European and Islamic Diplomats Meet

USA Today ^ | February 11, 2002 | SUZAN FRASER

[BrooklynGOP]

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Ministers from European and Islamic countries began arriving in Istanbul Monday for a conference to bridge what many fear is a widening gap between the Muslim world and the West.

Ministers from the Organization of the Islamic Conference and the European Union will meet in an Ottoman palace on the shores of the Bosporus for a two-day conference starting on Tuesday to promote understanding and cooperation. The meeting is the first for ministers of the two powerful regional groupings.

[BrooklynGOP]

''The campaign against terrorism should not be spread to countries that have nothing to do with terrorism,'' said Sudan's Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail. ''If you do so, you will push them toward terrorism.''

Heh...

[lavaroise]

''If you do so, you will push them toward terrorism.''

It's all our fault, it's all our fault.

Well, muslims better cooperate not to push us either, because we might become "terrorists" too.

[jonatron]

Many in the Arab world feel that the West is prejudiced against Arabs and Islam and that their religion has been equated with terrorism.

Tell that to Israel.