aaa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 18:12:30 +0300
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From: aaa<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: TRUE COLOURS OF INDONESIAN RULER!
Assalamu 'alaikum
With rulers like these, who needs enemies?
Wahid's links with Israel should not be a surprise
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http://www.muslimedia.com/zion-indo.htm
Indonesian president Abdur Rahman Wahid raised eyebrows on December 4 when
he told his new economic affairs commission that Israel had agreed to
invest $200 million in Indonesia.
He was quoted in the Jakarta Post as saying: "I told them, and they
themselves agreed, not to directly invest but rather do it through a third
party. They agreed to do it through a Dutch or US company."
Wahid had previously expressed support for commercial links with the
zionist state, although not diplomatic relations, but no-one had expected
that an agreement would be r!
!
eached so quickly. It was probably done when
he visited Washington last month.
However, Wahid got in trouble for telling the Far Eastern Economic Review
that Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad had asked him to foster
closer ties with Israel. The Malaysian government strongly denied the
report, saying that "Malaysia's position is clear: we have no intention of
establioshing diplomatic or commercial ties with Israel."
However, a Malaysian commentator said that the allegation rang true.
"Malaysia has encouraged sporting and other links with Israel. Probably
the only difference is that Wahid is naive enough to admit his plans,
despite the precaution of routing the funds through a US or Dutch
company."
Abdur Rahman Wahid has long been regarded by some as a opportunist, whose
Islamic credentials are largely sham. He failed to graduate from Al-Azhar,
where he was known for his fondness for weste!
!
rn films, particularly French
ones.
He also likes western music, dancing and night-life; he celebrated his
election as head of Indonesia's Nahdhatul Ulama with a party at
Casablanca, a well-known Jakarta nightclub; some of his guests were so
shocked that they left early. Muslims should expect little from him; even
then they might be disappointed.
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