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| Africa: North |
| Mauritania shuts Saudi charities Nouakchott |
| 2003-07-24 |
| Mauritania, which blamed Islamists for inciting a failed coup attempt last month, has ordered the closure of two Saudi Arabian charities, one of the organisations said on Monday. The attempted coup by renegade soldiers on June 8 followed the arrest of dozens of Islamists and activists of the pan-Arab Baath party sympathetic to Saddam Hussain amid signs of unrest after the U.S.-led war on Iraq. President Maaouya Ould Sid Ahmed Taya, whose country's economy could be revolutionised by oil reserves discovered offshore, accused Islamists of inciting support for the coup bid. A representative of the Saudi Preaching Centre said it and another Islamic charity, the Global Islamic Rescue Organisation, had been visited by officials on Sunday who ordered them to close. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #1 Saudi Charity Saudi Charity goes together like a horse and carriage try and you'll discover you can't have a turban without a murderer |
| Posted by: Anon1 2003-7-24 7:24:24 AM |