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| ASEAN Calls For Terrorism Not To Be Identified With Religion |
| 2005-08-01 |
| VIENTIANE, July 31 (Bernama) -- At the just-concluded Asean Ministerial Meeting (AMM) and the meeting with the multilateral dialogue partners, the issue on the need to avoid identifying acts of terror with any particular religion, ethnic group and nationality has been one of the main points raised during deliberations on terrorism. The AMM joint communiqué issued after the two-day meeting attended by 10 Asean Foreign Ministers on Tuesday stated that the regional grouping will continue to reject any attempt to associate terrorism with any race, region and nationality or ethnic group... Both the meetings, which condemned terrorists' attacks, especially the recent bombings in London and Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, also reiterated the need to address the root causes of terrorism. Asean comprising Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam fears over such generalisation since the region also has the world's most populous Muslim nation, and the citizens of the region have lots of similarities, including physical features. Therefore, the move to generalise acts of terror to specific ethnic group, religion or nationality would be a disadvantage not only to the Muslims but also to citizens of the region. This concern has been expressed by Malaysia at the meeting, stating that the increased western profiling of Muslims as terrorists and targeting them in investigations on any terrorist incident was a disadvantage to Muslims. Syed Hamid, who has been vocal on this issue at the AMM and the Asean Regional Forum (ARF) said there was a need to change the mindset on terrorists. He stated that "a terrorist must be referred to as a terrorist without any adjective to qualify the word" and this has been supported by his Asean counterparts, especially during ARF, the multilateral political and security dialogues of the Asia-Pacific region... The dialogue partners of ARF comprises Asean plus China, Japan and South Korea, Australia, Canada, the European Union, India, New Zealand, Mongolia, North Korea, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Russia, Timor Leste and the United States. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #6 Now we see what it takes to get the "moderate" muslims to come out of the wooodwork. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-08-01 16:11 |
| #5 Hey! Are thee talking to me! |
| Posted by: Amish Guy 2005-08-01 16:02 |
| #4 "...reject any attempt to associate terrorism with any race, region and nationality or ethnic group..." Naturally this will apply to whatever Israel has to do to defend itself. Odd, though, how trouble seems to pop up whenever Islam contacts other cultures. |
| Posted by: Neutron Tom 2005-08-01 09:49 |
| #3 Article: Both the meetings, which condemned terrorists' attacks, especially the recent bombings in London and Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, also reiterated the need to address the root causes of terrorism. And the root cause of Islamic terrorism is the idea among Muslim governments that it is acceptable to sponsor terrorist movements that deliberately slaughter civilians en masse in order to restore to Islam the full extent of the Muslim empires at the height of their powers. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-08-01 09:38 |
| #2 This concern has been expressed by Malaysia at the meeting, stating that the increased western profiling of Muslims as terrorists and targeting them in investigations on any terrorist incident was a disadvantage to Muslims. Sorry, bubs, but ya gotta go where the money is... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-08-01 08:53 |
| #1 I think we can file this under *Oh yea! that will work!" Totally useless. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-08-01 01:53 |