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Pentagon lists Qaeda recruiting mosques
Arab Times 28 April 2011
Al-Qaeda recruited and trained militants at mosques and Islamic centers in cities around the world from Montreal to Karachi, according to a Pentagon list leaked Tuesday. The document used by American interrogators in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, lists among them the Al-Sunna mosque in Montreal, Abu Bakr International University in Karachi, the Dimaj Institute in Sadah (Yemen), the Finsbury Park mosque in north London, the Islamic Cultural Institute mosque in Milan (Italy), Laennec mosque in Lyon (France), and the Wazir Akbar Khan mosque in Kabul.
In Lyon, the rector of the grand mosque expressed outrage over the list and said the allegation that the Laennec mosque was used by al-Qaeda was "ridiculous.”
"The grand mosque of Lyon, an institution known throughout the world and for its exemplary conduct, does not merit such ridiculous accusations,” Kamel Kabtane, the mosque’s rector said in a statement.
He said he had requested a meeting with the US ambassador to France to tell him personally "it is unacceptable to raise such serious and destructive criticisms about the mosques, its leaders and its faithful.” (...)
Posted April 28th, 2011 by pk
Pentagon lists Qaeda recruiting mosques
Arab Times 28 April 2011
Al-Qaeda recruited and trained militants at mosques and Islamic centers in cities around the world from Montreal to Karachi, according to a Pentagon list leaked Tuesday. The document used by American interrogators in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, lists among them the Al-Sunna mosque in Montreal, Abu Bakr International University in Karachi, the Dimaj Institute in Sadah (Yemen), the Finsbury Park mosque in north London, the Islamic Cultural Institute mosque in Milan (Italy), Laennec mosque in Lyon (France), and the Wazir Akbar Khan mosque in Kabul.
In Lyon, the rector of the grand mosque expressed outrage over the list and said the allegation that the Laennec mosque was used by al-Qaeda was "ridiculous.”
"The grand mosque of Lyon, an institution known throughout the world and for its exemplary conduct, does not merit such ridiculous accusations,” Kamel Kabtane, the mosque’s rector said in a statement.
He said he had requested a meeting with the US ambassador to France to tell him personally "it is unacceptable to raise such serious and destructive criticisms about the mosques, its leaders and its faithful.” (...)
Posted April 28th, 2011 by pk
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