quote:"Palestinian Authority officials are trying to persuade the kidnappers of
a long-held BBC journalist that they are mistaken in using Islamic
justifications for their actions, an aide to the PA premier told The Associated
Press on Monday. :unquote
Hmmmmm...... apakah hanya penculikan dari jurnlis BBC ini saja yang tidak
sesuai dengan ajaran2 Islam?
Bagaimana dengan penculikan2 yang ter-jadi di-mana2 diseluruh dunia
berdasarkan Islam? Kok PA tidak menkritik ataupun mencelanya?
Bagaimana dengan penculikan yang dilanjutkan dengan penggorokan leher?
Apakah itu sesuai dengan ajaran2 Islam? Sebab saya tidak mendengar adanya
protes ataupun kritik dari PA mengenai hal2 itu.
Sunny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1178431591961&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
May. 7, 2007 20:18 | Updated May. 7, 2007 20:21
'Kidnappers wrong to resort to Islam'
BBC correspondent Alan Johnston, who was kidnapped by masked Palestinian gunmen
in Gaza.
Photo: AP [file]
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Palestinian Authority officials are trying to persuade the kidnappers of a
long-held BBC journalist that they are mistaken in using Islamic justifications
for their actions, an aide to the PA premier told The Associated Press on
Monday. Ahmed Youssef, an aide to Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail
Haniyeh, said there are contacts with the kidnappers of Alan Johnston, who has
been held for 50 days, by far the longest time in captivity for a Western
hostage. "It's on the way to being resolved. It's being addressed religiously
and ideologically," he said, but would not say whether he expected Johnston to
be released in days or weeks. Youssef said negotiators were trying to
convince kidnappers that the extremist Islamic ideology they used to justify
holding Westerners is incorrect. Last week Haniyeh suggested the kidnappers
belonged to an Islamic extremist group. Youssef also denied a newspaper
report listing the demands of the kidnappers - a tract of land
from the Palestinian government, 5 million dollars from the British
government, and release of an Iraqi woman, Sajida al-Rishawi, 35, sentenced to
death in Jordan for her role in the al-Qaida-led triple hotel bombing that
killed 60 people there. "The report is not precise, it is not correct,"
Youssef said in the telephone interview. There has been no public word of
Johnston's condition since he was snatched by gunmen from a Gaza street on
March 12. Youssef said the government's office had received "assurances" that
Johnston was "in a safe place, and in good health." "We welcome all efforts
to free him. It's clearly very sad for us that he is still being held - 50 days
is a very long time for anyone to remain in captivity, said Simon Wilson,
editor of the BBC's Middle East bureau. "We can't comment on everything that
is coming out of Gaza. The (Palestinian) government has said they will do
everything they can to get Alan freed."
