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September 13, 2006
Muslims Urged to Buy More Media Influence
Via Little Green Footballs, comes the not-surprising news that our Arab friends wish to manipulate our views of Islam:
At a conference in the apartheid theocracy of Saudi Arabia, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference called on rich Muslims to invest large amounts of money in Western media outlets, to skew their coverage and convince the gullible infidels that hating Jews is normal, acceptable behavior: Muslims urged to buy influence in world media.Few would dispute the fact that Islam's image is in dire need of help, but the genuine way to correct it is for moderate, peaceful, tolerant Muslims all over the world to condemn Jihad and terrorism. Buying media time, much of which will likely be used for prostylitizing the Muslim faith, will be recognized for what it is - total crap, and a poor replacement for genuine reform of Islam, correcting the ease in which it can be mis(?)-interpreted, and mass condemnation of terrorism by Muslims all over the globe.RIYADH (Reuters) - Muslim tycoons should buy stakes in global media outlets to help change anti-Muslim attitudes around the world, ministers from Islamic countries heard at a conference in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.Arab countries already exert considerable influence on Western media; previously at LGF: LGF Exclusive: How Much Does It Cost to Buy Global TV News?Information ministers and officials meeting under the auspices of the 57-nation Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC), the world's largest Islamic body, said Islam faced vilification after the September 11 attacks, when 19 Arabs killed nearly 3,000 people in U.S. cities in 2001.
"Muslim investors must invest in the large media institutions of the world, which generally make considerable profits, so that they have the ability to affect their policies via their administrative boards," OIC chief Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu told the gathering in the Saudi city of Jeddah.
"This would benefit in terms of correcting the image of Islam worldwide," he said, calling on Muslim countries to set up more channels in widely-spoken foreign languages. ...
"The fierce attack on Islam in the five years since the September 11 attacks has forced us into a defensive position on our faith and understanding of our tolerant religion," Egyptian Information Minister Anas el-Feki said in a speech.
"Now more than ever we need a new Islamic media message that reaches all parts of the world," Feki said, citing Israel's recent 34-day war in Lebanon as one issue where Muslims needed to make their views and influence felt.
Posted by Richard at September 13, 2006 4:36 PM
