(回答先: サウジアラビア紙に掲載された「ユダヤ人のペストリー」に関するコラム 投稿者 ドメル将軍 日時 2002 年 3 月 14 日 20:42:01)
デイリー・アル-リヤドの編集長チュルク・アブドゥラ・アル-スデイリは、
『この作家が書いた記事は間違いである。この記事はアル-リヤド紙やサウジアラビア政府の見解を表すものではない。我々は全ての宗教に尊敬を持っている。』と語った。
アメリカ国務省スポークスマン リチャード・ブーシェは水曜日に、
『ワシントンがこの記事は「根拠がなく煽動的である」としてサウジアラビア政府に苦情を申し入れた』と発表した。
問題記事の筆者 ウマイマ・アーメド・アル-ジャラーマ氏はアル-リヤド紙への寄稿を差し止められた。
Saudi Editor Says Article on Jews Was Wrong
March 21, 2002 07:14 AM ET
RIYADH (Reuters) -
A Saudi editor said on Thursday that an article published by his newspaper claiming that Jews add human blood to pastries they eat at a religious festival was wrong and that he had ended a contract with its author.
"What has been mentioned by this writer is wrong.
It neither reflects the opinion of al-Riyadh newspaper nor the Saudi government.
We have full respect for all religions," said Turki Abdullah al-Sudairi, editor-in-chief of al-Riyadh daily.
State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said on Wednesday that Washington had complained to the Saudi government about the article, saying it was baseless and inflammatory.
The article by Omayma Ahmed al-Jalahma, who teaches at King Faisal University, appeared in the newspaper on March 10 and has been widely circulated in translation.
Sudairi said he was outside Saudi Arabia when the article was published and that Jalahma has been stopped from writing for the paper since then.
"Anyway, she's not working full-time for us.
She only started last month as a freelancer," he told Reuters.
Jalahma's article said:
"This (Purim) feast requires the Jewish people to provide human blood so that their men of religion can prepare the feast pastry, in other words the rituals of their feast can take place properly only if they shed human blood."
It said shedding human blood to make pastries was a permanent feature of Jewish history and law and a fundamental reason for the persecution and eviction of the Jews.
Al-Riyadh newspaper is privately owned but, like all Saudi media, it stays within limits set by the government of Saudi Arabia, a key U.S. ally in the Middle East.
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=search&StoryID=726198