Fact International: A New Paper on Islam
A new weekly newspaper has been launched in Jordan to campaign against "blatant distortions" of Islam by portraying a moderate image of the religion.
Fact International is being published by a media and research institute based in Amman with articles in both Arabic and English, according to chairman Zakaria al-Sheikh.
"Fact International’s mission is to dispel the myths and misconceptions and the blatant distortions that are used to discredit the Arab and Muslim world," he said in a statement.
Sheikh said there was a need for such media in the face of "forces of unrelenting propaganda" in a world of "double-speak, double-standards, and ultimately double-crossing".
I think this is a great idea, and I hope the newspaper is able to meet its goals and that it gets distributed internationally to try and spread a better understanding of Islam.
[Via: The Black Iris]
[Source: Middle East Online]
Muslim Music Concert To Raise Funds For Darfur Barack Obama Is Not A Muslim Muslim Athlete Disqualified Over Uniform I Am A Muslim Not A Commodity 93% of Muslims Worldwide Condemn 9/11 Attacksthis is nice but I am still puzzled after reading this article:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060203/ap_on_re_mi_ea/prophet_drawings
Posted by: Hannibal at February 3, 2006 03:49 PMHannibal
You are right its hard to understand for me too after reading the article.
The problem is this . The moderates are few. MMM is one of them and thats good for him, thats why i love reading his balanced comments. All in all however you are talking about people who don't understand that others can have another opinion and if it is one that is different to yours then you should DIE. A newpaper coming out of Jordan isn't going to change that. It will just make the few moderates happy that they are expressing themselves, patting themselves on the back .
Like I have always said A good tree doesn't produce bad fruits . And sad to say this tree has too many bad fruits.
But this is only my opinion.
Joe
