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----- Original Message ----- From: Moderator Keluarga/Sutera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sutera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 10:34 PM Subject: [Sutera] Fw: Here We Go Again, by Ambassador (Ret.) John R. Malott > * Untuk menghantar e-mail kepada group tetapi ingin nama dirahsiakan, > sila e-mail kepada [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > Belum menjadi ahli KELUARGA??? Sertai sekarang! > Hantar e-mail kosong kepada [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~~--~ > > > Please delete my ID > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > Here We Go Again > > By Ambassador (Ret.) John R. Malott > > It looks like a new smear campaign has started against a certain > "former leader" of Malaysia. Now he is being accused of > contributing USD 10 million to radical Islamic organisations in > the United States, money that in turn allegedly supported > extremist activities, possibly including terrorism. And once > again, Malaysia's politicians and unquestioning press are > whipping themselves into a public frenzy without having done > their homework. Calm down, people. > > The New Straits Times and Bernama both have reported that Shaykh > Muhammed Hisham Kabbani, the leader of the Islamic Supreme > Council of America (ISCA), said that a "former Malaysian minister > funded organisations in the US which may have links with certain > extremist groups elsewhere," and because of that, "Malaysia got > connected with terrorist activities." > > And now for the background, which is available openly on the > internet. > > Shaykh Hisham Muhammad Kabbani, a Sufi cleric, was born in Syria > and graduated from the American University of Beirut. He received > his Islamic Law Degree in Damascus. In 1991 he was sent to > America to establish the foundation of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order. > Since then he has opened thirteen Sufi Centers in the United > States and Canada. (For further information on ISCA, see their > website at www.islamicsupremecouncil.org). > > Shaykh Kabbani has often criticized other Islamic leaders for > their failure to condemn those who espouse more extremist forms > of Islam. In this regard, his views seem no different from those > of former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, whose recent > article in Time magazine ("Who Hijacked Islam?") made the same > point. > > According to a 1999 article in the Washington Report on Middle > East Affairs, Shaykh Kabbani has been at odds with mainstream US > Islamic organisations almost since his arrival here in 1991. In > 1998, ISCA's magazine, The Muslim, described a series of > confrontations between various U.S. Muslim groups and the > Shaykh's followers. > > That article says that leaders of other U.S. Muslim organisations > were unwilling to participate in Shaykh Kabbani's ISCA > conventions in 1996 and 1998, and that there also were ugly > scenes at a number of meetings of the Islamic Society of North > America (ISNA). Shaykh Kabbani's followers were not invited or > allowed to participate in those ISNA meetings after it was > rumored that he was "a Zionist agent" and that his organisation's > magazine "was sponsored by Zionist funding." > > The Washington Report says that the Muslim article implied that > the dispute was a religious as well as organisational one, over > differing interpretations of Islam. Shaykh Kabbani is a Sufi and > the majority of American Muslims are Sunni. > > But the differences within the US Muslim community were > transformed into a political issue as a result of a speech that > Shaykh Kabbani made at the US State Department in 1999, where he > said that funds collected by Muslim groups in America for > humanitarian aid were being used to buy weapons to fight in the > name of Islam; that extremism had spread to 80 percent of the > Muslims in the US; and that more than 80 percent of the 2,000 > mosques in the US were being run by extremist ideologies. > > (Since ISNA - the organisation that had not allowed his > participation at its annual meetings - provides support to 80 > percent of the mosques in the US, there was an implication that > the Shaykh was singling out ISNA. Astute Malaysian readers will > recall that ISNA was the group that "disinvited" Prime Minister > Mahathir from making a speech in Chicago in 2000 but which > invited Datin Seri Dr. Wan Azizah to address them in 2001.) > > Shaykh Kabbani also charged that extremist ideology is getting > into US universities through various Muslim clubs. He said that > Iran is hiring nuclear scientists to miniaturize nuclear > warheads, and that if these small warheads reach American > universities, "you don't know what these students will do." > Finally, he said that "those advising the U.S. government are > extremists themselves." The Washington Report says that this > apparently was a reference to national Muslim leaders. > > The outrage from major American Muslim and Islamic groups was > instantaneous. Those present asked Shaykh Kabbani to say whom he > was talking about, and what his evidence was, but he did not do > so. Subsequently, eight of the major Islamic groups in America > issued a statement saying that "Mr. Kabbani has put the entire > American Muslim community under unjustified suspicion. In effect, > Mr. Kabbani is telling government officials that the majority of > American Muslims pose a danger to our society. Additionally, > Islamophobic individuals and groups may use these statements as > an excuse to commit hate crimes against Muslims...We therefore > ask Mr. Kabbani to promptly and publicly retract his statements, > to apologize to the American Muslim community, and to exert his > utmost effort to undo the damage these statements have done. The > issue is not that of a mere difference of opinion within an > American religious community, but involves the irresponsible act > of providing false information to government officials." > > The joint press release was issued by the American Muslim > Political Coordination Council, American Muslim Alliance, > American Muslim Council, Council on American Islamic Relations, > Muslim Public Affairs Council, Islamic Circle of North America, > Islamic Society of North America, and the Muslim Students > Association of USA and Canada. Additional Muslim groups > subsequently associated themselves with the statement. > > A prominent Muslim leader in America told me on Wednesday that to > this day Shaykh Kabbani has never provided any evidence for his > assertions at the State Department, or apologized. As a result, > he basically has been ostracized from the majority Muslim > community in the US. When told what the Malaysia press articles > said, the Muslim leader commented, "Isn't it interesting that he > makes these accusations but does name names or provide any > evidence. That is the same thing he did at the State Department > in 1999. Who gave the money and who received it? Who told him > this? If what he says is true, why doesn't he say so? And 10 > million dollars? No Islamic organisation in America ever got 10 > million from Malaysia." > > My point in providing this background is not to take sides in > what clearly seems to be a religious, political, and now even > personal dispute within the American Muslim community. Rather, it > is to point out that such a dispute exists, and that comments > made in Malaysia should be understood with this 10-year > background in mind. > > I agree with Shaykh Kabbani that more moderate Muslim leaders and > organisations around the world should speak out against the more > extremist Islamic ideologies that are being propagated and the > violent actions that sometimes flow from them. But I disagree > with his assertion that the majority of our mosques are under > radical influences, or that those Muslim leaders who advice our > Government are extremists. Yes, there are some Islamic radicals > in the US, and the Government has shut down two foundations for > allegedly channeling funds to terrorist groups overseas. > > But the overwhelming majority of Muslim Americans, and the > mosques and groups with which they are affiliated, are not > extremist or radical. The organisations that criticized Shaykh > Kabbani are the very same ones that have met with President Bush > and members of Congress since September 11; if they were radical, > they never would have gotten in the front door of the White > House. Indeed, it was the President of ISNA, the group that is > the apparent nemesis of both Prime Minister Mahathir and Shaykh > Kabbani, who read the Islamic prayer at the National Cathedral > service for the victims of September 11 and later met with > President Bush at the White House. > > Which leads the story back to Malaysia. Shaykh Kabbani has made a > statement in Malaysia that has all the necessary ingredients to > condemn the "former Minister." No wonder people leaped on it so > quickly. Ten million dollars is a lot of money, so it must mean > that the "former leader" is corrupt. And you say the money went > to radical Islamic groups? Even better - we've being trying to > convince people that the guy is an extremist and dangerous. And > the money was then channeled to terrorist organisations to boot? > Great -- now we can link him to KMM and al-Qaeda. And the bad > press we have been receiving in the US? It's all his fault, too. > > It seems like a real gift to those who want to continue the > campaign to smear the former Minister. But the only problem is, > no proof and no evidence have been offered to back up these > assertions. And in the absence of such evidence, such accusations > - and their repetition - can quickly appear libelous. Even if a > Malaysian court is not sympathetic to a case brought by a jailed > former leader, a US organisation falsely accused of taking money > and channeling it to terrorist groups would not hesitate to seek > restitution in a US court. > > And the bad press? Asked about the Kabbani report, Deputy Prime > Minister Dato Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said, "Now we know why > the US and its media made so many accusations against us." > > Actually, sir, no one in America has ever heard these > accusations, because we don't have the pleasure of receiving the > New Straits Times every morning. In recent weeks, the New York > Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and Time > and Newsweek magazines all have written major stories on the > "Malaysia Connection" to al-Qaeda and the September 11 attack. > They are very factual stories and based in large part on > information from Malaysia's own Special Branch. They never once > mentioned Shaykh Kabbani or payments to US Muslim organisations. > Instead, they detailed such things as meetings in Malaysia > between the hijackers and others, as well as direct payments and > logistical support from Malaysian sources for the hijackers and > other al-Qaeda operatives. > > The Government of Malaysia does not support terrorism and > cooperates fully with the United States in opposing it. However, > they have been embarrassed by these stories, and one of their > Cabinet Ministers even threatened to sue Newsweek over its > article. But as more articles came out, it became harder for the > Government to threaten to take legal action, especially since the > reporters were quoting Malaysian police officials and US > diplomats as their sources. So the silly notion of suing one of > the world's most prominent magazines was quickly dropped. > > This silliness ought to be dropped just as quickly, before people > get embarrassed again. > > Raja Petra Kamarudin > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> > Get your FREE credit report with a FREE CreditCheck > Monitoring Service trial > http://us.click.yahoo.com/ACHqaB/bQ8CAA/ySSFAA/TcOolB/TM > ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > Belum menjadi ahli KELUARGA??? 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