 Date :9/15/01 1:36:38 PM No.: 15
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THE PAPER ADDED 'IN HIS TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ON THURSDAY, HRH CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ, THE DEPUTY PREMIER AND COMMANDER OF THE NATIONAL GUARD, CAUTIONED AGAINST U.S. MEDIA SPECULATIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN ATTEMPTING TO EXPLICITLY POINT THE FINGER AT THE ARABS AND MUSLIMS.
CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH SAID: 'WE STRONGLY DOUBT THAT MUSLIMS AND ARABS COULD HAVE COMMITTED SUCH ACTS, WHICH NO RATIONAL PERSON, WHO BELIEVES IN ALLAH AND COMPREHENDS THE ETERNAL MESSAGE OF ISLAM COULD COMMIT ... THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE U.S. WHO ARE TRYING TO FISHIN MURKY WATERS TO INCITE AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION AGAINST ARAB AND MUSLIM RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS AMERICAN MUSLIMS AND ARAB AMERICANS'
'UNEQUIVOCALLY, ISLAM DOES NOT CONDONE TERRORISM, AS SHEIKH SALEHAL-LUHEIDAN, THE HEAD OF THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COUNCIL IN SAUDI ARABIA, ASSERTED :'THE ATTACKS THAT TOOK PLACE IN AMERICA, AND CAUSEDTHE DEATH OF THOUSANDS OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS CONSTITUTE A HORRENDOUS CRIME UTTERLY DENOUNCED BY ISLAM'.
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