Keep Us Strong WikiLeaks logo

Currently released so far... 97115 / 251,287

Articles

Browse latest releases

Browse by creation date

Browse by origin

A B C D F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Browse by tag

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
ETRD EAGR ETTC EAID ECON EFIN ECIN EINV ELAB EAIR ENRG EPET EWWT ECPS EIND EMIN ELTN EC ETMIN EUC EZ ET ELECTIONS ENVR EU EUN EG EINT ER ECONOMICS ES EMS ENIV EEB EN ECE ECOSOC EK ENVIRONMENT EFIS EI EWT ENGRD ECPSN EXIM EIAD ERIN ECPC EDEV ENGY ECTRD EPA ESTH ECCT EINVECON ENGR ERTD EUR EAP EWWC ELTD EL EXIMOPIC EXTERNAL ETRDEC ESCAP ECO EGAD ELNT ECONOMIC ENV ETRN EIAR EUMEM ENRGPARMOTRASENVKGHGPGOVECONTSPLEAID EREL ECOM ECONETRDEAGRJA ETCC ETRG ECONOMY EMED ETR ENERG EITC EFINOECD EURM EENG ERA EXPORT ENRD ECONEINVETRDEFINELABETRDKTDBPGOVOPIC EGEN EBRD EVIN ETRAD ECOWAS EFTA ECONETRDBESPAR EGOVSY EPIN EID ECONENRG EDRC ESENV ETT EB ENER ELTNSNAR ECHEVARRIA ETRC EPIT EDUC ESA EFI ENRGY ESCI EE EAIDXMXAXBXFFR EETC ECIP EIAID EIVN EBEXP ESTN EING EGOV ETRA EPETEIND ELAN ETRDGK EAIDRW ETRDEINVECINPGOVCS EPEC ENVI ELN EAG EPCS EPRT EPTED ETRB EUM EAIDS EFIC EFINECONEAIDUNGAGM EAIDAR ESF EIDN ELAM EDU EV EAIDAF ECN EDA EXBS EINTECPS ENRGTRGYETRDBEXPBTIOSZ EPREL EAC EINVEFIN ETA EAGER EINDIR ECA ECLAC ELAP EITI EUCOM ECONEFINETRDPGOVEAGRPTERKTFNKCRMEAID EARG ELDIN EINVKSCA ENNP EFINECONCS EFINTS ECCP ETC EAIRASECCASCID EINN ETRP EAIDNI EFQ ECOQKPKO EGPHUM EBUD ECONEINVEFINPGOVIZ ENERGY ELB EINDETRD EMI ECONEFIN EIB EURN ETRDEINVTINTCS EIN EFIM ETIO ELAINE EMN EATO EWTR EIPR EINVETC ETTD ETDR EIQ ECONCS EPPD ENRGIZ EISL ESPINOSA ELEC EAIG ESLCO EUREM ENTG ERD EINVECONSENVCSJA EEPET EUNCH ECINECONCS ETRO ETRDECONWTOCS ECUN EFND EPECO EAIRECONRP ERGR ETRDPGOV ECPN ENRGMO EPWR EET EAIS EAGRE EDUARDO EAGRRP EAIDPHUMPRELUG EICN ECONQH EVN EGHG ELBR EINF EAIDHO EENV ETEX ERNG ED
KMDR KPAO KPKO KJUS KCRM KGHG KFRD KWMN KDEM KTFN KHIV KGIC KIDE KSCA KNNP KHUM KIPR KSUM KISL KIRF KCOR KRCM KPAL KWBG KN KS KOMC KSEP KFLU KPWR KTIA KSEO KMPI KHLS KICC KSTH KMCA KVPR KPRM KE KU KZ KFLO KSAF KTIP KTEX KBCT KOCI KOLY KOR KAWC KACT KUNR KTDB KSTC KLIG KSKN KNN KCFE KCIP KGHA KHDP KPOW KUNC KDRL KV KPREL KCRS KPOL KRVC KRIM KGIT KWIR KT KIRC KOMO KRFD KUWAIT KG KFIN KSCI KTFIN KFTN KGOV KPRV KSAC KGIV KCRIM KPIR KSOC KBIO KW KGLB KMWN KPO KFSC KSEAO KSTCPL KSI KPRP KREC KFPC KUNH KCSA KMRS KNDP KR KICCPUR KPPAO KCSY KTBT KCIS KNEP KFRDCVISCMGTCASCKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KNNB KGCC KINR KPOP KMFO KENV KNAR KVIR KDRG KDMR KFCE KNAO KDEN KGCN KICA KIMMITT KMCC KLFU KMSG KSEC KUM KCUL KMNP KSMT KCOM KOMCSG KSPR KPMI KRAD KIND KCRP KAUST KWAWC KTER KCHG KRDP KPAS KITA KTSC KPAOPREL KWGB KIRP KJUST KMIG KLAB KTFR KSEI KSTT KAPO KSTS KLSO KWNN KPOA KHSA KNPP KPAONZ KBTS KWWW KY KJRE KPAOKMDRKE KCRCM KSCS KWMNCI KESO KWUN KPLS KIIP KEDEM KPAOY KRIF KGICKS KREF KTRD KFRDSOCIRO KTAO KJU KWMNPHUMPRELKPAOZW KEN KO KNEI KEMR KKIV KEAI KWAC KRCIM KWCI KFIU KWIC KCORR KOMS KNNO KPAI KBWG KTTB KTBD KTIALG KILS KFEM KTDM KESS KNUC KPA KOMCCO KCEM KRCS KWBGSY KNPPIS KNNPMNUC KWN KERG KLTN KALM KCCP KSUMPHUM KREL KGH KLIP KTLA KAWK KWMM KVRP KVRC KAID KSLG KDEMK KX KIF KNPR KCFC KFTFN KTFM KPDD KCERS KMOC KDEMAF KMEPI KEMS KDRM KEPREL KBTR KEDU KNP KIRL KNNR KMPT KISLPINR KTPN KA KJUSTH KPIN KDEV KTDD KAKA KFRP KWNM KTSD KINL KJUSKUNR KWWMN KECF KWBC KPRO KVBL KOM KFRDKIRFCVISCMGTKOCIASECPHUMSMIGEG KEDM KFLD KLPM KRGY KNNF KICR KIFR KM KWMNCS KAWS KLAP KPAK KDDG KCGC KID KNSD KMPF KPFO KDP KCMR KRMS KNPT KNNNP KTIAPARM KDTB KNUP KPGOV KNAP KNNC KUK KSRE KREISLER KIVP KQ KTIAEUN KPALAOIS KRM KISLAO KWM KFLOA
PHUM PINR PTER PGOV PREL PREF PL PM PHSA PE PARM PINS PK PUNE PO PALESTINIAN PU PBTS PROP PTBS POL POLI PA PGOVZI POLMIL POLITICAL PARTIES POLM PD POLITICS POLICY PAS PMIL PINT PNAT PV PKO PPOL PERSONS PING PBIO PH PETR PARMS PRES PCON PETERS PRELBR PT PLAB PP PAK PDEM PKPA PSOCI PF PLO PTERM PJUS PSOE PELOSI PROPERTY PGOVPREL PARP PRL PNIR PHUMKPAL PG PREZ PGIC PBOV PAO PKK PROV PHSAK PHUMPREL PROTECTION PGOVBL PSI PRELPK PGOVENRG PUM PRELKPKO PATTY PSOC PRIVATIZATION PRELSP PGOVEAIDUKNOSWGMHUCANLLHFRSPITNZ PMIG PREC PAIGH PROG PSHA PARK PETER POG PHUS PPREL PS PTERPREL PRELPGOV POV PKPO PGOVECON POUS PGOVPRELPHUMPREFSMIGELABEAIDKCRMKWMN PWBG PMAR PREM PAR PNR PRELPGOVEAIDECONEINVBEXPSCULOIIPBTIO PARMIR PGOVGM PHUH PARTM PN PRE PTE PY POLUN PPEL PDOV PGOVSOCI PIRF PGOVPM PBST PRELEVU PGOR PBTSRU PRM PRELKPAOIZ PGVO PERL PGOC PAGR PMIN PHUMR PVIP PPD PGV PRAM PINL PKPAL PTERE PGOF PINO PHAS PODC PRHUM PHUMA PREO PPA PEPFAR PGO PRGOV PAC PRESL PORG PKFK PEPR PRELP PREFA PNG PGOVPHUMKPAO PRELECON PINOCHET PFOR PGOVLO PHUMBA PRELC PREK PHUME PHJM POLINT PGOVPZ PGOVKCRM PGOVE PHALANAGE PARTY PECON PEACE PROCESS PLN PRELSW PAHO PEDRO PRELA PASS PPAO PGPV PNUM PCUL PGGV PSA PGOVSMIGKCRMKWMNPHUMCVISKFRDCA PGIV PRFE POGOV PEL PBT PAMQ PINF PSEPC POSTS PHUMPGOV PVOV PHSAPREL PROLIFERATION PENA PRELTBIOBA PIN PRELL PGOVPTER PHAM PHYTRP PTEL PTERPGOV PHARM PROTESTS PRELAF PKBL PRELKPAO PKNP PARMP PHUML PFOV PERM PUOS PRELGOV PHUMPTER PARAGRAPH PERURENA PBTSEWWT PCI PETROL PINSO PINSCE PQL PEREZ PBS

Browse by classification

Community resources

courage is contagious

Viewing cable 07BERLIN1841, IFTAR DIPLOMACY

If you are new to these pages, please read an introduction on the structure of a cable as well as how to discuss them with others. See also the FAQs

Understanding cables
Every cable message consists of three parts:
  • The top box shows each cables unique reference number, when and by whom it originally was sent, and what its initial classification was.
  • The middle box contains the header information that is associated with the cable. It includes information about the receiver(s) as well as a general subject.
  • The bottom box presents the body of the cable. The opening can contain a more specific subject, references to other cables (browse by origin to find them) or additional comment. This is followed by the main contents of the cable: a summary, a collection of specific topics and a comment section.
To understand the justification used for the classification of each cable, please use this WikiSource article as reference.

Discussing cables
If you find meaningful or important information in a cable, please link directly to its unique reference number. Linking to a specific paragraph in the body of a cable is also possible by copying the appropriate link (to be found at theparagraph symbol). Please mark messages for social networking services like Twitter with the hash tags #cablegate and a hash containing the reference ID e.g. #07BERLIN1841.
Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07BERLIN1841 2007-10-04 15:19 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Berlin
VZCZCXRO6805
RR RUEHAG RUEHAST RUEHDA RUEHDBU RUEHDF RUEHFL RUEHIK RUEHKW RUEHLA
RUEHLN RUEHLZ RUEHPOD RUEHROV RUEHSR RUEHVK RUEHYG
DE RUEHRL #1841/01 2771519
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 041519Z OCT 07
FM AMEMBASSY BERLIN
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 9417
INFO RUEHZL/EUROPEAN POLITICAL COLLECTIVE
RUCNFRG/FRG COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BERLIN 001841 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: GM KIRF KISL PGOV PREL
SUBJECT: IFTAR DIPLOMACY 
 
 
1. (U)  Summary:  For the third year, Ambassador and Mrs. 
Timken led senior Mission Germany staff in hosting Iftar 
dinners and events, a major element in the Mission's Muslim 
Engagement activities.  This year, the venues were Berlin, 
Cologne, Frankfurt, and Munich.  Muslim guests uniformly 
praised the Ambassador for undertaking this outreach and 
suggested that the Ambassador's example, in part, has 
encouraged some senior German officials to take similar 
steps.  Iftar dinners have become an important way for 
Mission Germany to reinforce relationships with key Muslim 
community leaders as well as set a positive example to German 
officials and Muslim Germans -- of celebration of common 
values and respect for cultural differences -- as they work 
towards integration.  End summary. 
 
Ambassador Hosts Iftars 
----------------------- 
 
2. (U)  On September 19, the Ambassador welcomed over 60 
representatives of the Muslim communities, as well as other 
German political and community leaders involved in 
integration efforts, to his Berlin residence for a program on 
cultural exchange, including a traditional Iftar reception. 
Dr. Richard Wilke from the Washington-based Pew Research 
Center began the evening by presenting recent reports from 
the Pew Global Attitudes Project on attitudes towards Muslims 
in the U.S. and Europe.  Following his lecture, three Muslim 
Germans recounted their overwhelmingly positive impressions 
of the U.S. from their recent exchange programs, including 
the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). 
 
3. (U)  Five nights later, the Ambassador hosted a sit-down 
Iftar dinner at his residence which allowed for frank and 
open discussion on issues of concern to Germany's 
multi-faceted Muslim communities.  Muslim guests included 
Afghanistan's Ambassador to Germany Maliha Zulfacar, federal 
parliamentarian Hakki Keskin, Berlin parliamentarian Ozcan 
Mutlu, noted women's rights advocate Seyran Ates, and 
community activist Badr Mohammed.  Also in attendance were 
Berlin's Integration Commissioner Guenther Piening and the 
Federal Interior Ministry's Islam Advisor Ali Aslan, himself 
a Muslim.  Echoing the sentiments of the Muslim guests, 
Mohammed noted that the Ambassador's Iftar invitation was the 
first that he has ever received in Germany from a non-Muslim 
organization, including the Turkish government.  This point 
was clearly intended as a signal to German government 
officials -- specifically, that they should also engage in 
this type of engagement with the Muslim communities. 
 
If Mohammed Can't Come to the Mountain,... 
------------------------------------------ 
 
4. (U)  The Ambassador also traveled to our consular 
districts to host large Iftar dinners.  On September 25 in 
Cologne, the Ambassador and Duesseldorf Consul General Boyse 
hosted a broad group of 35 leaders from each of the five 
major Muslim religious organizations (Ayyub Axel Koehler of 
the Coordinating Council of Muslims and the Central Council 
of Muslims, Sadi Arslan of DITIB, Ali Kizilkaya of the Islam 
Council, and Mehmet Yilmaz of the Association of Islamic 
Cultural Center), women's groups, Kurdish and Alevite 
organizations, as well as parliamentarians, state and local 
politicians, activists in interfaith dialogue, and 
journalists.  The Ambassador selected Cologne because of its 
significance as the unofficial "Capital of German Islam."  In 
Munich, the Ambassador and Consul General Nelson hosted an 
Iftar dinner for 50 guests, including the Bavarian Minister 
of Justice and IVLP alumna Dr. Beate Merk and Munich Lord 
Mayor Christian Ude.  Although guests noted that they would 
be honored by an Ambassadorial invitation even in Berlin, 
they were particularly impressed by the Ambassador's 
thoughtfulness in hosting events in their local regions, 
which precluded the necessity of travel during Ramadan. 
 
5. (U)  Both the Cologne and Munich events drew favorable 
attention in both German and Turkish electronic and print 
media.  For example, the Muenchner Merkur, with a circulation 
of 230,000, ran an in-depth article on "Muslim-American 
Understanding on Munich Soil."  Prominent media outlet and 
ARD affiliate B5 radio aired a 3 minute, 40 second report on 
CG Munich's Iftar activities.  Articles on the dinner in 
Cologne appeared in the Koelner Stadt-Amzeiger/Koelnische 
Rundshau as well as Turkish-based outlets Huerriyet, Turkyie, 
Milliyet, Zaman, and Sabah.  Radio Koeln carried a 2 minute 
interview with the Ambassador. 
 
6. (U)  In addition to the Ambassador's events, Frankfurt 
Consul General Powell hosted an Iftar dinner in Frankfurt on 
September 25 and attended an Iftar dinner in Wiesbaden with 
Hesse Minister-President Roland Koch on September 27. Munich 
 
BERLIN 00001841  002 OF 002 
 
 
CG Nelson joined IVLP alumnus Imam Benjamin Idriz in hosting 
an Iftar at the latter's mosque on September 25.  Mission 
staff at all levels also accepted invitations to Iftars 
hosted by Muslim contacts in Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, 
Hamburg, and Munich. 
 
German Government to Follow Ambassador's Example 
--------------------------------------------- --- 
 
7. (SBU)  As in past years, many guests opined that 
high-ranking German officials such as the Chancellery's 
Integration Commissioner Maria Boehmer and Interior Minister 
Wolfgang Schaeuble should host Iftar dinners as well.  The 
Ambassador interjected that Boehmer will indeed host an Iftar 
this year, while Interior Ministry official Aslan noted that 
Schaeuble is planning one this October as well.  Several 
guests expressed the opinion that these government-hosted 
Iftars, brand-new in Germany, are a direct result of the U.S. 
Mission's extremely active and increasingly visible Muslim 
engagement activities. 
 
Comment 
------- 
 
8. (U)  Mission Germany is increasingly using Iftar events as 
opportunities to engage with a broader spectrum of contacts 
from NGOs, government agencies, politicians, and others, in 
addition to religious and secular Muslim contacts.  Feedback 
has thus far been very positive; this is a direction we 
intend to continue with future years' Iftars. 
 
9. (U)  This report includes input from ConGens Duesseldorf, 
Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich. 
TIMKEN JR