http://www.arabtimesonline.com/arabtimes/kuwait/Viewdet.asp?ID=9157&cat=a
Don't tie Islam to terrorism: Kuwait; '1,400 years of accomplishments ignored' UNITED NATIONS (KUNA: The State of Kuwait regretted on Tuesday that some governments tie Islam to terrorism and issue laws to combat terrorism and create unjustified fears for the Muslims. This came in a speech by Kuwaiti diplomat Salah Hamdan Al-Seif before the UN General Assembly's Social Committee, which was discussing the item on "extermination on racism and racial discrimination". He said that he is following up with regret the move by some governments to link Islam with terrorism. By this action these governments ignore 1,400 years of creative legislation and human accomplishments and focus on terrorist acts fomented by a limited group rejected by the Islamic and Arab societies in general. He said that he agrees with Doudou Diene, the special rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, who said that hatred of Islam is an ideological-political issue more than being religious. He noted with "concern" that by some states are downplaying the issue of racism because some extreme right parties in these states adopt racism and have hatred for foreigners. He also, agreed with the special rapporteur who said that unlimited defence on the freedom of expression does not agree with the international norms that require balancing the freedom of expression and freedom of piety. Concluding he condemned the use of freedom of expression for lashing out at all the other Islamic values and beliefs. Meanwhile, Kuwait underlined on Tuesday prime support for the world peacekeeping missions, including the UN Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (Unikom) that ended its tasks with success in 2003. This came in a speech delivered by Kuwaiti diplomat Fatima Fahd Al-Ibrahim before the UN General Assembly's Legal committee, which was discussing the whole peacekeeping process. She noted that Kuwait extends assistance to the peacekeeping missions in various fields to realize their objectives in establishing world peace and security. She reminded of hosting the Unikom until 2003 and thanked the UN missions management that works on maintaining world peace and security. She welcomed in principle the penal accountability draft agreement applicable to the UN staff and experts, noting that her country will make remarks on these items. The UN has already released reports on moral violation by UN staff all over the world. Al-Ibrahim underlined that the over use of immunity could lead to UN staff swaying away from being held accountable, therefore there should be controls to cap these violations. +++ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
