[Question] The Arab world's response to September 11

[Dean89]

hey guys im doing a project about the attacks of September 11. i was wondering if any of u guys know of any articles on the net of the arab world's response to the attacks - i looked myself but couldnt find anything...
your help would be much appreciated thnx :)

[shire19]

This site (http://www.unc.edu/%7Ekurzman/terror.htm) has statements made by Muslims (politicans, leaders, scholars etc) against terrorism but quite a few were in response to 9/11, you can filter through them since you want the Arab response only


League of Arab States:

“The General-Secretariat of the League of Arab States shares with the people and government of the United States of America the feelings of revulsion, horror and shock over the terrorist attacks that ripped through the World Trade Centre and Pentagon, inflicting heavy damage and killing and wounding thousands of many nationalities. These terrorist crimes have been viewed by the League as inadmissible and deserving all condemnation. Divergence of views between the Arabs and the United States over the latter’s foreign policy on the Middle East crisis does in no way adversely affect the common Arab attitude of compassion with the people and government of the United States at such moments of facing the menace and ruthlessness of international terrorism. In more than one statement released since the horrendous attacks, the League has also expressed deep sympathy with the families of the victims. In remarks to newsmen immediately following the tragic events, Arab League Secretary-General Amre Moussa described the feelings of the Arab world as demonstrably sympathetic with the American people, particularly with families and individuals who lost their loved ones. “It is indeed tormenting that any country or people or city anywhere in the world be the scene of such disastrous attacks,” he added. While convinced that it is both inconceivable and lamentable that such a large-scale, organised terrorist campaign take place anywhere, anytime, the League believes that the dreadful attacks against WTC and the Pentagon unveil, time and again, that the cancer of terrorism can be extensively damaging if left unchecked. It follows that there is a pressing and urgent need to combat world terrorism. In this context, an earlier call by [Egyptian] President Hosni Mubarak for convening an international conference to draw up universal accord on ways and means to eradicate this phenomenon and demonstrate international solidarity is worthy of active consideration. The Arabs have walked a large distance in the fight against cross-border terrorism by concluding in April 1998 the Arab Agreement on Combating Terrorism.”
Go here if you need some more http://groups.colgate.edu/aarislam/response.htm

[Dean89]

all right m8 thank you for your help :)

[dj_1911]

http://www.youtube.com/v/xyaixXr6PvI

[IraGlacialis]

^^^^^

One man... actually that's a woman. Pardon me...
rofl rofl

[Chounch McGavin]

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Leader of Hezbollah said regarding "9/11":


"What do the people who worked in those two [World Trade Center] towers, along with thousands of employees, women and men, have to do with war that is taking place in the Middle East? Or the war that Mr. George Bush may wage on people in the Islamic world? ... Therefore we condemned this act -- and any similar act we condemn. ... I said nothing about the Pentagon, meaning we remain silent. We neither favored nor opposed that act .... Well, of course, the method of Osama bin Laden, and the fashion of bin Laden, we do not endorse them. And many of the operations that they have carried out, we condemned them very clearly."

[Fazla]

Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Leader of Hezbollah said regarding "9/11":

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now that's something interesting

[zulu261]

They went outside singing bullcrap.

[fantomas]

dude, didnt you hear? you israelis were responsible for 9.11

[markjh]

@Dean89: Here is a nice documentary on the 9/11 subject from MEMRI - http://memrifilms.org/

“When the twin towers collapsed… My lungs filled with air and I breathed in relief, as I had never breathed before."
'Ali 'Uqleh 'Ursan,
Syrian Arab Writers Association chairman
Al-Usbu' Al-Adabi (Damascus)
September 15, 2001

Since the attacks on September 11, 2001, The Middle East Media Research Institute has monitored, translated, and recorded what was said in the Arab and Iranian press about that day. Prominent journalists, members of academia, leading religious figures, and even Arab government officials helped shape conspiracies about what "really" happened.


The carefully documented collection is now available as a PDF and includes a compilation of articles and editorials from the mainstream Arabic and Persian language press, as well as transcripts from television programs.


A documentary film about the Arab and Iranian reaction to 9-11 incorporates footage from various TV and satellite stations in the Middle East. It was made with Interface Media Group and narrated by acclaimed actor Ron Silver.

[SpikeBayonet]

IIRC - Turkey was one of the first - if not the first - of our allies to send a message of support and/or condolences on 9/11...

[speckfire]

IIRC - Turkey was one of the first - if not the first - of our allies to send a message of support and/or condolences on 9/11...

Yes it showed their support when they allowed the US to use their airbases to lead the attack on Iraq ;)

[khukuri]

Yes it showed their support when they allowed the US to use their airbases to lead the attack on Iraq ;)

which had everything to do with 9/11 ... oh wait a minute

[Dean89]

ok thnx for your help guys more info will be more than welcomed :)

[AK74]

which had everything to do with 9/11 ... oh wait a minute

i THINK i see a pattern.rofl

[ozumn]

You sure that that video has anything to do with 9/11?

[Satellite Weapon]

http://www.youtube.com/v/xyaixXr6PvI

I see the AllahAkbar rent-a-crowd were out in force on that horrible day

[Ivo]

Can you post the adress of that Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah quote pls

[Vehemence]

I remember seeing the news a day after 9/11, and they showed a crowd of people from Lebanon (I think) and they were definately having a party.

[shadowsrider]

This movie is manipulation. It was published by CNN (I also saw it) but later appeared that it shows Palestinians celebrating but totally different event. In Sep 11th 2001 it was archive material. Unfortunatelly CNN lacks objectivity and tries to manipulate sometimes.

[Vehemence]

This movie is manipulation. It was published by CNN (I also saw it) but later appeared that it shows Palestinians celebrating but totally different event. In Sep 11th 2001 it was archive material. Unfortunatelly CNN lacks objectivity and tries to manipulate sometimes.

Thanks for clearing that up. I don't trust CNN. I've seen a broadcast on CNN regarding a plane crash, for example, and they got the following pieces of information wrong.

Plane type
Number of passengers
Death toll

Stated that it was an Airbus 360. No such thing. Stated that number of passengers was around 140? and all survived. Turned out passenger count was 300, with no survivors. They gave hope, and brutally took it away.