Although much of the media in the West claims to be impartial, liberal, free and objective, in reality it is biased, subjective, illiberal, insensitive and intolerant, although often not politically controlled. One sense in which the media is biased has to do with Orientalist assumptions underlying media images of Islam. In this sense, the media...Read More
The reading and viewing public are not passive consumers. They react to the media, and influence how it speaks to them. Globalisation is not sweeping all previously established values before it, but being embraced selectively. This places new demands on conscientious media workers. The media should take account of cultural, national and religious differences between...Read More
We have reached the fourth anniversary of the terrible attacks of September 11, 2001. I am sorry to say that, in my view, the U.S. and Western media have completely failed to meet the challenge of reporting on Islam in the four years since then, or in reaction to the atrocities that followed, including the...Read More
It cannot be denied that the events of the last few years in both the global and local arenas have had some impact on tensions between Muslims and nonMuslims. The 9-11 incident, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the rise of global terrorism have all posed inevitable challenges. The media plays a very important...Read More
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