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Religious Pluralism

Filed under: Yemen — by Jane Novak at 4:43 am on Friday, September 23, 2005

AKI: A German citizen living in the southern Yemeni region of Hadramawt who has been accused of promoting Christianity among the local people has had his house set on fire and his car blown up. Security sources in the capital Sanaa, cited by the London-based Arab newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi said the man is head of the Social Cooperation Association for the Middle East in the Hadramawt area.

The attack took place near the city of Mukallah. The man who was not identified in the report also received a letter threatening him and his family and telling him to leave the region. “Today we have set fire to your car and your house, but tomorrow we will kill your children if you do not leave Mukallah,” the letter is reported to have said.

Also in an effort to end sectarian differences, various well established forms of Islam are essentially outlawed, but if you’re a wahabbi, you’re ok. If you’re not a wahabbi, you will be soon.

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Comment by Stefania

9/23/2005 @ 5:26 am

Wasn’t Yemen a “moderate”, “secular” and Western-friendly state?

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Comment by Drjackshepard

9/25/2005 @ 6:12 am

Islam’s Teachings Prohibit Terrorism, Says Imam

Posted GMT 9-22-2005 23:15:13

ROME — The Imam of Rome’s Grand Mosque condemned terrorism in the name of Islam, stating that “Islam is the religion of mutual knowledge and peace,” not of “mutual hostility and clash.”
Sheik Mahmud Hammad Sheweita made this statement at a press conference in Rome’s Foreign Press Room, to present the Media Campaign Against World Suicide Terrorism, led by Jack Shepard, founder of the People for Peace Group.
The imam reminded his audience that suicide and murder are illicit.
“It is very clear that the killing of innocent people and of peaceful people have been declared illicit by Allah,” he said Wednesday.
Also present at the press conference was Abdella Redouane, secretary-general of the Islamic Cultural Center of Italy who, when asked about Benedict XVI, said: “It is a privilege for us to be in Rome so close to the Vatican. Our relations are very good. We were at the Pope’s funeral and we have already met in private with Benedict XVI, who, although he is different from John Paul II, follows a line of continuity in relation to Muslims.”
Moreover, Redouane was pleased that Benedict XVI wanted to meet with Muslims in Cologne, Germany, and said that he hoped that, after her audience with the Pope, journalist Oriana Fallaci will be “less venomous against Muslims, and also against the Vatican.”
For his part, Jack Shepard, promoter of the campaign against suicide terrorism, recalled that Rome is a place of meeting and dialogue between religions. “If all the world were like Rome,” he said, “we would not be talking about such topics.”
People for Peace Group web site http://www.shepardusgov.com

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Comment by Doug

9/25/2005 @ 9:33 am

It has nothing to do with religion. It just means that Yemen has liberals.

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