Abdul Rauf
- an apology. In an article headlined Father of airline attack suspects
is held in Pakistan, page 7, August 21 2006, we wrongly reported that
Mr Abdul Rauf had been arrested in Pakistan and was being questioned
over his involvement with the charity Crescent Relief in connection
with the alleged conspiracy to attack planes leaving the UK for
America. Mr Rauf assures us, and we fully accept, that he has never
been complicit in any terrorist activity. Furthermore, we accept that
Mr Rauf has never been questioned, let alone detained or arrested, in
connection with any such matters. We apologise to him for the distress
and embarrassment caused. Link
In two
articles following the alleged airline plot last year (August 19 and
29, 2006) we reported that there was a Charity Commission inquiry into
a charity called Crescent Relief, of which we said Mr Abdul Rauf was a
founder. Those articles may have been understood to suggest, wrongly,
that Mr Rauf was suspected of using the charity as a front to fund
terrorist activities. Mr Rauf is not and has not been under any such
suspicion.
In our August 19 article we
also stated, wrongly, that Mr Rauf had been detained in Islamabad
before boarding a flight to Birmingham. He was not so detained. Mr Rauf
assures us, and we fully accept, that he has never been complicit in
any terrorist activity. We apologise to Mr Rauf for the distress and
embarrassment caused by our articles. Link
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