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| writeamir |
| 04/10/01 at 01:23:32 |
| Assalaamulaikum. I was starting to worry that Muslims in positions of power were not making their usual effort to help the Zionists destroy Islam. These two events reassured me though. Allah is truly the Most Just. Amir U.S. Muslim Envoy Votes Against Palestine WASHINGTON, April 9 (IslamOnline) - A United Nation's human rights forum held last Friday in Geneva overwhelmingly reaffirmed its commitment to Palestinian people's right to self-determination and statehood. Ironically enough, the U.S.'s Muslim envoy to the forum, Shirin Taher Kheli, along with her Guatemalan counterpart, were the only ones to oppose the resolution. The resolution, which was put forward by Arab and Islamic states, including Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Syria, said that the Palestinian right to self-determination and nationhood was a basic condition for achieving a lasting Middle East peace. The resolution was passed 48-2 and was also favored by Britain, China, France and Russia. Two delegates, including one representing Canada, abstained while one delegate was absent. Under the resolution, the Commission upheld the "inalienable, permanent and unqualified right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, including their right to establish their sovereign and independent Palestinian State." Ambassador Ya'acov Levy, representing Israel only as a observer state, condemned the resolution saying, "The resolution we have before us...preempts the outcome of the permanent status negotiations and will only undermine the attempts to reach a successful conclusion of these negotiations." Tahir Kheli, also criticizing the resolution, said, "The United States opposes this resolution, as we opposed similar ones in previous sessions of the Commission, because it attempts to prejudge final status issues that the parties have agreed will be reserved for their negotiations." Such U.N. texts, "risk diminishing the prospects for peace in the Middle East." Earlier this year, Tahir-Kheli was rumored to be appointed Assistant Secretary of State on South Asia. The rumors caused a media frenzy in India where newspapers called her "anti-Indian". NEW YORK (AP) -- Cornell University will open a branch of its medical school in the oil-rich Persian Gulf nation of Qatar, where graduates will receive fully accredited medical degrees. The Qatar Foundation, established by the emir of Qatar and led by his wife, has agreed to pay an estimated $750 million to operate the medical college for 11 years, Cornell announced Monday. The Weill Medical College of Cornell University is expected to open in the tiny neighbor of Saudi Arabia in 2004. The school's curriculum, faculty and admissions will be controlled by Cornell. Students will have to take the same tests and meet the same standards as those in New York City, and graduates will receive fully accredited medical degrees. The agreement calls for 70 percent of the first class of 50 students to come from Qatar, unless too few students qualify. Cornell's medical college is among the United States' most selective. The 101 students in this year's class were chosen from 6,344 applicants and had a 3.7 grade point average on their science courses in college. Qatar has about 750,000 inhabitants, many of them foreign workers, and is smaller than Connecticut. It has no medical school. The medical school will be the first school of higher education in Qatar that is not segregated by sex. Qatar officials agreed to a nondiscrimination policy at the school. Cornell's president, Hunter R. Rawlings III, told The New York Times, which first reported the medical school plans, that the university investigated human rights and the treatment of women in Qatar, as well as the country's relationship with Israel, before proceeding. ``Some of our Jewish trustees and alumni were especially concerned,'' Rawlings said. Under the nondiscriminatory admissions policy, Jews and Israelis will be eligible to apply to study and teach there. |
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| jannah |
| 04/10/01 at 01:44:01 |
| [wlm] wow that is pathetically sad. anyone know anything about that tahir kheli person and why the heck doesn't qatar use that $750 million to build it's own premiere medical institution!!!! |
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| Kashif |
| 04/10/01 at 03:49:22 |
| assalaamu alaikum [quote]Ironically enough, the U.S.'s Muslim envoy to the forum, Shirin Taher Kheli, along with her Guatemalan counterpart, were the only ones to oppose the resolution. [/quote] WHO put this person into that position? The US Govt. itself? Kashif Wa Salaam |
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| Arsalan |
| 04/10/01 at 23:51:48 |
| [slm] Man, this is wack! Pathetic! Sorry, venting a little bit. Amir, where'd you get these articles from? |
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| BroHanif |
| 04/13/01 at 19:00:28 |
| Sounds like a dream by Wacko Jacko, this is sad than sad. What day for muslims. |
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