VOL. XLV

No 2

14 January 2002

Arab Columnists On 11 SeptemberAftermath

(MEES Translations)

The following is an extract from a column by Khalil 'Ali Haydar (KuwaitiIslamicist writer) entitled What Has Bin Ladin DoneFor The Muslims? whichwas published in the Kuwaiti daily al-Watan on 31 December 2001:

Usama bin Ladins excellentspeech broadcast by al-Jazeeratelevision on 28 December deserves lengthy responses of the kind there is noroom for here. But suffice it for us to dwell on some of the points...