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To: LindyBill who wrote (85380)	11/10/2004 1:32:42 PM
From: carranza2	of 793882

More French ignorance: iol.co.za France says Muslim body not anti-Semitic November 08 2004 at 12:28PM Paris - France on Sunday rejected a United States-based Jewish group's call for legal action against one of the country's largest Muslim organisations that it said was anti-Semitic and linked to the militant Islamist group Hamas. Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin said Paris had proved it was tough on Islamic radicals by questioning about 100 so far in 2004 and expelling 17 of them. But he declined to follow up a call by the Simon Wiesenthal Centre to probe links between the Union of French Islamic Organisations (UOIF) and pro-Palestinian groups it says collect money for Hamas and to replace the UOIF leadership. "We must avoid stigmatising anyone or jumping to conclusions," he told Europe 1 radio. "It's clear the state is being tough, but it's not its role to jump to conclusions." 'We must avoid stigmatising anyone or jumping to conclusions' The UOIF denied it was anti-Jewish. The Wiesenthal Centre's Paris office urged the government two weeks ago to launch a probe "leading to the dismantling and possible condemnation of this organisation's current leadership and its replacement by more moderate voices of French Islam". Its director Shimon Samuels said the UOIF was "a radical political organisation" linked to the Muslim Brotherhood spiritual guide Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi, who has issued fatwas (religious decrees) supporting suicide bombers. The Centre also linked the UOIF to a pro-Hamas group banned in the US. Samuels also provided texts from a forum on the UOIF website which he said documented anti-Semitic views it condoned. UOIF Secretary General Fouad Alaoui accused the Centre of wanting to block the integration of Muslims into French society. "I defy anyone to prove the UOIF has anti-Semitic positions," said Alaoui, whose group - popular with disaffected Muslim youths in France - is said to be close to the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood. He said he would welcome a probe because it would show "that there are people here in France who don't want Islam to be established legally or Muslims to be seen as full citizens."

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