A Muslim in a Jewish land
A Muslim in a Jewish land
by Tashbih Sayyed the editor-in-chief of Pakistan Today and Muslim World Today, California-based weekly newspapers, president of Council for Democracy and Tolerance and adjunct fellow of Hudson Institute, INN
As I boarded El-Al flight LY 0008 for Tel Aviv on November 14, 2005 with my wife, Kiran, my mind was busy arranging and re-arranging the list of things I intended to accomplish. I wanted to use my first visit to Israel to feel the strength of the Jewish spirit that refuses to give in to evil forces despite thousands of years of anti-Semitism. It was not Israel's suicidal sacrifices that I wanted to investigate, but the foundations of Israeli determination to live in peace.
There are many things that I wanted to talk about with Israelis, the foremost among them being their reluctance to do something about the bad press that continues to paint them as villains. Although I understand why the media, which reasonably covers most events accurately, chooses to ignore all rules of ethical journalism when it comes to Israel, I could not fathom Israel's reluctance to challenge the negative press effectively. Media bias against Israel reminded me of the Nazi-era German press that was recruited by Hitler's Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, who picked every hate-laden word against the Jews. Just like the German press that refused to print the truth about the gruesome atrocities in Europe's death camps, or claimed that it was all an exaggeration, the media today also ignores Arab terrorism.
I wanted to see if there was any truth in the media allegations that Israel was an apartheid state, undemocratic and discriminatory. [...]
Posted by Ted Belman at December 2, 2005 09:06 AM
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Rich
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Check out all of that gentleman's articles on his website. He is amazing! What's most amazing is that he really is a Muslim.
http://www.paktoday.com
Posted by: Rich on December 2, 2005 12:03 PM
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Jerusalem Posts
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Mr. Sayyed is an honest and spiritual man. He's always taken the side of righteousness over evil and is a strong critique of the radicalisation of Islam.
I've never yet read anything but good on his articles about Israel.
Posted by: Jerusalem Posts on December 2, 2005 02:38 PM
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rocky
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Thank God they are people like him in Muslim countries.
Like this site, who declares to be a Friend of Israel:
www.maldivesroyalfamily.com
Posted by: rocky on December 3, 2005 01:10 AM
A Muslim in a Jewish land
by Tashbih Sayyed the editor-in-chief of Pakistan Today and Muslim World Today, California-based weekly newspapers, president of Council for Democracy and Tolerance and adjunct fellow of Hudson Institute, INN
As I boarded El-Al flight LY 0008 for Tel Aviv on November 14, 2005 with my wife, Kiran, my mind was busy arranging and re-arranging the list of things I intended to accomplish. I wanted to use my first visit to Israel to feel the strength of the Jewish spirit that refuses to give in to evil forces despite thousands of years of anti-Semitism. It was not Israel's suicidal sacrifices that I wanted to investigate, but the foundations of Israeli determination to live in peace.
There are many things that I wanted to talk about with Israelis, the foremost among them being their reluctance to do something about the bad press that continues to paint them as villains. Although I understand why the media, which reasonably covers most events accurately, chooses to ignore all rules of ethical journalism when it comes to Israel, I could not fathom Israel's reluctance to challenge the negative press effectively. Media bias against Israel reminded me of the Nazi-era German press that was recruited by Hitler's Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, who picked every hate-laden word against the Jews. Just like the German press that refused to print the truth about the gruesome atrocities in Europe's death camps, or claimed that it was all an exaggeration, the media today also ignores Arab terrorism.
I wanted to see if there was any truth in the media allegations that Israel was an apartheid state, undemocratic and discriminatory. [...]
Posted by Ted Belman at December 2, 2005 09:06 AM