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Brookings aims to build better US-Islamic world ties

The Brookings Institution’s Doha Centre, which is likely to be opened this year, will be tasked with enhancing mutual understanding between the US and the Islamic world, Martin Indyk, the director of the Saban Centre for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, said yesterday.Indyk, a former US assistant secretary, said the Brookings Doha Centre would work as a think tank for initiating frank dialogue and bringing together the key leaders from both the US and world’s Muslim countries.

“We are happy to start the Brookings Doha Centre which is the first offshoot of the Brookings Institution in the Islamic world,” he said.Indyk is in Doha to attend the Fourth US-Islamic World Forum, scheduled to open at the Ritz-Carlton Doha today at 6.30pm.

About the reasons behind launching the US-Islamic World Forum, which is held annually in Doha, Indyk said the forum came as part of a project launched by the Brookings Institution after the 9/11 attacks. “It was designed to be a think tank to reach a better understanding between the US and the Islamic World,” he said, while hailing Qatar for being a partner in the project.

To a question on the achievements of the Forum, Indyk admitted that it has not made much progress. “The relation between the US and the Islamic world during that last five years was not positive. We have not made much progress since we started. But this is due to the misunderstanding which is still at work,” he said.

“Even though the environment (of dialogue) is still difficult, we have to work to promote a frank dialogue and reach a better understanding. We are still bringing people from around the Islamic world and the US together,” he said.

Asked whether he believed that the Bush administration’s policies had been an obstacle, he said some of them have triggered anger in the Muslim countries. “No doubt the president’s policies created a lot of anger in the Islamic world and even inside the US itself,” he said.

However, he added that some of Bush policies, like kick starting the democratisation process and criticising the authoritative leaders in the Arab countries, have been welcomed.

Stephen Grand, a director of Brookings Institution, said that the Doha Centre would encourage frank dialogue and help build positive partnership among leaders.

On the topics due to be dealt with at the sessions of the forum, Grand said that the opening plenary would bring to fore the conflicts that divide the US and the Islamic world, including Palestine and Iraq.He added: “The forum will also tackle other issues during its closed-door task force meetings.”

Hadi Amr, the Brookings Doha Centre director, said Brookings was looking forward to using the centre to deepen US relations with the Islamic world. “We will bring people from different segments of society to have a free and frank dialogue,” he said, adding that the Centre would be a place where the relations between the US and Islamic world would be discussed between governmental organisations, the civil society and the media. “In addition to hosting conferences, the Doha Centre will produce analyses and provide scholarships,” he said.

The Assistant Foreign Minister for Follow-up Affairs, Mohamed bin Abdullah al-Rumaihi, said that the Brookings Doha Centre would be a cornerstone in the process to enhance mutual understanding between the US and the Islamic world. “We hope that Doha will be a place where people can meet with the aim of reaching a better understanding between the US and Islamic world,” he added.

Now add to this, college graduates that have been well and truly indoctrinated to hate their own country and how wonderful islam is, etc..

HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM & our appeasing cowardly Neville Chamberlain politicians are too ignorant to see it, well not only them but a goodly portion of the American public as well...

The ground in the United States is fertile for the jihad and that jihad will only speed up as time moves forward and the indoctrinated begin taking posts in decision making positions.


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