US sought information on Muslims in Ireland

General Sources Tuesday 26th April, 2011

PATSY McGARRY, Religious Affairs CorrespondentA LEAKED cable from the US embassy in Ireland has revealed that Washington asked its diplomats to compile as dossier on Muslims in Dublin to assess the strength of extremist views.The July 2006 ';priority'; cable, published by WikiLeaks yesterday, was sent by then US ambassador to Ireland James Kenny to then US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice as well as US embassies and consulates in Europe and the Middle East.It was prepared in response to a request from Washington ';to look at the role of Islamic thinkers across Europe';.The cable said ';one of the most pro-democracy and pro-USG [US government] policy Islamic voices in Ireland is that of the Shi’a Mosque leader, Irish/Iraqi/Saudi Arabian national Dr Ali Al Saleh and his . . . predom...

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