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Islamic nations upset with US
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05/22/04 at 10:59:11 » |
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WASHINGTON - Islamic nations are upset with the United States for alleged shabby treatment of Muslim tourists and students as Washington stepped up anti-terror measures, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri said on Friday.
He said he raised the matter with US Secretary of State Colin Powell during talks in Washington.
“I said: “Mr Secretary, the time will soon come when Muslims will not wish to enter the United States as tourists, the time has come when Muslim students do not wish to come to the United States.
“So are you going to do something about it?”
He said Powell told him he understood the problem and was striving to resolve it.
Kasuri said he had also raised the issue with Powell previously and that the Secretary of State had brought it to the attention of President George W. Bush.
“I, as a friend, pointed out that, you know, it is humiliating to visit the United States these days.”
Kasuri said his government might come under pressure at home to ”treat the Americans the way they treat Pakistanis when they land at American airports.”
The Pakistan minister was answering a question at a forum where a Muslim US citizen complained about rising anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States.
Kasuri said he had received feedback from Muslim leaders they were upset about the treatment accorded to their citizens visiting the United States.
He said Pakistan, which enjoys close ties with the United States, was concerned its relations with the Muslim world would suffer due to this problem.
“This will destroy what’s happening between Pakistan and the United States and what’s happening between Pakistan and every Muslim country,” he said.
“And I speak as foreign minister of Pakistan, who meets all the world leaders and they are very upset with the sort of treatment.”
The US authorities have stepped up security measures at airports and tightened procedures for issuing visas to protect the country after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which killed 3,000.
Many Arab students returned to their countries in the wake of the mayhem and various Arab media have reported a decline in the number of Arab businessmen visiting the United States. The American-Arab Anti-discrimination Committee meanwhile had sent FBI director Robert Mueller a letter last week urging him to speak out about hate crimes against Arabs and Muslim-Americans, following the recent upsurge of violence in Iraq and revelations about the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners there by US soldiers.
Kasuri said he told Powell he undertood the desire of the United States to put in place every conceivable defense mechanism to prevent terrorists from entering the country.
“But with the technology that the United States has, it’s not so much that,” Kasuri said, apparently referring to the lack of courtesy by airport staff whom he felt did not have adequate training.
For example, he said, “it’s the person who receives you when you enter New York.
“That person puts you off and you have to do something about training him.”
Kasuri said Powell told him: “Mr Minister, you are pushing against an open door, I’m trying my best.”
Powell was also concerned that the American tourist industry and the universities were losing revenue due to the tighter measures, Kasuri said.
“If the Secretary of State persists, and I have no doubt he will, hopefully things will improve,” he said
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sidney
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Re: Islamic nations upset with US
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05/22/04 at 15:27:01 » |
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Sorry to hear the plight of the Islam-Americans.The situation would have been prevented outright were the Arab world telling their own people hating Americans is a crime and those found guilty should be executed. They should tell Bin Laden and Pakistan that terrorism isn't a solution to the world peace. Those harbring the terrorism only destroy themselves. I know the innocent/peaceful islams can't be a part of the ugly situation. You know the majority of the people can be easily intimidated by a few indulged in self-interest and narrow mind. |
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05/22/04 at 20:31:21 » |
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Dear Mr. Kasuri, After what Islamic terrorists (read Pakistanis) are doing to the world, what do you expect-red carpet treatment for Pakistanis at US airports? You should be grateful that they are giving you visa for US. And for Allh's sake, do not even think of doing to their tourists and students what they are doing to yours as you survive on their 'khairat'. Just because they give you importance due to your geo-political advantage vis-a-vis Afghanistan, Russia and China, do not ever take panga with them. Just a friendly advice, Mr. Kasuri. Of course, between us, you already know it well but are trying to impress your Pakistani public about your own importance in US |
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05/23/04 at 19:36:11 » |
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gay r not wellcome here ...amitavgandu
[quote author=Amitav link=board=0011&num=1085214551&start=0#2 date=05/22/04 at 20:31:21]
Dear Mr. Kasuri, After what Islamic terrorists (read Pakistanis) are doing to the world, what do you expect-red carpet treatment for Pakistanis at US airports? You should be grateful that they are giving you visa for US. And for Allh's sake, do not even think of doing to their tourists and students what they are doing to yours as you survive on their 'khairat'. Just because they give you importance due to your geo-political advantage vis-a-vis Afghanistan, Russia and China, do not ever take panga with them. Just a friendly advice, Mr. Kasuri. Of course, between us, you already know it well but are trying to impress your Pakistani public about your own importance in US
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Amitav
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Re: Islamic nations upset with US
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05/24/04 at 08:24:41 » |
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Mr or Mrs Shakuntala or possibly someone in between.The thing is that if I want I can easily find out who are u.
The way is I will provoke you to such an extend though all these writings that you will join your Ladu bhai's group ,get caught by US Soilders and then put in Abu Gharib Prison after that I can c your excellent pictures in CNN,BBC .
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sidney
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Re: Islamic nations upset with US
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05/25/04 at 03:35:52 » |
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Let us focus on the discussion on the subject rather than non-issue. Should the Islamic world open their hands to welcome non-Islamic fortune seekers, who may have brains, but less fortune? Will the plurastic society (people of different faiths) help strengthen the democarcy in the Islamic world? Islam is wonderful, but without democracy, the people may go extreme in their philosophical, political or religious view. Lybia is now realizing that without help from the western world, it will get stuck with the present situation - fanaticism, terrorrism etc.. We must learn to embrace the reality rather than wishful thinking. |
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