Monday, March 13, 2006

Islam - Media censoring the "M" word

Regular readers of my blog will be familiar with the BBC's cersoring of the word "Muslim" from their reports, that is, unless it portrays Muslims in a positive way or as victims. Sadly, it appears the Telegraph might be about to do the same.

This article by Mark Steyn might be the reason the Telegraph decided to drop his column. Styen's column also points out that the UK media is not alone in censoring the "M" word from its reports, the New York Times does it as well.

"The man charged with nine counts of attempted murder for driving a Jeep through a crowd at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill last Friday told the police that he deliberately rented a four-wheel-drive vehicle so he could 'run over things and keep going.' "

The driver in question was Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar.

Whoa, don't jump to conclusions. The Times certainly didn't. As the report continued:

"According to statements taken by the police, Mr. Taheri-azar, 22, an Iranian-born graduate of the university, felt that the United States government had been 'killing his people across the sea' and that his actions reflected 'an eye for an eye.'"

"His people"? And who exactly would that be? Taheri-azar is admirably upfront about his actions. As he told police, he wanted to "avenge the deaths or murders of Muslims around the world."

And yet the M-word appears nowhere in the Times report. Whether intentionally or not, they seem to be channeling the great Sufi theologian and jurist al-Ghazali, who died a millennium ago but whose first rule on the conduct of dhimmis -- non-Muslims in Muslim society -- seem to have been taken on board by the Western media:

The dhimmi is obliged not to mention Allah or His Apostle. . . .

Are they teaching that at Columbia Journalism School yet?


Read the rest.

The BBC, the Telegraph and the New York Times - dhimmis all and they want you to be as well.

How long before the black flag of Islam is hoisted over Number 10?
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