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“9/11 didn’t lead to split between Islamic and Christian civilizations”- analyst
Published: 11 September, 2010, 12:12
Edited: 12 September, 2010, 02:41
US, New York: The twin towers of the World Trade Center billow smoke after hijacked airliners crashed into them early 11 September, 2001. (AFP Photo / Henny Ray Abrams)
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9/11 attack had a radical effect on global policies but did not lead to the split of Islamic and Christian civilization, political expert Dmitry Polikanov told RT.
”There was a global understanding that terrorism threat is number one, and it should be on top of the agenda and that consolidated efforts are needed to overcome this terrible security challenge,” he said. “Today, significant efforts of the international community and of the leading nations, of the Special Services, has actually resulted in serious progress in fighting terrorism.”
“Al Qaeda is slightly disappearing from the global agenda,” Polikanov added. “If you look at the number of terrorist attacks in the recent years, it has diminished and I think significant work has been done to ruin the grass roots of Al-Qaeda.”
”Of course, one of the most positive outcomes is that the world has managed to prevent the split between the Islamic civilization and the Christian civilization, and the attacks in New York in 2001 did not lead to the global divide between the two civilizations.”
However, according to 9/11 medical responder and Muslim American activist, Rudina Odeh-Ramadan, says that after the tragedy Islam is being used for political gain in the US.
”We are assigning collective guilt on one billion Muslims that practice this faith on the acts of 19 villains that basically defiled Islam and practiced a perverted version of Islam for political agenda,” she said.
“I think the great majority fear Islam because they do not understand it,” Rudina Odeh-Ramadan added. ”They do not understand the faith, they do not understand that Islam is a religion of peace. Islam does not condone suicide, Islam does not condone murder.”
Watch the full interview with Rudina Odeh-Ramadan
Meanwhile, American officials say that Al-Qaeda has been seriously weakened since it carried out the 9/11 attacks.
But in recent times, much international attention has shifted to the terror network's capacity to help other militant groups around the world.
Dennis Sammut, from the London Information Network on Conflicts and State-Building, sees Al-Qaeda's hand in the recent violence in the North Caucasus region of Russia.
“There are clearly connections between terrorist groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan and the attacks that have taken place in 9/11 and in the US, as well as in other parts of the world, including the North Caucasus,” he told RT.
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very strange that you turn around a story into the way that is good for the zionist,and the west,You are forgotten whats happens when you try to settle in afghanistan.Who the al-qaida have created.The name al-qaida stands for data base.A data base of jihad warriors who wants to fight against russia.Osama bin laden was a CIA Agent and helped by them.The usa sponsord later the taliban,and your friends the northern alliantie lost the battle and russia leaves afghanistan.Now the real idea of that name al quida.Be scared.Osama bin laden is dead in december 2001 and still we hear fake news about him.You are a terrorist,ore you have al-quida memberships in your country,and we bomb you to hell.Ore some country dont wanna work together,ore the want regime change and the bring al-quida members who wanna fight a holy war into your country like yougoslavia.When you say,that you have minimize terror attacks,that it means that the state havent plant a terror attack on his own people.Created a orde,after you have settle a chaos.And the bring you chaos,when the wanted something.Stalin says that terror are the best wapon to undermind the people.Thats why he rules so many years.To created simple cheaps.