A decade later - Fundação Luso-Americana
A decade later - Fundação Luso-Americana
A decade later - Fundação Luso-Americana
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the possibility of an increase in radical<br />
movements in the area since, after all,<br />
“America is primarily concerned with the<br />
issue of security.” Both Seixas da Costa<br />
and Allan Katz agree that the actions of<br />
9/11<br />
A <strong>decade</strong> <strong>later</strong><br />
these radical movements are posited on<br />
support for the Palestinian cause, aggression<br />
against Israel, and – in the long run<br />
– American complacency.<br />
One must not think, however, that the<br />
For Katz, America has become “concerned with security<br />
in ways that are not in keeping with the kind of society<br />
that we used to enjoy.”<br />
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Muslim faith on its own is responsible<br />
for Arab extremism. Katz made this point<br />
very clear. “The problem of the mosque<br />
to be built around Ground Zero has<br />
become an unfortunate issue. It wasn’t<br />
the Muslim world that provoked the<br />
attack,” the American Ambassador asserts<br />
while adding, “We believe in religious<br />
freedom and we’re tolerant, but not in<br />
all situations.”<br />
*Students of Communication and Journalism at Coimbra<br />
University<br />
For seixas da costa (currently portugal’s ambassador to France and in 2001, portuguese ambassador to the u.n.) “the repercussions of 9/11 have undermined the<br />
symbolic weight of the World Trade center attacks.” To the left of seixas da costa: FLAd Administrator mário mesquita and us Ambassador to portugal Allan J. Katz.<br />
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