Saturday, February 18, 2006

US-Islamic Forum Opens Amid Tension

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Karen Hughes, the United States' top imagemaker abroad, seen here in January 2006, addressed a US-Islamic forum seeking to find common ground between the United States and the Muslim world in Doha at a time when Islamic anger against the West has reached boiling point.(AFP/File/Tim Sloan) COMMENTLINE
Here's a story the mainstream media isn't covering.

Karen Hughes addressed a US-Islamic World Forum today in front of a backdrop of Muslim rage over the Muhammad cartoons. Among the issues on tap at the Qatar hosted event included the threat to regional stability posed by Iran and Hamas.

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"If we truly desire to reach a better understanding of each other, if we truly want our dialogue to produce results, we have to stop demonizing each other and replace hate with hope."

Abdul Hamid al-Ansari, former dean of the sharia (Islamic law) faculty at Qatar University lamented how "regimes in the Islamic world continue to marginalize liberals and keep them out of positions of responsibility, while appeasing the sides who fuel hostility to the United States."

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US-Islamic forum opens amid cartoon row tensions
DOHA (AFP) -- A US-Islamic forum seeking to find common ground between the United States and the Muslim world opened in the Gulf state of Qatar with Islamic anger against the West at boiling point.

Karen Hughes address US-Islamic forum
(Arabic News.com) -- Under Secretary of State Karen Hughes addresses U.S.-Islamic World Forum today in Doha, Qatar.

US-Islamic forum starts in Doha
(Aljazeera.Net) --A US-Islamic forum seeking to find common ground between the United States and the Muslim world has opened in Qatar with Islamic anger against the West at boiling point.

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(usinfo.state.gov) -- Under Secretary of State Karen Hughes addresses U.S.-Islamic World Forum

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