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Wednesday, March 1, 2006

This one's not quite as good as the one below, but it's also worth a look.

MEMRITV: Former Dean of Islamic Law at Qatar University, Abd Al-Hamid Al-Ansari: The Gulf Countries Address the World in the Language of Human Rights, But Address Their Own People in an Oppressive and Racist Language

...I support the so-called "positive [international] intervention" – intervention in the form of criticism. If we neglect human rights and do not treat people equally – how can we expect the international community to remain silent? If it does not, when will the situation be rectified?

We too interfere. The Gulf countries interfere in other countries' affairs. We criticize America for its actions and policies.

[...]

The Arab countries interfere in Iraq's affairs, and so do the other countries in the region. This interference assumes various forms such as encouraging those rebels, whom they refer to as "the resistance," providing moral support and the support of the media. As you know, the Gulf media refers to what happens in Iraq as "resistance" and "Jihad." If, for example, someone blows himself up in a mosque, in a mourners' gathering, in a hospital, or at a bus station, the media calls it martyrdom-seeking and Jihad.

This kind of incitement and influence... I believe that if these [rebels] lost the moral support of the Gulf countries, terrorist operations would decline.


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