The statement attributes the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon to “hatred of Western values — not the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.” The announcement also condemns “acts of hate to be perpetrated against American Muslims, Arab-Americans or any other religious or ethnic group within our society.”

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