As Salaam Alaikum,
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed hosted a dinner for United States Presdent George
Bush this week. Last month Sheikh hosted a royal reception for the fourteen
participants in the first UAE government sponsored Imams Training Program.
Program participants included thirteen Americans and one citizen of France.
The reception was held in the Crown Prince's riversid4e Palace in the UAE
capitol city of Abu Dhabi .
The crown prince personally sponsored the historic training program, which
introduced the American participants to t eh tolerant, moderate and inclusive
style of Islam practiced in the United Arab Emerites.
Program Participants traveled throughout the UAE, and experienced the warm,
friendly, hospitality of the Emirates. Their commitment to Freedom of Religion
was demonstrated as the participants prayed in a large Mosque in Abu Dhabi that
has a Catholic High School on one side of it and an Epistical School on the
other sidee.
The program was the result of the vision and planning of Khalid Ahmed,
director of the American Congress of Muslim Youth in Washington D.C. He and
Sheikh Mohammed, worked to develop the program since 2001, with the cooperation
and support of the UAE's US Embassy.
The program was administered by the Zayed House of Islmic Culture, direced by
Sheikh Khalid Al-Marzoqui , on its campus in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi.
Curtis Sharif, Houston , Texas
Imam Khalid Shaheed, Resident Imam of the Dallas Masjid of Al-Islam,
Hannibal Shabazz, Masjidullah, Philadelphia
Abdullah, Madyun, Chicago
Adil Woods, Wilmington , Delaware
Omar Huda, California
Ali Carl Kenemer, Dallas , Texas
Julio Colon, Austin , Texas
Yusuf Maisonet, Mobile , Alabama
Bilaal Mbee , France
Dr. Khalifah Ramadan, Buffalo , New York
Jeloni Musa Shabazz, New Haven , Connecticut
Rafeel Aleandro Jara , Chile
Jesus Villarreal, San Antonio, Texas
During the royal reception Crown Prince Mohammed personally greeted each of
the program participants who, in turn, expressed their gratitude and
appreciation for his support and sponsorship of the program.
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posted on 14/01/2008
General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and
Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces yesterday hosted a dinner
banquet at his rest house in Suwaihan in honour of the visiting US President
George W. Bush.
Present at the banquet were Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime
Minister, Sheikh Hazaa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, National security Advisor, Lt.
General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, minister of interior, Sheikh Mansour
bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Presidential Affairs, Sheikh Abdullah bin
Zayed, Foreign Minister, Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed bin Zayed, Sheikha Lubna Al
Qasimi, Minister of Economy, Dr. Anwar Gargash, Minister of state for FNC
Affairs, Mohammed Ahmed Al Bowardi, Secretary general of Abu Dhabi Executive
Council, Khaldoun Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority, Reem
Al Hashimi, Assistant to the Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs, the
delegation accompanying President Bush, UAE Ambassador to the US Saqr Ghobash,
US Ambassador to the UAE Michele J. Sison, and senior officials.
They exchanged views on a number of issues of mutual concern. The party was
intercepted by demonstration of some of the famous Arabian falcons, while
ladies from Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage presented some
traditional dishes. - Emirates News Agency, WAM
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