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Clarification: Abu Qatada’s interview

Posted on November 5, 2014September 24, 2018 By Ali Younes 1 Comment on Clarification: Abu Qatada’s interview
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The Arab Daily News published an interview with Shaikh Abu Qatada on November 3, 2014 which was a collection of discussions that took place on several occasions at his house and elsewhere. The published material contained one crucial error regarding Shaikh Abu Qatada’s position on Osama Bin Laden.

By Ali Younes

The Arab Daily News published an interview with Shaikh Abu Qatada on November 3, 2014 which was a collection of discussions that took place on several occasions at his house and elsewhere. The published material contained one crucial error regarding Shaikh Abu Qatada’s position on Osama Bin Laden.

Originally I wrote, that Shaikh Abu Qatada “had never pledged allegiance to Osama Bin Laden and that he advised others to do the same and that Bin Laden was not qualified religiously to lead the Muslims.”

Several readers drew my attention to this point that it was “inaccurate” and “not true”.

While I am grateful to those who pointed that error to me, I should point out that many based their collective judgments on the whole piece on a bad Google-translation from English into Arabic and that translation contained many mistakes and many wrong words that changed many of the meanings in the article. That’s why we included an accurate Arabic translation here to prevent any possible misunderstanding.

The honorable Shaikh Abu Qatada also protested that quote as a line that does not reflect accurately what he said in Arabic.

After checking with my notes on that line regarding Bin Laden, I found that we  made a mistake. Shaikh Abu Qatada is right. That line has since been removed from the story.
What the Shaikh actually said  on this issue in Arabic and in full was that he “never pledged allegiance to Bin Laden, and that before September 11, no one including many Islamic Jihadist groups pledged allegiance to him. But After September 11, things changed, and many groups and individuals, pledged allegiance to Bin Laden and Al Qaida and considered Bin Laden as the leader of Muslims.”

We apologize  to Shaikh Abu Qatada who graciously allowed me into his house and trusted me with his thoughts and views on a wide range of issues and to the readers of the Arab Daily News.

 

توضيح  : حول مقابلة  الشيخ أبو قتادة

 

.بقلم: علي يونس

 

نشرت عرب ديلي نيوز مقابلة مع الشيخ أبو قتادة في 3 نوفمبر 2014 والذي كان عبارة عن مجموعة من المناقشات التي جرت في عدة مناسبات في منزله وأماكن أخرى . المادة المنشورة في المقال احتوت على خطأ واحد مهم بشأن موقف الشيخ أبو قتادة من أسامة بن لادن .فقد كنت قد كتبت أن الشيخ أبو قتادة ” لم يسبق له أن بايع أسامة بن لادن وأنه نصح الآخرين بفعل الشيء نفسه ، وأن بن لادن لم يكن مؤهلا دينيا وعلمياً لقيادة المسلمين”. بعد نشر المقال لفت العديد من القراء انتباهي إلى هذه النقطة بأنها كانت ” غير دقيقة” و ” غير صحيحه ” . هذا و أنا ممتن جداً للذين أشارو إلى هذا الخطأ . أود أن أذكر هنا ، بالاضافة، إلى أن العديد من القراء بنى حكمه على المقال بمجمله   بناء على ترجمة جوجل من الإنجليزية إلى العربية و هي ترجمة غير دقيقه وتحتوي الكثير من الاخطاء و الكثير من الكلمات الخاطئة والتي غيرت الكثير من المعاني في المقال. هذا وقد إحتج واعترض الشيخ الجليل أبو قتادة على الاقتباس الخاطى الذي لا يعكس بدقة ما قاله. وعليه، و بعد التحقق من ملاحظاتي المكتوبة حول هذا السطر، المتعلق ببن لادن ، وجدت أنني قد ارتكبت خطاً . إعتراض الشيخ أبو قتادة هو الصحيح. وعليه فقد تم إزالة هذا السطر من المقال. ما قاله الشيخ في الحقيقة هو أنه “لم يبايع بالولاء ل أسامة بن لادن ، و قبل 11 سبتمبر لا أحد بما في ذلك العديد من المجموعات الجهادية الإسلامية بايع بالولاء لبن لادن . ولكن بعد أحداث 11 سبتمبر تغيرت الامور ، وبايع العديد من الجماعات والأفراد، أسامة بن لادن و- القاعدة و اعتبرو بن لادن كزعيم للمسلمين ” . بالرغم من أن هذا الخطأ كان غير مقصود و انه لم يكن أبداً هناك نوايا سيئه من قبلي ، فلا أريد هنا تقديم الأعذار لهذا الخطأ وليس هناك عذرا لذلك . كان خطأي وحدي وأنا أعتذر أولا إلى الشيخ أبو قتادة الذي استقبلني مشكورا في منزله ووثق بي من خلال مشاركته لي أفكاره ووجهات نظره و ثانيا الى قراء عرب ديلي نيوز الذين نرجو أن نبقى عند حسن ظنهم وثقتهم دوماً.

 

 

 

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Ali Younes is a Senior Political Analyst for The Arab Daily News online newspaper. He is a veteran news-editor, Journalist, and a Middle East analyst working for major American news network . He is based in Washington, D.C.

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  1. Ray Hanania says:
    November 6, 2014 at 7:21 am

    One aspect of a very fascinating story Ali. The original story offered great insight into the issue and into Abu Qatada’s very controversial life. Great story.

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