader of the extremist wing of the Islah party, to the multi-party com [...] |
2003-02-09 13:45:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM KISL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM DOMESTIC POLITICS |
| 03SANAA2730 |
MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S REMAKRS AT THE [...] SUMMARY: U.S. President George W. Bush's remarks at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) on November 6th have been mentioned in government, opposition and independent papers. The opposition and independent papers, some of which are anti-American, published excerpts of the speech. Most [...] |
2003-11-18 09:03:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 03SANAA2763 |
MEDIA REACTION ON AL-MOAYAD'S EXTRADITION FROM [...] SUMMARY: The Extradition of Mohammed Al-Hasan al-Moayad and his aide Mohammed Zayed from Germany to the United States on November 17th to face charges of conspiring to provide material support to the al-Qaeda and Hamas terrorist groups have been mentioned in government, opposition and indepe [...] |
2003-11-22 13:29:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 03SANAA3016 |
MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF PHIL REEKER, STATE [...] SUMMARY: U.S. State Department Deputy Spokesman Phil Reeker visited Yemen during December 8-11. He held an open meeting with the press in Sana'a December 9th attended by journalists and correspondents of local newspapers, international news agencies and Arab TV channels including Al-Arabiya [...] |
2003-12-23 12:30:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM |
| 03THEHAGUE1942 |
NETHERLANDS: COUNTRY SNAPSHOT FOR POLITICAL ISLAM [...] (C) To date, only one political group in the Netherlands claims an Islamic political platform (AEL-NL, see A below). There are numerous Islamic based organizations and student groups, most of which are small in number and influence. With the exception of AEL-NL, Islamic organizations are norma [...] |
2003-08-01 14:40:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PHUM NL |
| 04ABUDHABI1766 |
MBZ ON MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SYMPATHIZERS IN THE UAE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) In a meeting with Deputy Secretary Armitage and the Ambassador on April 20, Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mohammed bin Zayed Al- Nahyan (MbZ) noted that UAE security forc [...] |
2004-05-30 12:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI2524 |
MUSLIM WORLD OUTREACH--ABU DHABI RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is little sign of an active political Islamic movement in the UAE. The UAEG promotes the moderate practice of Islam and the vast majority of religious group in the UAE follow a moderate practice of Islam in line with UAEG policy. The Mission is actively engaging Emirati [...] |
2004-07-28 13:08:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO OIIP EAID KDEM OPRC PREL PHUM PTER KISL |
| 04ABUDHABI3631 |
UAE: CONFERENCE ON ISLAMIC TEACHINGS [...] THE UAE WILL HOST A SIX-DAY CONFERENCE BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 25 TO HIGHLIGHT ISLAM'S TEACHINGS ABOUT TOLERANCE, JUSTICE, FORGIVENESS, AND PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE. THE GATHERING, CALLED "THE PROPHET'S WAY OF DAWA AND GUIDANCE", AIMS TO CHANGE INTERNATIONAL PERCEPTIONS OF ISLAM AND ADDRESS THE QUES [...] |
2004-10-13 10:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PHUM KDEM TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4025 |
ISLAM EXPERTS PROMOTE MODERATION, CONDEMN TERROR [...] Summary: The UAE hosted an international conference on Islam October 25-30 designed to encourage moderation in preaching and condemn extremism and terrorism. Through this conference, the UAEG hoped to clear "wrong" notions about Islam and show that Islam promotes peace and tolerance. The co [...] |
2004-11-09 12:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4061 |
UAE minimizing influence of Islamic extremists [...] (C) Summary: Over the past several years, senior UAE ruling family members have shared concerns with us about a small, yet potentially harmful Islamic extremist movement in their politically and socially moderate federation, and they have outlined their efforts to minimize this extremist influ [...] |
2004-11-10 12:56:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | KISL PGOV PREL TC |
| 04ABUJA183 |
NIGERIAN "TALIBAN" ATTACKS MOST LIKELY NOT TIED TO [...] (C) Summary: Political, religious and economic leaders in Yobe State told Econoff in late January that what government officials and media initially labeled a radical Islamist organization or "Taliban," instead called itself the Hijra Group and probably had no links to foreign terrorist groups [...] |
2004-02-06 04:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PHUM KISL NI |
| 04ACCRA1760 |
WA LEFT WANTING: AMBASSADOR VISITS A NEGLECTED [...] The city of Wa, the regional capital of the Upper West region of Ghana, received its likely first-ever visit by an American ambassador on August 19. Ambassador Yates met with the regional minister, local religious and NGO leaders, and a small military detachment, all of whom were unanimous in [...] |
2004-08-30 14:20:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KISL GH |
| 04AMMAN1270 |
JORDAN REACTION TO AL HURRA LAUNCH [...] EARLY REACTION TO THE LAUNCHING OF AL HURRA IN JORDAN IS PREDICTABLY NEGATIVE FROM THE PROFESSIONAL PUNDIT CLASS, BUT MORE NUANCED AMONG OTHER - PARTICULARLY YOUNGER - CONTACTS OF PAS AMMAN. THE HARSHEST CRITICISM HERE AIMS AT THE VERY PRESENCE OF THE CHANNEL, NOT ITS CONTENT, THOUGH THERE I [...] |
2004-02-19 15:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KPAO TSPA OIIP |
| 04AMMAN1451 |
JORDANIAN ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT KEEPS "MODERATE" [...] (U) The Shura Council of the Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF), the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, on February 21 reelected current Secretary General Hamzeh Mansour for another two-year tenure. In the IAF's 12-member Executive Committee, the Council replaced only four members w [...] |
2004-02-25 16:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KISL KPAL JO |
| 04AMMAN1665 |
JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER BACKS INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Abdul Hadi Al-Majali, Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament, told the Ambassador on March 4 that he had been in contact with a group called "The League for the Defense of the Rights of the Iraqi People" regarding a proposed conference comprised of representatives from many different gr [...] |
2004-03-04 19:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN2165 |
SHEIKH YASSIN'S KILLING COMPLICATES JORDAN-ISRAEL [...] (C) A visibly upset FonMin Muasher told us March 22 that Israel's killing of HAMAS spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin just days after King Abdullah's meeting with Prime Minister Sharon in Israel embarrassed the King, whose government has recently come under intense criticism for continued [...] |
2004-03-22 18:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KISL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN2553 |
AQABA SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE MAKES STRIDES, BUT [...] (SBU) The three-year-old Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) has made significant progress in promoting Aqaba's tandem appeal as a tourism destination and a well-equipped industrial hub friendly to foreign investors and the environment. ASEZA is based on King Abdullah's vision for [...] |
2004-04-01 14:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON JO KISL KWMN PGOV |
| 04AMMAN2554 |
AQABA AUTHORITIES CONFRONT SOCIAL, REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Despite significant achievements in the three years since the creation of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZA), major social and regional security issues remain. Commissioners say one of their greatest challenges is managing the delicate balance of economic openness and the needs of [...] |
2004-04-01 15:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON JO KISL KPAL KWMN PGOV PREF |
| 04AMMAN2764 |
GOJ AND MPS BRISTLE AT ALLEGATIONS BY JORDANIAN [...] (C) The Islamic Action Front (IAF) has denounced legislators who voted to approve a recent tax increase, prompting strong reaction from government officials. The GOJ also responded forcefully to allegations that it may have fabricated reports of a recent terrorist threat to the country. The [...] |
2004-04-13 07:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL JO |
| 04AMMAN3148 |
KING'S DECISION TO POSTPONE D.C. VISIT LOWERS [...] (C) Summary. Activists have continued to express the anger and sympathy felt in Jordan after the Rantissi assassination and President Bush,s assurances to Sharon. The GOJ has aligned itself with public opinion, denouncing the Israelis' "heinous crime" in the killing and postponing an Abdulla [...] |
2004-04-22 15:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC KISL KPAL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN3288 |
VARIED JORDANIAN REACTION TO TELEVISED TERRORIST [...] (C) Jordanian emotions were all over the map in reaction to the televised confessions of suspected al-Qaeda/Zarqawi affiliates who planned to unleash massive truck bombs against GOJ targets and the U.S. Embassy in Amman. The GOJ's motivations in airing the confessions appear to have been to [...] |
2004-04-28 15:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KISL JO |
| 04AMMAN3348 |
JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT ASKS KING TO CALL SPECIAL [...] (U) The Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament delivered a petition April 27 to the Prime Minister requesting an extraordinary session to debate 88 of the remaining provisional laws approved by the GOJ during Parliament's almost two-year absence. The petition was signed by 71 of the 110 me [...] |
2004-05-03 13:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL JO |
| 04AMMAN3380 |
ISLAMISTS CONDEMN MISTREATMENT OF IRAQI INMATES, [...] (U) The Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF), the political wing of the national Muslim Brotherhood, issued a scathing statement May 2 condemning U.S. mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners of war (POWs) and claiming that it proved American "contempt" for Islam and the Arab people. The IAF alleged [...] |
2004-05-03 15:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KISL IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN3406 |
IRAQ PRISON ABUSE CHARGES SHAKE JORDANIAN VIEW OF [...] (C) Shocked and consumed by heavy media coverage of the Iraqi prison abuse scandal, Jordanians tell us that the resulting damage to America's image in the region may be "irreversible." The bombardment of images of naked Iraqi men forced into humiliating sexual positions, as American personn [...] |
2004-05-04 17:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL ASEC PTER KISL IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN3484 |
JORDANIANS VENT ANGER AT U.S., WHILE OTHERS [...] (C) Strong public opposition to U.S. policies in the region and, more recently, outrage over the Abu Ghreib prisoner abuse story continue to fuel anti-U.S. sentiment in Jordan. Articles attacking the U.S. figure prominently in the press while opposition groups have stepped up their activitie [...] |
2004-05-06 16:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PHUM PREL KISL KPAL IZ IS JO |
| 04AMMAN381 |
ISLAMISTS WEIGH IN AGAINST THE U.S., ISRAEL AND [...] (C) The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF), have recently joined a charge against reform of the state educational curriculum and spearheaded a new drive in Parliament to sever relations with Israel. The Islamists also denounced the French gover [...] |
2004-01-15 17:15:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KISL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN409 |
JORDANIANS PROTEST AGAINST ISRAEL AND U.S. IRAQ [...] (C) A non-violent demonstration held January 16 in Amman garnered several hundred Jordanians who protested against Israeli policies and the U.S. presence in Iraq. In contravention of parameters pre-arranged with the GOJ, several demonstrators held up pictures of Saddam Hussein and Iraqi flag [...] |
2004-01-19 18:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL KISL IS IZ JO KTER |
| 04AMMAN4953 |
LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT DEBATES COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) The Lower House of Parliament tentatively approved an amendment to a human rights law which bans the National Center for Human Rights from cooperating with organizations belonging to "the Jewish entity and those who support it." Islamist MPs overcame an earlier committee defeat of the ame [...] |
2004-06-17 10:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KPAL IS JO KHUM |
| 04AMMAN5086 |
PARLIAMENT REVERSES COURSE ON PROPOSED BAN ON [...] (C) The Lower House of Parliament voted June 20 to remove a controversial amendment to a human rights law that it had earlier approved which banned cooperation with Israeli organizations and "those who support it." While a strong GOJ lobbying campaign succeeded in swaying the votes of former [...] |
2004-06-22 12:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAL PGOV PREL IS JO KHUM |
| 04AMMAN5109 |
JORDANIAN-PALESTINIANS ON EDGE AS CONFLICT ROILS [...] (C) The festering Palestinian-Israeli conflict has rekindled sensitivity among some Jordanians of Palestinian origin about their position in Jordanian society, highlighting their strained relationship with the dominant (but minority) East Bank Jordanian community. It also has given rise rec [...] |
2004-06-23 10:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KPAL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN540 |
ISLAMISTS RENEW DEMANDS TO CANCEL VISIT OF ISRAELI [...] (U) In a statement released to the press January 20, the Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF), the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, urged the GOJ to cancel the upcoming visit to Jordan of Israeli Foreign Minister Shalom. The statement read, in part, that, "The announcement of a visit [...] |
2004-01-21 16:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN6215 |
JORDANIAN EXTREMISTS SUSPECTED IN INFILTRATION [...] (C) On July 19 at approximately 0600 local time, Jordanian border security forces detected four individuals attempting to infiltrate northern Israel from Jordanian territory near Waqqas. A siege ensued when the gunmen refused orders to surrender and opened fire on the Jordanian security for [...] |
2004-07-22 14:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER KISL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN6356 |
GOJ PROMISES TO CLAMP DOWN ON RADICAL CLERICS, ACT [...] (C) Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez pledged July 22 to take action on unaccomplished goals identified by King Abdullah. In accordance with the King's directive to "improve the living standards of citizens," Fayez promised to hold a national conference on poverty and unemployment in September [...] |
2004-07-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
| 04AMMAN6771 |
ANTI-NORMALIZERS, ISLAMISTS DEFY GOVERNMENT AND [...] (C) The Jordan Engineers Association (JEA) announced a "boycott" of MP Raed Qaqish after he appeared on an Al Hurra television program debating an Israeli official. The GOJ publicly rebuked the JEA and the related Professional Associations Council (PAC), reminding them that the PAC Anti-Norm [...] |
2004-08-12 14:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN6803 |
JORDAN'S ISLAMIC CENTRIST PARTY PUSHES AHEAD [...] (C) A small party that has splintered from the Islamic Action Front -- and strives to be a moderating Islamic counterweight -- has suffered internal, personality driven rivalries. Nonetheless, the Islamic Centrist Party is expected to weather a recent leadership crisis and continue to advoc [...] |
2004-08-15 09:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ASEC KISL KWMN JO |
| 04AMMAN7196 |
PAN-ISLAMIC THINK TANK WEIGHS IN FOR [...] Summary. Under the auspices of Crown Prince Hamza, the Aal-al-Beit Foundation held a conference, Aug. 20 - 23, on "The Islamic System of Governance and Democracy." About 40 well-known Islamic scholars and media personalities, such as Sheikh Yousuf Al Qardawi of Al Jazeera fame, affirmed th [...] |
2004-08-26 14:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG |
| 04AMMAN728 |
IRAQI SUNNIS VISIT AMMAN, SEEK TO ENGAGE U.S. IN [...] (S) A group of Sunni Iraqis representing the Iraqi Peace Party told PolCouns January 22 that they want to cooperate with the CPA and Coalition Forces in Iraq, but are put off by tough security measures there. The group said that anti-U.S. violence in the Sunni triangle does not represent sup [...] |
2004-01-29 08:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM KISL ECON IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN7619 |
GOJ DETAINS, RELEASES UNLICENSED PREACHERS [...] (C) Summary: A GOJ crackdown on unlicensed preachers over the weekend ignited a furious reaction from Jordan's powerful Muslim Brotherhood, which accused the GOJ of kowtowing to U.S. demands and restricting public freedoms. Intervention from the Prime Minister resulted in the release of 11 [...] |
2004-09-14 14:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
| 04AMMAN7732 |
JORDAN MEDIA: 9/11 EDITORIALS TURN ANGRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Opinion columns published around the 9/11 anniversary in Jordan reflected a depressed and angry tone, with many writers railing against a U.S. response to the attacks they claim has undermined global security. One writer said the time for sympathy with America was over, and a [...] |
2004-09-17 11:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KMDR KISL JO |
| 04AMMAN7752 |
ISLAM AND POLITICS IN JORDAN [...] (C) There has been a steady and unmistakable increase in the influence of Islam in Jordanian society over the last two decades. The younger generation, in particular, has embraced its Islamic roots. Surprisingly, participation in the Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing, the Islamic Ac [...] |
2004-09-19 08:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL PTER JO |
| 04AMMAN7862 |
KING FACES IN TWO DIRECTIONS AS HE PROCEEDS WITH A [...] (C) Summary. The King will proceed with a cabinet reshuffle and new government mandate in October, but in two contradictory directions: reinforcement of the cabinet reformists while redoubling efforts to silence Islamists and troublesome political activists in the professional associations [...] |
2004-09-21 13:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KISL JO |
| 04AMMAN8195 |
JORDAN: PARLIAMENTARY UPDATE [...] (U) Parliament is due to resume business on December 1. Security services continue to crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood clerics and politicians. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- -------- FALL SESSION OF PARLIAMENT, CABINET RESHUFFLE DELAYED ----------------------- [...] |
2004-10-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL JO |
| 04AMMAN8350 |
KING ABDALLAH FIVE YEARS ON [...] (C) Jordan's King Abdallah continues to enjoy firm backing from the Hashemites' traditional pillars of support -- the East Bank tribes and the security/military services -- as well as the economic elite. His supporters give him credit for navigating Jordan through several regional crises dur [...] |
2004-10-06 12:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL KMPI ECON JO |
| 04AMMAN8544 |
ISLAMISTS BURN ISRAELI, U.S. FLAGS; KING EXTOLS [...] (U) Islamic Action Front (IAF) leaders organized a peaceful demonstration October 8 in Amman protesting Israeli actions in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as the U.S. presence in Iraq. Protesters called for "unfreezing" assets of ostensible Palestinian charities. Separately, King Abdullah p [...] |
2004-10-14 15:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC PREL PTER KISL KPAL IS IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN8868 |
ANTI-NORMALIZERS, ISLAMISTS ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (C) A Jordanian court declared illegal an anti-normalizer boycott of a member of parliament. Rumors of corruption are plaguing Islamists, whose push to oust the Interior Minister failed (in fact, may have saved him). A sit-in protesting the peace treaty with Israel drew a smaller than expect [...] |
2004-10-28 17:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
| 04AMMAN9152 |
JORDAN TO PUSH FOR INTERNATIONAL ACCEPTANCE OF [...] (C) At the direction of King Abdullah, one of Jordan's leading Muslim clerics issued a strong message November 9 rejecting religious extremism and terrorism while promoting principles of moderation, tolerance and dialogue. The GOJ intends to host an international conference of Muslim scholar [...] |
2004-11-15 18:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL JO |
| 04AMMAN9215 |
KING DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP AND [...] (C) King Abdullah endorsed Abu Mazen and dismissed Qaddoumi as an "eccentric" during a meeting with CODEL Ackerman November 11. The King was concerned about Islamist political activity in Jordan and said that it was time for moderate Muslims world-wide to be more vocal in denouncing violence. [...] |
2004-11-17 15:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL KPAL IS JO |
| 04AMMAN9350 |
JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS DEMAND GOJ CUT TIES TO IIG [...] (U) Combat in Fallujah has prompted Jordan's Islamic Action Front to step up its public rhetoric against the U.S. effort in Iraq, this time calling on the Jordanian government to sever its ties to the Iraqi Interim Government. The GOJ publicly expressed concern that the security situation wo [...] |
2004-11-23 15:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC KISL IZ JO |
| 04AMMAN9437 |
INTERIOR MINISTER IGNITES CONTROVERSY OVER [...] (U) Jordan's interior minister had to backpedal after publicly stating that the GOJ will not consider revamping the current election law -- which favors tribal, East Bank communities at the expense of Jordanian-Palestinians citizens -- until the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is resolved. At [...] |
2004-11-28 15:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KMPI KDEM KPAL KISL KWMN JO |
| 04AMMAN9717 |
GOJ PUSHES 'AMMAN MESSAGE' ON ISLAM [...] (U) Following the GOJ roll-out of the "Amman Message" last month denouncing political abuse of Islam, the Jordanian government has taken steps to show it is serious about promoting a mainstream religious message. In addition to patronizing two large conferences on Islam, the King has increa [...] |
2004-12-08 11:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KMPI KPAL JO |
| 04AMMAN9762 |
KING OPENS PARLIAMENT WITH EMPHASIS ON ECONOMY; [...] (U) King Abdullah opened December 1 a new session of Parliament with a speech focusing on the need to spread the benefits of economic growth to all Jordanians and to aggressively combat poverty and unemployment. References to political reform and democracy were muted, in contrast to the cent [...] |
2004-12-09 09:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL KMPI JO |
| 04ANKARA1007 |
OUTREACH TO MUSLIM AUDIENCES IN TURKEY [...] While Turkey's 20th century history is completely different from other countries in the Greater Middle East, the issues we are dealing with in this 99 percent Muslim country are at their base only different in degrees. Like the rest of the region, Turkey has been governed by an elite intent [...] |
2004-02-21 07:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI KISL TU |
| 04ANKARA2834 |
INVITATION TO PM ERDOGAN TO G-8 SUMMIT AT SEA [...] (SBU) Per reftel, May 20 Ambassador delivered invitation to Prime Minister Erdogan to attend Sea Island G-8 Summit for GME lunch on June 9. Ambassador stressed our appreciation for the constructive Turkish contribution to work on the Democracy Assistance Group and willingness to be a co-spon [...] |
2004-05-20 11:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL TU |
| 04BAGHDAD119 |
USEB 58: Shia Leaders Petition on Behalf of Sadr [...] (U) Classified by DCM James Jeffrey, Reason 1.4 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: Last week, influential Shia leaders, including the Dawa and SCIRI parties, asked Prime Minister Allawi to defuse the tension in Najaf by dropping, at least temporarily, the charges against Muqtada al-Sadr. They [...] |
2004-07-12 18:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KISL IZ |
| 04BAGHDAD356 |
GOVERNOR IN TROUBLE-RIDDEN ANBAR PROVINCE HELD [...] (C) Summary: The Governor of Anbar Province, perhaps the most violence-plagued part of Iraq, feels isolated and trapped in his office while he tries to secure the release of his three kidnapped sons. The Governor doubts he can trust either the police chief or the Iraqi National Guard Comma [...] |
2004-08-03 18:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KISL IZ |
| 04BAGHDAD481 |
IRAQI SHIA PARTIES NOT EMBRACING SADR [...] (C) Some angry remarks at the National Conference notwithstanding, it appears that the Shia establishment is not rallying behind Muqtada al-Sadr in his standoff against the Iraqi Government. Late on the night of August 14, PolCouns spoke to a top aide to Iraqi Government Vice President and D [...] |
2004-08-15 17:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KISL IZ |
| 04BAGHDAD531 |
SHAHRISTANI COMMENTS ON NAJAF [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his call on Ambassador Negroponte, Dr. Hussain al-Shahristani was critical of the Iragi Interim Government's (IIG) handling of the situation in Najaf, believing that it has made Muqtada al-Sadr stronger and has cost the Government much support. He urged against a military solu [...] |
2004-08-17 17:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PARM KISL SOCI IZ |
| 04BAGHDAD963 |
IIG SUGGESTS IRAQI GUARDS FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih has suggested introducing Iraqi personnel to the inner circle of guards watching over Saddam Hussein. The DPM proposed the switch in security personnel in the context of his broader expressed interest in destabilizing the temperame [...] |
2004-09-15 05:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KJUS PREL PTER PHUM KISL IZ |
| 04BEIRUT3713 |
LEBANON: THE TWO FACES OF HIZBALLAH; PART ONE -- [...] (C) A number of Lebanese observers who favor the idea of transforming Hizballah into a normal political party see hopeful signs of this happening. Specifically, they point to expressions from some Hizballah members of common interest with Christian oppositionists and more recently the suppor [...] |
2004-07-30 17:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL PGOV SOCI LE SY |
| 04BEIRUT408 |
LEBANON: BERRI EMPHASIZES AL-SISTANI'S IMPORTANCE [...] (C) IN A JANUARY 15 CONVERSATION WITH AMBASSADOR, NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER NABIH BERRI SAID HE AND HIS AMAL MOVEMENT FOLLOWERS LOOKED TO IRAQ'S GRAND AYATOLLAH ALI AL-SISTANI AS THEIR PRIMARY SOURCE OF RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY. ACCORDING TO BERRI, AMAL HAD PREVIOUSLY LOOKED TO ITS FOUNDER, IMAM M [...] |
2004-01-22 16:29:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PINR SOCI LE IZ |
| 04BEIRUT4941 |
LEBANON: WHAT'S WRONG WITH AMAL? [...] (S) Summary and comment: The Amal Movement is unable to keep up with Hizballah's popularity because Amal is seen as disorganized, corrupt, and based too much on party leader Nabih Berri. Referred to as "the thieves," Amal's leaders maintain party support through a patronage system that uses [...] |
2004-11-30 14:34:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV KISL PTER LE SY |
| 04COLOMBO1838 |
SRI LANKA: MUSLIM ROLE IN PEACE PROCESS LARGELY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The majority of Muslims in Sri Lanka live in the southern, western and central regions of the country, are traders and businesspeople, and support the largest political parties, the leaderships of which are dominated by the Sinhalese majority. In contrast, Muslims in the east are [...] |
2004-11-09 10:42:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL CE |
| 04DHAKA4266 |
EXCHANGE WITH CHAIRMAN OF EXTREMIST ISLAMIST GROUP [...] (C) Summary. At a chance encounter with polcouns, IOJ Chairman Fazlul Haq Amini denounced Jamaat Islami as power hungry, criticized the BDG on several fronts, opposed the proposed USD 2 billion Tata investment in Bangladesh, indicated the Awami League has offered him money to quit the ruling [...] |
2004-12-15 06:04:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM PINR BG |
| 04DJIBOUTI595 |
JUSTICE REROUTED, AMCIT SENTENCED [...] (U) U.S. Citizen Alan Funk (PPT# 156160695) has received a six month suspended prison sentence and a 1.6 million DF (U.S.$9,040) fine from the Djiboutian court of appeals for his role in a March 2000 traffic accident in which a Djiboutian man was killed. Funk was absolved of any wrongdoing in [...] |
2004-04-21 12:28:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | CMGT KJUS CASC CJAN PHUM PREL ECON EINV KISL DJ |
| 04DUSHANBE170 |
TAJIKISTAN: ISLAMIC PARTY'S KABIRI UNPLUGGED [...] (C) Summary: At a small dinner party on January 29, First Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Revival Party Muhiddin Kabiri freely discussed the upcoming elections and his party's chances of success. Drawing on his experiences in the last parliamentary elections, he opined that President Rahmonov [...] |
2004-02-01 05:20:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KISL KDEM KPAO TI |
| 04FRANKFURT6156 |
SEARCH OF FRANKFURT MOSQUE PROVOKES CONTROVERSY; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Police searched Frankfurt's Taqwa ("Fear of Allah" in Arabic) mosque on July 11 in response to allegations that Taqwa's religious curriculum includes violent and extremist material. Justification for the raid centered on a 9-year old's statement to police that the mosque's schoo [...] |
2004-07-19 12:56:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KISL PINS PHUM PGOV GM MO BINR |
| 04FRANKFURT6441 |
Germany's Supreme Court President Predicts Ludin [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 15 meeting with Consul General, Federal Constitutional Court (BVG) president Hans- Juergen Papier predicted that Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) plaintiff Fereshta Ludin would appeal a newly-minted B-W law banning headscarves for civil servants (reftel.) Papier opined that t [...] |
2004-07-27 15:23:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KISL GM |
| 04ISTANBUL1090 |
NEW OIC SECRETARY GENERAL ON ISRAEL/PALESTINE, [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Elected on June 16 as the next Organization of Islamic Conferences (OIC) Secretary General (reftel), Dr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu met with poloff on July 12 to discuss his recent election, plans for the organization, and views on a range of topics. Well-known to the Consul [...] |
2004-07-13 11:28:00 | Consulate Istanbul | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PGOV TU |
| 04ISTANBUL492 |
TURKS PROTEST YASSIN'S DEATH, CONDEMN ISRAEL, U.S. [...] (u) Summary: Protesters burned Israeli and American flags at a symbolic funeral held for the former Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin following the noon prayer on Friday, March 26, in the Sultanahmet district, in central Istanbul. About 5,000 people participated in the demonstration organized b [...] |
2004-03-30 12:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KISL TU |
| 04JAKARTA12662 |
KALLA WINS CHAIR OF GOLKAR, EMERGES AS POWERFUL [...] (C) Vice President Jusuf Kalla won the chairmanship of Golkar, Indonesia's largest political party, during a December 16-19 Party Congress, which we observed first-hand. Kalla's team paid enormous bribes to secure votes from party branches, but Golkar's draw toward executive branch power repre [...] |
2004-12-21 11:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL ID |
| 04JAKARTA8872 |
THE TASKS AHEAD FOR YUDHOYONO [...] (C) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's projected win in the September 20 presidential runoff marks a resounding victory for Indonesian democracy. The challenger defeated a President who had forged an alliance with Indonesia's oldest and largest political parties, while credible reports indicated the [...] |
2004-09-21 11:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KISL ID |
| 04KUWAIT1274 |
(C) NEW ICM LEADERS STRIVE FOR MAINSTREAM [...] No summary [...] |
2004-04-18 07:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM PHUM SOCI KU |
| 04KUWAIT13 |
(C) THE PARADOX OF KUWAIT'S ISLAMISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kuwaiti Islamists face a unique political quandary in the Islamic world. Their ideological suspicion of the US resembles what our colleagues in other Muslim societies encounter daily, but it runs counter to their experience of the US role in liberating Kuwait, which most still g [...] |
2004-01-04 07:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KU |
| 04KUWAIT1346 |
(SBU) PM MOVES TO NIP SECTARIANISM IN THE BUD [...] (C) Summary: The liberation of Iraq,s Shiite majority has increased the assertiveness of Kuwaiti Shiites (about one-third of Kuwaitis), who were already making progress against institutionalized discrimination. They now have their own family-law court, more building permits for mosques, appr [...] |
2004-04-25 10:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PHUM PGOV KISL SOCI KU |
| 04KUWAIT1504 |
(U) RECRUITING KUWAITI KIDS TO FIGHT IN IRAQ [...] (U) The local Arabic-language daily Al-Qabas reported May 5 that a Kuwaiti had filed a complaint with his embassy in Damascus, accusing Hamed al-Ali of recruiting his son to go to Iraq via Syria. The story also reports that, according to the Kuwaiti parent, the youths who are recruited will s [...] |
2004-05-12 12:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KISL ASEC MOPS IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT1661 |
(S) ISLAMIST EXTREMIST WANTS TO TALK TO U.S., SAYS [...] (S) MFA Acting Undersecretary Amb. Khaled al-Babtain convoked CDA May 25 to tell him that Jaber al-Jalahma "has information" for the US Embassy. As reported reftel, DNSA Fran Townsend singled out Jalahma by name during her May 4 meeting with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed, as an extrem [...] |
2004-05-25 14:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KISL PREL KJUS PINR KU |
| 04KUWAIT1699 |
(C) CATHOLIC CHURCH OPERATES FREELY, BUT [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-30 12:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF KISL PGOV SOCI PREL KU |
| 04KUWAIT1701 |
(C) LIBERALS ON THE OFFENSIVE IN FACE OF GROWING [...] No summary [...] |
2004-05-31 06:03:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM PHUM SOCI KU |
| 04KUWAIT1731 |
(S) JALAHMA TRIES TO SHOW HE'S NOT SUCH AN [...] (S) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: In a two-and-a-half-hour conversation with PolChief June 01, Kuwaiti Islamist extremist Jaber Al-Jalahma (ref A) denied ever having been a member of Al-Qaeda and ever having funded men of violence. He expressed ambivalence about 9/11 and similar attacks: good in [...] |
2004-06-02 13:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER KISL PGOV PREL KJUS PINR KU |
| 04KUWAIT1811 |
(C) HARDLINE ISLAMISTS LASH OUT AT US -- FEELING [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Islamist MP issued a lengthy diatribe accusing the US Embassy of interfering in Kuwait's internal affairs; he was clearly reacting to the report detailing our activities in support of human rights, posted on the DoS website. GOK officials including the Foreign Minister quick [...] |
2004-06-08 13:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL SOCI KWMN KU |
| 04KUWAIT2050 |
(C) SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...] (S/NF) Mr. Secretary, Welcome back to Kuwait. MFA is working to arrange a meeting with Information Minister Mohammed Abulhassan, who is expected to be the Acting Foreign Minister at the time of your visit (both the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister are expected to be out of the country). A [...] |
2004-07-06 10:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PTER PGOV KJUS KISL IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT2366 |
SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY POWELL'S VISIT [...] (S/NF) Mr. Secretary, welcome back to Kuwait. You are currently scheduled to meet with the Prime Minister, Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah on Saturday, July 31st. Foreign Minister Dr. Shaykh Mohammed al-Sabah will most likely also be in attendance. Since your last visit on March 20, there ha [...] |
2004-07-29 07:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR PTER PGOV KJUS KISL IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT3320 |
FAILAKA FOUR FREE ON BAIL [...] (U) News dailies reported September 21 that four of the suspects allegedly involved in the October 8, 2002 Failaka Island attack, Adnan Asad Al-Kandari, Abdullah Mohammed Al-Kandari, Yousef Ahmed Al-Kandari, and Ghazi Faisal Al-Tarrah, were released on KD 200 bail (approximately USD 670) but r [...] |
2004-09-22 13:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KISL KU |
| 04KUWAIT3681 |
SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S [...] (S/NF) Mr. Armitage, welcome back to Kuwait. MFA is working on a November 7 meeting with Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah and arranging accommodations for your party at Bayan Palace, which is also where any bilateral meeting will take place. Despite the extremely poor [...] |
2004-10-27 13:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PTER PGOV KJUS KISL KU IZ |
| 04KUWAIT3876 |
ISLAMISTS WIN ANOTHER BATTLE: RAMADAN TV SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The recently banned Ramadan television special 'Donia Al-Quwy' has become a nationwide hit for the very reasons it is not being aired by local stations: its focus on taboo societal issues. While the ban reflects the growing influence of Kuwaiti Islamists in this cons [...] |
2004-11-10 13:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI KU |
| 04KUWAIT4370 |
NEA DAS DIBBLE DISCUSSES COUNTERTERRORISM, [...] (C) Summary and Comment. NEA DAS Philo Dibble and DCM met with MFA Americas Division Chief Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain on December 14. Billed as a courtesy call, the meeting covered the U.S-Kuwaiti bilateral relationship and a wide range of regional issues. On terrorism, Al-Babtain said the [...] |
2004-12-18 05:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV KISL IZ KU |
| 04KUWAIT4371 |
THE LINES AND BEARDS GET LONGER AT THE ARAB BOOK [...] Summary: The 29th Arab Book Fair reflected a continued trend of the gradual Islamization of the annual exhibition. A noticeable increase in Islamic religious books, shoppers, and booksellers highlighted the fair, where the majority of participants and shoppers were rural conservative Muslims. [...] |
2004-12-18 08:06:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL PREL PGOV KU |
| 04KUWAIT4552 |
KUWAITIS CONFLICTED OVER CHRISTMAS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified; Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: While some of Kuwait's western educated elite dabble in decorating Christmas trees and exchanging presents, and Christians openly celebrate the holiday, some Islamists have called for banning the [...] |
2004-12-29 09:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KISL SCUL ECON KU |
| 04KUWAIT810 |
HUNGRY MPS WARM UP THE GRILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY:... [...] |
2004-03-10 14:26:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON IZ KISL YM KU |
| 04LAGOS1462 |
NIGERIA'S SPECIAL BRAND OF ISLAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with the Secretary General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs Lateef Adegbite in early July to discuss the nature of Islam in Nigeria, includingthe dividends of democracy, procedural safeguards inherent in Sharia law, the urgent need to restar [...] |
2004-07-19 09:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PINR PREL SOCI KISL NI |
| 04LAGOS1477 |
NIGERIA'S SPECIAL BRAND OF ISLAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with the Secretary General of the Nigeria Supreme Council SIPDIS for Islamic Affairs Lateef Adegbite in early July to discuss the nature of Islam in Nigeria, including procedural safeguards inherent in Sharia law, the urgent need to restart of the polio va [...] |
2004-07-20 14:21:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PINR PREL SOCI KISL NI |
| 04LILONGWE785 |
ISLAM IN MALAWI: A POST-MALAWI FIVE PERSPECTIVE [...] (S) The June 2003 expulsion of five non-Malawian Muslims suspected of ties to Al-Qaida (AKA the "Malawi Five"), which the press characterized as and most Malawians believe to have been a USG-initiative, came at time when the Muslim-Christian divide was being exploited by politicians in the run- [...] |
2004-08-12 13:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | SECRET | KISL PINR KPAO PTER ASEC PREL KIRF OIIP MI |
| 04MADRID3887 |
EMBASSY MADRID STRENGTHENS MUSLIM OUTREACH [...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy Madrid began its efforts for Muslim outreach in Spain by hosting the visit of Abdulwahab Alkebsi, Program Officer for the Middle East at the National Endowment for Democracy and the Department's first participant in the "Citizen Diplomat" program, September 29 - October [...] |
2004-10-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KPAO KISL SP |
| 04MANAMA336 |
ISLAMISTS PULL THE PLUG ON TV SHOW DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the latest in a string of recent victories, Bahraini Islamists earlier this month compelled the Middle East Broadcasting Channel 2 (MBC 2) reality television show "Big Brother" to halt its production in Bahrain. The show's production team left Bahrain despite public support [...] |
2004-03-11 07:26:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KISL BA |
| 04MANAMA376 |
LABOR MINISTRY ISSUES FINANCIAL REGULATIONS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In early March, Bahrain's Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs issued more stringent regulations for charities' financial activities. The rules require charities to maintain accounts and share them with ministry inspectors on a quarterly basis. Charities' accounts must be audite [...] |
2004-03-17 14:10:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN SOCI KISL BA |
| 04MANAMA404 |
BAHRAINI CROWN PRINCE SAYS SHEIKH YASSIN KILLING [...] (C) Bahraini Crown Prince Sheikh Salman told CENTCOM's General Abizaid March 24 that the killing of Sheikh Yassin was a setback to those in the Arab World who want more and faster reforms. Notably, he said the Bahraini Government (still the chair of the Arab League) has heard that the Tunis [...] |
2004-03-24 12:50:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | BA KISL PREL |
| 04MANAMA409 |
VIGILANTES ATTACK RESTAURANT IN NAME OF MORALITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. For the second time in two weeks, mobs of Shi'a youths ransacked on March 17 a place of "unethical practices," destroying an upscale restaurant known to serve alcohol. Similar to last week's unruly mob that broke into private residences identified as vice dens in two Shi'a nei [...] |
2004-03-25 09:35:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS ASEC PGOV KISL BA |
| 04MAPUTO1026 |
MUSLIM OUTREACH IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post is cognizant of the religious diversity in Mozambique and has taken efforts to include representatives from various religious groups, including Muslims, in its outreach efforts. Given the current demographics of Mozambique and recent world events, post is expanding these eff [...] |
2004-07-29 13:41:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL EAID KDEM PHUM PGOV OEXC OPRC OIIP MZ KISL |
| 04MAPUTO1040 |
AMERICAN MISSIONARIES GET TANGLED IN POLITICAL, [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 26, 14 Americans were expelled from Montepuez in Cabo Delgado province, where they were setting up an evangelical mission, on the pretenses that they were acting as spies for Renamo, the opposition party. On July 14-16, Conoff visited Cabo Delgado to meet with local offi [...] |
2004-08-02 15:18:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PREL KIRF KISL KDEM MZ RENAMO |
| 04MAPUTO1525 |
FIRST EVER IFTAR WITH MOZAMBICAN ISLAMIC [...] SUMMARY: Maputo PAS organized an Iftar at the Ambassador's residence that took place the final Friday of Ramadan, November 12. Nine prominent local Muslim leaders, representative of several different communities of Mozambique's sizeable Muslim minority, were invited and attended, including cle [...] |
2004-11-23 12:12:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC OIIP PINR KISL |
| 04MAPUTO834 |
THINGS LOOK DIFFERENT FROM UP NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent visits to Nampula and Cabo Delgado Provinces impressed upon embassy officers major challenges facing northern Mozambique and the need for continued USG attention to the region. Corruption, smuggling, porous borders and weak infrastructure compound high unemployment and a [...] |
2004-06-24 08:37:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PREF PTER ASEC MZ KISL RENAMO FRELIMO |
| 04MONTREAL451 |
GAS PLANT PROJECT CONTROVERSY HIGHLIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: Quebec's energy board is holding hearings on whether provincial energy needs require the construction of an 836 megawatt gas plant, the Suroit, in Beauharnois, located 25 miles from Montreal and the U.S. border. The Board's recommendations, and the report of a provincial legislativ [...] |
2004-03-19 21:02:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OEXC OIIP KISL KPAL PTER IS |
| 04MONTREAL550 |
Montreal Jewish School Firebombed on Passover [...] A private Jewish school in Montreal's St. Laurent neighborhood was firebombed in the early morning hours of April 5, the first day of the Passover holiday. The firebombing took place between 2.a.m. and 3 a.m. in the library of the United Talmud Torah St. Laurent School on de l'Eglise Street. [...] |
2004-04-06 20:47:00 | Consulate Montreal | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KISL CA |
| 04NEWDELHI7394 |
PRE-SAARC INDIA GOES EASY ON BANGLADESH [...] (C) Summary: Bangladesh Foreign Minister Morshed Khan's November 1 stop in New Delhi was officially scheduled to deliver India's invitation to January's SAARC Summit in Dhaka, but also provided an opportunity for bilateral discussions on festering cross-border issues. The GOI resisted the tem [...] |
2004-11-19 14:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KISL BG IN |
| 04PARIS6076 |
FRENCH CEMETERY DESECRATIONS AND LINK TO EXTREME [...] (SBU) Summary: France has seen a rash of hate crimes resulting in the desecration of nearly 400 Jewish and Muslim tombs since the beginning of the year. Most recently, 56 Jewish graves were painted with neo-Nazi symbols and xenophobic slogans in Lyon on August 8, although recent developments [...] |
2004-08-17 08:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PHUM FR KISL |
| 04PARIS8949 |
INTERIOR MINISTER VILLEPIN DISCUSSES ANTI-SEMITISM [...] (U) Summary: Throughout his meeting with United States Holocaust Memorial Museum officials on November 19, Interior Minister Villepin underlined the GOF determination to fight anti-Semitism in every way possible. Villepin decried the rise in the number of anti-Semitic acts in France, commente [...] |
2004-12-14 14:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KISL KIRF FR |
| 04PARIS9159 |
GOF LAUNCHES ANOTHER PROPOSAL TO FOSTER MORE [...] (C) Summary: Internal power struggles continue to plague the Council for the Muslim Faith (CFCM), the GoF-created umbrella organization which serves as the official French Muslim interlocutor with the government. Meanwhile, in the political arena, two leading contenders in the 2007 president [...] |
2004-12-28 15:36:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR |
| 04QUEBEC44 |
ALGERIAN SEEKING HAVEN IN QUEBEC CHURCH ARRESTED AND [...] (U) The case of an Algerian asylum-seeker who had been living in Montreal for the last six years came to a head this weekend. Mohamed Cherfi, 35, was finally refused asylum by the Canadian government and was deported to the United States March 5. The case has sparked demonstrations and outc [...] |
2004-03-08 17:47:00 | Consulate Quebec | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM CA CVIS KISL SMIG |
| 04RANGOON1056 |
BURMA: HISTORIC HEROIN BUST REVEALS MAJOR [...] (C) Summary: Burma's largest heroin seizure in history (592 kilos seized along the southern coast in early July) has uncovered a major drug trafficking syndicate with possible connections to traffickers and markets in Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Australia, India, and the United S [...] |
2004-08-18 07:59:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM KISL BM |
| 04RANGOON1577 |
UNHCR'S THIN BLUE LINE BETWEEN THE SPDC AND [...] (C) Summary: The UN's refugee agency has essentially exhausted its mandate to oversee repatriation operations along the Bangladesh border in northern Rakhine State and settled into an uneasy but crucial role providing a wide umbrella of protection, and coordinating basic relief services, for [...] |
2004-12-14 08:25:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM KISL BM NGO |
| 04RANGOON172 |
UNHCR GAINS ACCESS TO FORMER CONFLICT AREAS IN [...] (C) Summary: On the heels of a cease-fire agreement between the Burmese regime and the insurgent Karen National Union (KNU), the UNHCR will sign an agreement with the GOB o/a February 13 allowing unprecedented access to former conflict areas along the Burma-Thailand border. UNHCR plans to as [...] |
2004-02-06 10:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV KISL BM |
| 04RANGOON238 |
AMERICAN CENTER SPEAKER PROMOTES DIALOGUE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Rangoon's Public Affairs Section hosted Fulbright Scholar Jeffrey Kamakahi for programs on diversity, inequality, and social change with Burma's many ethnic, racial, and religious groups. Though the target audiences greatly appreciated his visit, they also expressed th [...] |
2004-02-23 10:07:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KISL KPAO BM |
| 04RANGOON470 |
BURMESE MUSLIMS BRACE FOR FALLOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rangoon-based Muslim leaders are advising Muslims to expect a severe GOB reaction following the April 7 attack on the Burmese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur (ref A). The Foreign Ministry publicly condemned the attack, though avoiding mention of the attackers' ethnicity and religion, a [...] |
2004-04-09 10:21:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PTER PGOV PINS KISL MY BM |
| 04RANGOON805 |
THE MADRASSAS OF RANGOON [...] (S) Summary: Despite pervasive and sometimes aggressive religious discrimination that favors Burma's Buddhist majority, Islamic religious education has survived and flourished in Rangoon Division. Though Rangoon's madrassas operate under vigilant MI attention, there are up to 130 schools -- s [...] |
2004-06-25 02:24:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | SCUL PGOV PTER EFIN KISL BM |
| 04RANGOON881 |
KYAUKSE: THAN SHWE'S TIKRIT [...] (C) Summary: A visit to Senior General Than Shwe's hometown of Kyaukse revealed a town of above average development, but with lingering religious tensions. After Buddhist-Muslim religious riots here in October 2003, there seems to have been little attempt by anyone to systematically eliminat [...] |
2004-07-13 09:35:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL BM |
| 04ROME1964 |
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ORGANIZATION: [...] Summary: Post would like to bring to Department's attention the International Development Law Organization (IDLO), a Rome-based intergovernmental organization founded twenty years ago by former USAID employees. Through training and technical assistance to the judicial sector of developing nati [...] |
2004-05-20 12:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID KJUS KISL UN |
| 04ROME2487 |
USAID DEPUTY ADMINSTRATOR SCHIECK VISITS THE [...] Summary: during his trip to Rome for the World Food Program Executive Board meetings, USAID Deputy Administrator Frederick W. Schieck met with International Development Law Organization (IDLO) Director General William Loris. Loris reviewed the organization's current programs, including those [...] |
2004-06-25 15:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AORC KJUS KISL IDLO |
| 04SANAA1690 |
RELIGIOUS GUIDANCE CONFERENCE CALLS FOR MODERATION [...] (U) Summary: After several delays (reftel), Sanaa was the venue for a significant religious gathering June 20-24, the "Mutamar al-Irshad al-Awal" (First Guidance Conference), which brought together Muslim clerics, scholars, and ministers of religious affairs from Arab and Muslim states. The m [...] |
2004-07-13 07:51:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL PGOV PINR KISL YM COUNTER TERRORISM HUMAN RIGHTS |
| 04SANAA1771 |
SA'DA FIGHTING: UPDATE AND IMPLICATIONS [...] (S) After an estimated 400-500 deaths, a large number of injured on both sides and roughly 400 al-Houthy supporters detained, the fighting in the Sa'da region in the north of Yemen remains inconclusive. A cease-fire was recently announced by the Government but non-official accounts indicate t [...] |
2004-07-26 17:00:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV KISL YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS |
| 04SANAA1936 |
BLOODY CLASHES CONTINUE BETWEEN ROYG AND SHIA [...] (C) Embassy sources contradict press accounts that ROYG forces encircled extremist Shi'ite leader Hussein al-Houthi in the northern region of Marran on August 5. Rather it seems fighting has intensified in the past few days and continues to be particularly bloody for the ROYG. 2. (C) L [...] |
2004-08-08 15:33:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PINR PREL PTER COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANAA2006 |
YEMEN: AL-HOUTHI INSURGENCY CONTINUES UNABATED [...] (S) Summary. The conflict continues between ROYG forces and armed-supporters of rebel Shi'ite cleric al-Houthi. The fighting remains concentrated in the northern Marran mountains, although some fighting has been reported in urban centers in the Sa'da governate. Although the crisis has yet t [...] |
2004-08-18 15:06:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | KISL PARM PGOV PINR PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANAA2225 |
UPDATE ON SA'DA FIGHTING [...] (C) Despite repeated government claims that the fighting in Sa'da is in its final stages, the last week has been increasingly bloody for both sides. The ROYG has stopped discussing casualty rates publicly, but local media reports that 15 soldiers were killed on August 24 including Lt. Col. [...] |
2004-08-25 12:48:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | KISL PGOV PINR PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANAA488 |
MEDIA REACTION ON US TREASURY DEPARTMENT [...] SUMMARY: Press coverage of the 2/24 terrorist financing designation of Shaikh Abd-al-Majid al-Zindani, Head of both Al-Iman University and the Advisory (Shura) Council of the leading Yemeni opposition party Islah, has generally been highly critical. A few papers offered muted support, reprin [...] |
2004-03-03 13:46:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM TERFIN COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANAA498 |
ROYG CONDEMNS 3/2 ATTACKS IN BAGHDAD AND KERBALA [...] (C) DCM contacted Presidential translator/advisor Mohamed Sudam and conveyed reftel demarche evening of 3/3. Sudam noted that the absence of FM Qirbi (in Cairo for AL Ministerial) likely accounted for lack of immediate comment from the MFA, adding that ROYG would indeed denounce "these terrib [...] |
2004-03-04 11:01:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PGOV KISL YM DEMARCHE |
| 04SANAA506 |
FM QIRBI ON ARAB LEAGUE, GREATER MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on ROYG Foreign Minister 3/7 to discuss developments with Arab League reform and the Greater Middle East Initiative upon the FM's return from the Cairo AL ministerial. Qirbi highlighted the drafting of a charter committing the Arab League to political and econo [...] |
2004-03-07 12:51:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID KISL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 04SANAA694 |
MEDIA REACTION ON THE ASSASSINATION OF HAMAS LEADER [...] SUMMARY: The assassination of Ahmad Yassin 3/22, the spiritual leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, received widespread reaction at various levels of Yemeni society including the government, political parties and the media. Newspapers, including government, opposition and indepe [...] |
2004-03-27 04:35:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM |
| 05ABUDHABI2500 |
RELIGIOUS LEADERS DISCUSS QU'RAN DESECRATION [...] (SBU) DURING A MEETING MAY 24 WITH UAE RELIGIOUS ADVISOR, DR. ALI AL HASHEMI, AND A MEETING MAY 31 WITH MINISTRY OF JUSTICE UNDER SECRETARY FOR ISLAMIC AFFAIRS, DR. MOHAMED JUMA AL MEHAIRI, POL CHIEF DISCUSSED THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE DESECRATION OF THE HOLY QU'RAN AT THE DETENTION FACIL [...] |
2005-06-06 06:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KIRF KISL TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3161 |
UAE IMAMS DENOUNCE TERROR, EXTREMISM [...] (C) Summary: In response to the July 7 terror attacks in London and the continuing violence in Iraq, the UAEG has stepped up its efforts to denounce terrorist violence. The UAEG's latest push has included a public campaign with unequivocal condemnations of extremism in government-approved Fri [...] |
2005-07-18 07:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAO PTER TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3242 |
UAE CONDEMNS SHARM AL SHEIKH ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: UAE leaders have publicly condemned the July 23 attack in Egypt's Sharm Al Sheikh, and have called on religious leaders to preach tolerance and moderation. Three UAE nationals were injured in the explosions, according to press reports. As reported reftel, after the July 7 attack [...] |
2005-07-25 07:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KISL KPAO TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3299 |
UAE USING OUTREACH TO THE FAITHFUL TO COMBAT [...] (C) Summary: The UAEG is capitalizing on the nation's reputation as a moderate, tolerant Muslim country to try to persuade its citizens and large expatriate community that extremist-inspired violence has no place in Islam. Through a series of carefully crafted Friday sermons, the Ministry of [...] |
2005-07-27 10:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KPAO PTER TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4881 |
UAEG BACKS AWAY FROM THREAT TO IMPOSE HORMONE [...] (U) As widely reported in the local and international media, on November 23 the Abu Dhabi Police arrested 26 allegedly gay men who had gathered at an Abu Dhabi hotel for a party. The men were arrested on a tip by UAE nationals to police, according to the press. For several days the local med [...] |
2005-11-29 15:40:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KISL AE |
| 05ABUDHABI4946 |
ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE PUBLICLY DENOUNCES TERROR [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) used a speech at the inauguration of the Abu Dhabi National Consultative Council December 6 to publicly denounce terrorists as disloyal towards their fellow citizens. MbZ's strongly worded message follows his equally powerful [...] |
2005-12-07 12:26:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL PREL KPAO AE |
| 05ABUJA2138 |
Embassy on Road in Nigeria: Sokoto [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 12-14, Ambassador and members of Embassy Public Affairs, Political, Economic and Defense Cooperation Sections decamped to the far northwestern state of Sokoto, doing two Iftar dinners, outreach events, and taking a closer look at education facilities in a region that [...] |
2005-11-07 08:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON KISL PGOV SOCI NI |
| 05ABUJA771 |
NIGERIA - OUTREACH ON NEWSWEEK STORY [...] (SBU) Post has been pursuing the Newsweek story since it surfaced in the Nigerian press on May 9. Most versions, and all in the beginning, were repeats of foreign media reports of demonstrations/riots in Afghanistan. The Nigerian Government is aware that the story could be used to incite vio [...] |
2005-05-17 14:44:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KISL NI |
| 05ABUJA792 |
SHIA-SUNNI CLASHES IN SOKOTO KILL THREE MORE [...] (U) Summary: A two-day conflict between rival Muslim groups in the northwestern city of Sokoto, seat of Nigeria's senior Islamic leader, the Sultan of Sokoto, led to the deaths of at least three people while dozens were injured. Shops, houses and other valuables were torched as Shia and Sunni [...] |
2005-05-19 06:40:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL NI |
| 05ACCRA2435 |
EMBASSY GHANA'S RAMADAN OUTREACH TO MUSLIM [...] SUMMARY: This year Post continued to expand its Muslim outreach program during the recently completed Ramadan celebrations. The Embassy hosted more events, took the program to more areas, and reached more Muslim citizens than in any year so far. I was involved personally in several of the act [...] |
2005-11-29 14:25:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | GH KISL KPAO PGOV PREL PTER SCUL SOCI |
| 05ACCRA2587 |
THE AMBASSADOR RAISES MISSION PROFILE IN TAMALE [...] Summary: During an intensive four-day trip to the Northern Region (November 29-December 2), historically plagued by ethnic conflict, but currently poor but peaceful, Ambassador and Mission team engaged in many successful programs that showcased transformational diplomacy at its best. The hi [...] |
2005-12-20 17:31:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON GH KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM |
| 05ALGIERS1287 |
RISE OF CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY IN ALGERIA [...] (U) While the overall numbers are very modest compared to the still overwhelming Muslim population, Algeria is currently experiencing an unprecedented rise in conversions to Christianity, particularly by the Berber population in the Kabylie region. Driving this trend are several factors, in [...] |
2005-06-27 16:18:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF KISL PHUM AG |
| 05ALGIERS1291 |
RISE OF CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY IN ALGERIA [...] (SBU) While the overall numbers are very modest compared to the still overwhelming Muslim population, Algeria is currently experiencing an unprecedented rise in conversions to Christianity, particularly by the Berber population in the Kabylie region. Driving this trend are several factors, [...] |
2005-06-28 07:57:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF KISL PHUM AG |
| 05ALGIERS1410 |
ALGERIAN VIEWS ON LONDON BOMBINGS [...] (C) Algerians, judging from comments made to Embassy staff, press commentaries and other press reporting since the London bombings of July 7, have drawn three main conclusions about these terrorist attacks. First, the bombings should come as no surprise and were a natural consequence of the [...] |
2005-07-12 16:25:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL AG |
| 05ALGIERS1534 |
ENGAGING ALGERIAN OPINION MAKERS ON TERRORIST [...] (C) As described Ref A, Embassy Algiers actively engages Algerian governmental, political, social, religious, and media figures on a regular basis. As part of our engagement, we actively encourage public denunciations of terrorist violence in general, and of attacks on Iraqi civilians specif [...] |
2005-07-20 17:28:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO KISL PREL PTER AG |
| 05ALGIERS1619 |
LIBYAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ALGERIAN STABILITY, [...] (C) Summary. Over lunch at the Residence August 6, newly arrived Libyan Ambassador Abdel Moula El-Ghadbane described to Ambassador and DCM his views on President Bouteflika's role in stabilizing Algeria's internal political situation, as well as his critique of Islamic extremism in Algeria an [...] |
2005-08-07 15:27:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL PGOV AG LY |
| 05ALGIERS1975 |
COMBATING EXTREMISM IN ALGERIA [...] (C) Having defeated an armed Islamic extremist insurgency over the past thirteen years, Algeria has gained considerable experience in combating extremism. Algerian military and political leaders openly admit now that at the time of the army's intervention to prevent the election of an Islamis [...] |
2005-09-27 16:37:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID AG |
| 05ALGIERS2116 |
DISCUSSING ZAWAHIRI-ZARQAWI LETTER WITH HIGH [...] (C) Charge took advantage of an October 15 meeting on other issues with the President of the High Islamic Council, Cheikh Bouamrane, to provide him a copy of the Arabic text, downloaded from the DNI website, of Ayman al-Zawahiri's letter to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Charge stressed that the lett [...] |
2005-10-16 10:07:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL IZ AG |
| 05ALMATY1883 |
OUTREACH FOLLOWING NEWSWEEK'S RETRACTION OF ITS [...] (SBU) Post regrets delay in responding to reftel request. Reporting in Kazakhstan's media on the erroneous Newsweek report of Koran desecration at Guantanamo started only on May 16, and was low-key and non-inflamatory. The May 16 primetime news on one Kazakhstani state channel and one indep [...] |
2005-05-18 11:32:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO KISL PREL KZ POLITICAL |
| 05AMMAN1137 |
INITIAL REACTION TO RETURN OF AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL [...] (U) Following the Israeli-Palestinian summit in Sharm al-Sheikh, major Jordanian dailies on January 9 led with generally upbeat headlines on the meeting and highlighted King Abdullah's supporting role (ref a). Scant attention was paid, however, to the announcement of the return of a Jordania [...] |
2005-02-09 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KPAL IS JO |
| 05AMMAN1719 |
INTERIOR MINISTER GRILLED IN PARLIAMENT WHILE [...] (C) Interior Minister Habashneh fended off heated questioning in Parliament regarding the GOJ's crackdown on political activity by the country's professional associations. Deputies from the Islamic Action Front (IAF) led the attack, while other MPs criticized the government for failing to pr [...] |
2005-03-01 16:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL KMPI JO |
| 05AMMAN1785 |
JORDANIAN ISLAMISTS UNDER PRESSURE AS GOJ PUSHES [...] (C) King Abdullah continues to emphasize Jordan's "Amman Message" endorsing a moderate Islam. The GOJ hosted a meeting of international Islamic clerics to plan the agenda for a summer conference based on the Amman Message, which will seek to promote Islamic unity and outline Islam's stand o [...] |
2005-03-03 16:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL PHUM KWMN JO |
| 05AMMAN1924 |
JORDANIAN GOVERNMENT'S INTENTIONS TOWARD THE [...] (C) Summary. King Abdullah and Royal Court Minister al-Rifai have explained to Charge that the government's campaign against the professional associations is designed to ensure a fairer representation of their members and a transparent, legal distribution of their finances. These aims are t [...] |
2005-03-08 13:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KMPI KISL IS JO |
| 05AMMAN1945 |
MULKI VISIT WARMS JORDANIAN-ISRAELI TIES; CALLS [...] (C) During a two-day visit to Israel and the West Bank March 5-6, Jordanian Foreign Minister al-Mulki announced that Jordan would "intensify its mediating role" between Israelis and Palestinians. Mulki said the Palestinians agreed to accept the dispatch of a Jordanian-trained Palestinian for [...] |
2005-03-08 14:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KISL PTER IS SY LE JO |
| 05AMMAN2049 |
NEW STUDY GAUGES ARABS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE WEST, [...] (U) A new study published by Jordan University's Center for Strategic Studies based on polls conducted in five Arab countries reveals that Arabs tend to distinguish between policy and culture when viewing the West. A negative view of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, not American value [...] |
2005-03-13 06:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KISL KPAL JO |
| 05AMMAN22 |
SENATE STAFFERS MEET KING ABDULLAH, PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) A Government of Jordan-sponsored U.S. Senate staff delegation met with King Abdullah December 21 to discuss the U.S.-Jordanian relationship, peace process, and Iraq. The King urged all of the involved parties not to let the opportunity of the January 9 Palestinian presidential elections s [...] |
2005-01-03 13:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KISL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN2251 |
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS DERAIL QUICK APPROVAL OF [...] (C) Leaders of Jordan's professional associations launched a full-court press against draft government legislation designed to wrest control of the unions (and their funds) from an Islamist minority out of step with rank and file members. Peaceful demonstrations were held across the country [...] |
2005-03-20 08:59:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KMPI KISL JO |
| 05AMMAN2427 |
GOJ UNVEILS DRAFT POLITICAL PARTIES LAW [...] (C) The Minister of Political Development presented on March 21 a draft law on political parties. The law would provide public funds to parties with more than 1,000 members. Additional funds would be made available to parties if women or young adults exceed 20 percent of their total membersh [...] |
2005-03-23 18:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL KMPI JO |
| 05AMMAN2713 |
DRL-FUNDED HUMAN RIGHTS WORKSHOP A SUCCESS [...] Embassy Amman successfully implemented human rights training for GOJ officials on February 26-27 sponsored by DRL's Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF). Working with the Jordanian Foreign Ministry and its Institute for Diplomacy, post held a two-day workshop with 30 participants from 13 dif [...] |
2005-04-03 05:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KDEM KISL JO |
| 05AMMAN3048 |
GOJ WORKING TO SMOOTH TIES WITH IRAQ AS OPPOSITION [...] (C) King Abdullah has taken charge of the GOJ's effort to repair strained Jordanian-Iraqi relations. He has given his new cabinet (public) orders to cultivate better ties with Iraq, and underscored Jordan's commitment to Iraq's reconstruction and institution-building. His former Minister o [...] |
2005-04-14 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN3252 |
TRADITIONALISTS CONTINUE THEIR OPPOSITION TO NEW [...] (C) Despite overtures by the King and PM Badran, traditionalists in parliament have not withdrawn their opposition to the new cabinet. The GOJ is considering the addition to two new ministers from the south to address complaints of geographic inequity, but Finance Minister Bassem Awadallah [...] |
2005-04-25 14:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL JO |
| 05AMMAN3907 |
OUTREACH ACTION ON ALLEGED KORAN [...] 1. Post raised the Koran desecration issue with the GOJ and widely distributed the Secretary's comments and the Newsweek retraction to the media and our journalist contacts in addition to posting them on the Embassy Webpage. While the Jordanian press prominently reported "Islamic [...] |
2005-05-18 08:06:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KISL PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN4228 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S MAY 20 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Friday, May 20, 2005, 1:30 p.m., King Hussein Convention Center, Dead Sea, Jordan. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Executive Assistant to the Deputy Secretary Ross Wilson Embassy Amman Charge d'Affaires David Hale (notetaker) Farah Pandith (NSC) Jordan King [...] |
2005-06-01 07:01:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL KMPI KPAL ECON EFIN IZ SU SY JO |
| 05AMMAN4296 |
THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 20 MEETING WITH IRAQI [...] (U) The Deputy Secretary met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on May 20, 2005, at 9:30 am, at the Dead Sea Movenpick Hotel, Jordan, on the margins of the World Economic Forum conference. 2. (C) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Jones Ambassador Wilson De [...] |
2005-06-01 12:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KISL ECON IZ SY IR |
| 05AMMAN4298 |
DEMARCHE FOR INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF EVENTS IN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Ambassador Ziad Majali, head of the Human Rights Directorate of the Jordanian Foreign Ministry. Majali received the information without substantive comment. HALE [...] |
2005-06-01 13:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER CASC KISL JO |
| 05AMMAN4326 |
ISLAMISTS SCORE POPULIST POINTS [...] (U) Jordanian Islamists have capitalized on the Koran desecration allegations and other developments to promote their agenda and maintain a high public profile. They staged a peaceful demonstration May 27 against alleged U.S. desecration of the Koran, and publicly denounced the recent World [...] |
2005-06-02 07:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL ASEC ECON JO |
| 05AMMAN469 |
SWEDISH EMBASSY IN AMMAN CONTACTED ON DIPLOMATIC [...] (S) Acting PolCouns delivered on January 19 to Jorgen Lindstrom of the Swedish Embassy in Amman the proposed schedule provided in reftel for a visit by a Swedish diplomatic representative to Abu Ghraib and Camp Ashraf. A/PolCouns stressed that a response including the name, passport number an [...] |
2005-01-19 14:43:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | KJUS PREL PTER PHUM KISL IZ |
| 05AMMAN4991 |
JORDAN PREPARES FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) Jordan will host an international conference from July 4-6 to promote the Amman Message of moderate Islam. Tentatively entitled "True Islam and its Role in Contemporary Society," the organizing foundation has issued invitations to Muslim scholars, government officials, and religious figure [...] |
2005-06-22 07:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN5230 |
GOJ PREVIEWS NATIONAL AGENDA FOR REFORM TO COUNTER [...] (C) Royal Court Minister Muasher gave a briefing to press June 22 on the status of the National Agenda committee, followed by a meeting on June 27 to discuss reform with private Jordanians. Promising feasible solutions rather than rhetoric, Muasher stated that work on the National Agenda was [...] |
2005-06-30 08:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL KMPI JO |
| 05AMMAN5258 |
C-NE5-00725: UPDATE ON JORDANIAN CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on June 28 and 29 with King Abdullah, National Security Advisor Saad Khayr, and special adviser to the King (and the King's first cousin) Prince Ghazi, Charge received an update on plans for the conference on "True Islam and its Role in Modern Society," to b [...] |
2005-06-30 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN5357 |
C-NE5-00725: OPENING OF INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC [...] (SBU) The international conference on "True Islam and its Role in Modern Society" opened in Amman on July 4 amidst great fanfare. Large banners promoting the conference adorned major thoroughfares in the city, while prominent advertisements for the conference were splashed across major daili [...] |
2005-07-05 14:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL JO PERL |
| 05AMMAN5387 |
FOREIGN MINISTER QASRAWI ON UN REFORM, OTHER ISSUES [...] (U) Charge met with Jordanian FM Qasrawi on July 5 and discussed the following subjects: UN REFORM --------- 2. (C) Charge explained USG positions (ref A) on the various aspects of UN reform, and Qasrawi answered each in turn, spending most of the time discussing Security Council reform. [...] |
2005-07-06 12:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL KPAL JO |
| 05AMMAN5456 |
C-NE5-00725: ISLAMIC CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS IN [...] (U) The three-day international conference "True Islam and its Role in Modern Society" closed on July 6 in Amman with a joint statement that forbids declaring adherents to any one of the eight schools of Islamic jurisprudence an apostate (takfir) (refs). Signed by a wide range of prominent [...] |
2005-07-07 14:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL JO |
| 05AMMAN571 |
INTERIOR MINISTER'S FACE-OFF WITH PROFESSIONAL [...] (C) Interior Minister Habashneh has locked horns yet again with Jordan's Islamist-heavy professional associations, demanding that they cease all political activity. The associations' leaders, among the most vocal critics of the GOJ's pro-U.S. policies and ties to Israel, are openly defying [...] |
2005-01-23 14:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KMPI KISL IS JO |
| 05AMMAN5760 |
SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT TERRORIST ACTS: [...] (SBU) Post continues to deliver ref B points as part of its regular engagement with the Government of Jordan and Jordanian religious leaders, underscoring the importance of countering extremism, terrorism, and incitement to violence and intolerance. One of our strongest allies on the counter [...] |
2005-07-19 11:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL KPAO PREL PTER JO |
| 05AMMAN5761 |
NEXT STEPS AFTER AMMAN'S ISLAMIC CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. Jordan's King is planning next steps to advance the moderate, anti-violence message of the recent Islamic Conference held in Amman. These include further work to de-legitimize extremists' use of "psuedo" fatwas to justify terrorism, development of a core canon of books which wi [...] |
2005-07-19 11:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL KPAO |
| 05AMMAN6742 |
DEMONSTRATORS DENOUNCE "THREAT" TO AL AQSA [...] (U) Summary. Around 1000 Jordanians peacefully marched in Amman on August 19 to "defend" the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The demonstrators, who had received GOJ approval for the event, shouted anti-American and anti-Israeli slogans in addition to condemning the U.S. presence in Iraq. A smalle [...] |
2005-08-22 06:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KISL ASEC IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN7522 |
VISIT OF HOWARD DEAN AND NATIONAL JEWISH [...] (C) A delegation from the U.S. National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC), led by Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and accompanied by three state Democratic party leaders, met separately September 17 with Prince Ali bin al Hussein (acting as Regent in the absence of King Abdul [...] |
2005-09-20 06:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL KPAL KMPI EAID ECON PINR IS IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN7600 |
JORDANIAN AL-TAHRIR ACTIVISTS ARRESTED [...] Jordan's state prosecutor charged three men on September 21 with belonging to the illegal Hizb al-Tahrir al-Islami (Islamic Liberation Party). The three men were arrested in July for distributing leaflets among delegates at the First International Conference of Muslim Scholars, a meeting spo [...] |
2005-09-25 03:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KISL PTER JO |
| 05AMMAN7679 |
KING POSTPONES PARLIAMENTARY SESSION [...] (SBU) The palace issued a decree September 25 postponing the start of the upcoming regular session of Parliament from October 1 until December 1. The decree cited a section of Jordan's constitution that gives the King authority to delay the convocation of Parliament by up to two months. The [...] |
2005-09-26 14:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
| 05AMMAN7708 |
COMBATING EXTREMISM - JORDAN [...] (S) Summary: Embassy Amman has been working to strengthen local traditions of dialogue, tolerance, and intellectual exchange as foils against extremist ideas - and to help such values emerge where they are absent - for several years. We use a wide panoply of State Department and other USG pro [...] |
2005-09-28 05:35:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | KDEM KMPI KISL KPAO EAID ECON PHUM PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN7979 |
NATIONAL AGENDA COMMISSION COMPLETES ITS WORK, BUT [...] (C) The royal commission charged with drafting a comprehensive National Agenda has completed its reform recommendations. Consensus was reached on all major issues except for electoral reform, with East Banker traditionalists determined to gut the proposed "national list" system. The GOJ pla [...] |
2005-10-05 15:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL KMPI JO |
| 05AMMAN8050 |
CODEL SHAYS MEETS WITH KING ABDULLAH'S CHIEF OF &l | ||||