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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (45680)	3/5/2004 9:29:44 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Changing face of mankind under doctirne that calls for engagement with mankind not disengagement.. dailytimes.com.pk Straw welcomes seminary reform * British foreign secretary says resolving Kashmir will help close gap between Islam and West * Britain will give £70m assistance to Pakistan By Iqbal Khattak PESHAWAR: British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw on Friday welcomed President Pervez Musharraf’s call for “jihad against extremism” in Pakistan and reform of religious schools. Speaking on British-Pakistan relations at the Area Study Centre at Peshawar University, he said he welcomed President Musharraf’s call for a jihad to “project a true image of Islam” and for the reform of religious schools, which played a crucial role in Pakistan’s education system. He said terrorism should never be “defended” or “excused” by reference to an alleged cause, adding that terrorists discredit any cause they claim to pursue. “There could be no clearer proof that terrorism has nothing to do with the alleged division between Islam and the West. Terrorists attack defenceless victims regardless of faith and nation.” He conceded conflicts that “terrorists exploit” must be defused but said “all terrorism, whether domestic or international, sectarian or nationalist, must be fought with equal determination.” To close the growing gap between the West and Islam, Mr Straw said that progress towards resolving the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians and the Kashmir dispute would help build better understanding between the Islamic world and the West. “We recognise too that extremism flourishes where people are denied the hope of building a better future, the breakdown of order, chronic poverty, injustice, disease and environmental degradation. So, building tolerance and understanding means acting together across this agenda, working for sustainable development and promoting justice,” he said. He said there were great challenges and no country could meet any of these alone. “We live in an age of international engagement, and the UK-Pakistan relationship can play a vital role in that engagement,” he added. He said no country could prosper in isolation from the outside world. Mr Straw underlined the need for understanding the role of religion in Islamic countries in the West. “We sometimes forget that secularism when taken to extremes can be just as oppressive as a society permeated by religion,” he said and added that Britain was the only country that started state-funded Islamic schools. Talking about UK-Pakistan economic relations, he said, “The UK is the biggest foreign investor in Pakistan. Britain is Pakistan’s 5th largest export market. Our trade is more than £800 million every year, and it is growing,” he said, adding that London would provide £70 million assistance to Pakistan.

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (45680)	3/5/2004 9:55:44 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

<He attacked without provocation, without justification and under completely false pretenses. > This is not what your party candidate believes.. Sen. Kerry now a virtual Dem Presidential candidate agreed with Bush and gave him moral authority to attack... Bipartisan support of Bush actions cannot be over presented beyond this statement... "I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force — if necessary — to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security." --Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002. >>