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The Zayed
International Centre for Co-ordination
and Follow-Up, based in Abu Dhabi,
UAE, was established in 1999.
The centre was named in honour of UAE President Shaikh
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
with the aim of funding Islamic
Cultural, Scientific research, health
and educational institutions.
On its website (http://www.zccf.org.ae/) the Zayed Centre claimed
to be 'the official think-tank of the
League of Arab States, an association of
22 Arab nations' as the
fulfillment of the vision of Sheikh Zayed".
Since its founding in 1999, The Zayed
Centre for Coordination and Follow-Up
has hosted events and produced studies
on a variety of issues. The Centre has
also hosted notable personalities of
American and European leaders
such as former presidents Bill Clinton,
Jimmy Carter, former vice president Al
Gore and French President Jacques
Chirac.
In
recent times, many statements which were
linked to the centre's activities. The
government of the UAE describing these
charges as "baseless" and "false". The Zayed
Centre
Website was closed after
the United States protested to the UAE
of promoting anti-Semitism,
resurfaced some times in a different format.
A
book published by the centre claiming
that the American government
masterminded the September 11 attacks,
hosted notorious Holocaust deniers, and
featured a lecture by a Saudi professor
who claimed that Jews use gentile blood
for holiday pastries.
In 2003 Harvard University's School of
Divinity was forced to return a 2.5
million dollar donation made by the
Zayed Center to fund an Islamic Studies
Chair, after the Islamo facist agenda of
the Zayed Center was revealed and
thousands of peoples signed a petition
urging Harvard to return the 'tainted
money'.
The 'International Religious Freedom
Report 2004', issued by the US
Department on September 15, accused the
centre of "providing a platform for some
anti-Semitic individuals" and
"publishing some books with anti-Semitic
themes."
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Christian, no Hindu, no
Buddhist -- no one who is
true to the principles of
any of the worlds faiths,
no one who claims a
cultural, national or
religious identity based on
values such as truth,
decency and justice can be
neutral in the fight against
intolerance.
. ...The rise of
anti-Semitism anywhere is a
threat to people everywhere.
Thus, in fighting
anti-Semitism we fight for
the future of all humanity. Secretary-General
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24 January 2005: Khaleej Times, Abu
Dhabi reports The Office of the
Deputy Prime Minister for
Information Affairs has rejected a
report posted by a web site called
Militant Islam Monitor, which
called on the US to stop giving aid
to Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) or
Doctors without Borders as it has
received funds from the Zayed Centre
for Coordination and Follow-Up, an
Arab League think-tank closed down
recently by the UAE. More at:
UAE rejects false web site report on
Zayed Centre
The
Think Tank of the Arab League: The
Zayed Centre for Coordination and
Follow-Up (ZCCF)
Middle East Media Research Institute
(MEMRI)
The
controversy surrounding the Zayed
International Centre for
Coordination and Follow-Up (ZICCF)
began on May 23, 2002 with the
first release in a series of MEMRI
reports on the Centre's activities,
causing it to become both an
embarrassment and a liability to the
government and royal family of the
United Arab Emirates.
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A
previous UAE government donation to
an American university has come
under fire the
gift of $2.5 million in 2000
from Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan
for a professorship at
Harvard Divinity School (HDS).
Rachel Fish, then a student at the
Harvard Divinity School, showed the antisemitic activities of the UAEs
Zayed Center for Coordination and
Follow-Up.
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