News from the CIS countries about the NY Disaster

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   Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 15:36:37 -0500
   From: "Kevin \(Abdul Khadir\) Miller" <kevmille at indiana.edu>
Subject: Islam.ru: The Mufti of Povolzhye is speaking about the terrorist
acts in the U.S.A.: " A religious person is not capable of doing this"

The Mufti of Povolzhye is speaking about the terrorist acts in the U.S.A.: "
A religious person is not capable of doing this"

The Chairman of the Muslim Clerical Department of Povolzhye Mufti Mukhaddas
Bibarsov has declared to the "Islam.Ru" in the interview, that a religious
person - a Muslim, a Christian or a Jewish can not be involved in the
terrorist acts, which took place in Washington and New-York on September,
11th, 2001". " The tragedy that took place in the U.S.A., was a keen sorrow
for al the people of our planet. However, there are politicians ( the
Minister of Israel Natan Sh'aranskiy is one of them) who are (on every
Channel of Mass Media), using their political goals and the tragic
situation, making conclusions that it were Muslims who provoked the
terrorist acts. I have no doubts that Muslims don't have such an amount of
money, which has been spent on the explosion organizing. Also I'd like to
stress that terrorist acts are not beneficial first of all for Muslims"-
Bibarsov said.

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   Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 15:36:16 -0500
   From: "Kevin \(Abdul Khadir\) Miller" <kevmille at indiana.edu>
Subject: Islam.ru: The Russian Muftis Council's announcement about the
terrorist acts in the U.S.A.

The Russian Muftis Council's announcement about the terrorist acts in the
U.S.A.

In connection with the terrorist act that took place in the U.S.A. on
September, 11th, 2001 resulting in the death of thousands of innocent
people, the Russian Muftis Council is announcing: We are praying the
Almighty Allah that he spread his mercy upon all the perished and support
the spirit of the victims and their relatives. Islam teaches us that the
human being is a supreme creature of Allah; that is why, a person who killed
another one unjustfully, is considered to be the killer of all the humanity.
On the 11th of September thousands and thousands of people, who didn't
threaten anyone, who came to their working places or just happened to be
there, were killed. Such terrorist acts are not justified neither by God nor
by people. The Russian Muftis Council is censuring a new terrorist crime and
a terrorism in general in all its forms. Political and economic issues must
be solved peacefully, as Islam teaches us: founded on a "peaceful
agreement". The victims were of different religions, Muslims were probably
among them, Christians and Jewish as well. No monotheistic religion approves
of killing an innocent person. We, Russians, know, not by hearsay, what
terrorism is. The Muslims of Daghestan experienced that 2 years ago. We are
worried that extremism and terrorism is covered with a religion and use
Islamic symbolism in their antihuman and antireligious actions. We also
think the position of some public figures and politicians, who look for
benefit from the tragedy with the purpose of gaining political dividends and
approve of terrorism in terms of a new policy of some governments
inadmissible. Whatever a new policy is, peaceful innocent people are being
killed; and this can not be justified by any ideological purposes. Political
gloating regarding the peaceful people destruction is blasphemous. We
support the stand of the Russian President V.V.Putin on this tragedy: "We
need the consolidated efforts of the whole society, all the countries in the
Terrorism Prevention Campaign. The Russian Mufti Council is ready to help
our country and people to struggle against this "21st Century plague".

Islam.ru

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RFE/RL: PRESIDENTS EXPRESS SHOCK, OUTRAGE, SYMPATHY FOLLOWING U.S.
TERRORIST ATTACKS. The presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Georgia, and Kyrgyzstan have sent telegrams of condolence to
U.S. President George W. Bush following the 11 September
terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Uzbek President
Islam Karimov has sent a note to the U.S. ambassador in
Tashkent, and Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry has issued a
statement condemning the "acts of barbarism." As of 2 p.m.
CEST, no information was available on official statements
from Tajikistan or Turkmenistan. LF
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  Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 08:21:34 -0700 (PDT)
   From: "Dünya" "Baþol" <sansardunya at yahoo.com>
Subject: Russian Intelligence: IMU linked To USA Terror

Russian Intelligence: IMU linked To USA Terror
Posted 12.09.2001 22:21
UzReport.com
According to News.ru, Russian intelligence agents know the organizers and
executors of the terrorist attacks in the USA. They are Usamah Bin-Laden's
organization, the Islamic movement of Uzbekistan and the Taleban [Afghan]
government. According to the internet article, Russia's foreign intelligence
special envoy told the CIA that there were at least two Uzbeks, former
residents from Ferghana, among the suicide terrorists.

"Our security services are warning the USA that what happened on Tuesday is
just the beginning, and that the next target of the terrorists will be an
American nuclear facility." said the report.

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