U.S. Revokes Visa of Cleric at Saudi Embassy

Washington Post ^ | 2003-12-7 | Susan Schmidt and Caryle Murphy

[tubavil]

U.S. Revokes Visa of Cleric at Saudi Embassy Monarchy to No Longer Be Islamic Institute's Sponsor

By Susan Schmidt and Caryle Murphy Washington Post Staff Writers Sunday, December 7, 2003; Page A01

U.S. authorities have revoked the diplomatic visa of an influential Islamic cleric, and the Saudi government has decided it will no longer sponsor an Islamic institute in Virginia where he sometimes lectured, moves that reflect both nations' increasing efforts to curb the spread of extremist Islamic rhetoric, according to U.S. and Saudi officials.

Jaafar Idris, who was affiliated with the Fairfax-based Institute for Islamic and Arabic Sciences in America, left the United States two weeks ago after his visa was revoked, U.S. officials said. Idris is a native of Sudan, but was sponsored as a diplomat here by the Saudi embassy and had an office in that embassy's Islamic affairs section, according to a lawyer associated with him.

Idris's departure follows a decision by the Saudi government to stop providing diplomatic status to Islamic clerics and educators teaching overseas, according to a senior Saudi official who declined to be identified. The official said that in the future, only staff with legitimate diplomatic business at Saudi embassies around the world will be given diplomatic visas, part of a larger effort to get Saudi embassies out of the business of promoting religion.

"We are going to shut down the Islamic affairs section in every embassy," the officials said. "That's the objective."

[tubavil]

FYI - Front Page item.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Too little, too late.

[geedee]

Too little, too late.

Agreed. It's amazing how fast they find Allah when bombs start exploding in their own backyards.

[witnesstothefall]

Very significant development.

http://www.jaafaridris.com/English/Articles/post.htm

http://www.jaafaridris.com/English/Biography.htm

[Stopislamnow]

Yep, way too late.

The extremism has already been nurtured and realized and is now lurking everywhere there are muslims.

Islam needs a high velocity lobotomy.

[putupon]

Islam needs a high velocity lobotomy.

They are experts in high performance lobotomy procedures in in Saudi.

[Cindy]

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Jaafar Idris, who was affiliated with the Fairfax-based Institute for Islamic and Arabic Sciences in America, left the United States two weeks ago after his visa was revoked, U.S. officials said. Idris is a native of Sudan, but was sponsored as a diplomat here by the Saudi embassy and had an office in that embassy's Islamic affairs section, according to a lawyer associated with him."


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[yonif]

Its nice the Saudis are allowed to operate their embassy here.

[tubavil]

"In 1981, the Sheihk Idriss Mosque is built in Seattle's north end, near the Northgate shopping mall. It is Seattle's first mosque, and the first mosque west of the Mississippi River to be built in a Middle Eastern design."

Funds for the building were donated by Saudi Arabian Sheik Abdel-Keder Idriss.

http://www.historylink.org/_output.CFM?file_ID=3570

[tubavil] this terror mosque is the largest in Seattle and the one the media always trots out as peace-loving and wholesome, on par with Christian churches (because we all worship the same god).

[tubavil]

We may be making progress (too little, too late, but something):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6898-2003Nov22.html

[Happy2BMe]

Saudis are up to more mischief ping!