Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-09-19-Speech-3-039"
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"Mr President, I too feel that our response to large-scale attacks must not take the form of a crusade against Islam, but certain things need to be said. I would point out, in any case, that one of the organisations with which Osama bin Laden is linked is called the ‘International Front for Fighting Jews and Crusades’. I would also point out that part of the influx of billions of dollars of funding dispensed every year to Muslim charities and aid organisations is ultimately used to finance fundamentalist terrorism. In addition to this, the profits from banks, Islamic businesses and financial institutions, located in tax havens, which are now, at last, regulated and identified on the international market as well, help to support the international Jihad terrorist force. Here in Europe, there are Islamic centres and mosques which have been providing hospitality, screens and even false passports for fundamentalists connected to terrorist groups for years and continue to do so today. There is documented evidence of this. Such complicity is a fact and I certainly do not think we can take a few general statements disassociating their authors from Osamar bin Laden as evidence of the conversion to peace and respect for human rights of these wings of the international Jihad force present in Europe.
I support Mrs Garaud’s call to realism this morning at the Conference of Presidents, when she called for a responsible international policy ..."@en1
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