Vs: Coverage of Islam

[Phil Graham]

Here are some updated links on representations of Islam, as well as some
links apropos of Teun's post on press-as-propganda, again all via Phil Agre.
Best,
Phil G
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Islam and the Muslim world

"We Will Replace the Bible with the Koran in Britain"
http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,587331,00.html

British Muslim Support for Terror
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/11/04/stiusausa01022.html
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/11/04/stiusausa01025.html

Britain Ignores the Angry Muslims Within at Its Peril
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/11/04/stinwcnwc01004.html

A Different Perspective: Muslim Websites in Britain
(the Muslim community in the UK is extremely different from that in the US)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/ukresponse/story/0,11017,584801,00.html

Survey on Saudi Arabia
http://surveys.ft.com/saudi2001/

Saudi Job Famine That Feeds Terror
http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?print=true&id=011019
001156

Saudi Royal Family Faces a Battle Against Bin Laden Followers
http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/11/02/wfor0
2.xml&sSheet=/news/2001/11/02/ixhome.html

Yes, This Is About Islam by Salman Rushdie
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/02/opinion/02RUSH.html

The Anger of the Damned
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/14763

column about anti-Semitism in the Muslim world
(no, it's not like Hitler, but it's still reprehensible)
http://www.thenewrepublic.com/110501/sullivan110501.html

The Role of Faith in Peacemaking: An Islamic Perspective
http://www.usip.org/oc/events/islamic_peacemaking.html

Mutual Misperceptions: The Historical Context of Muslim-Western Relations
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/cib/2001-02/02cib07.htm

Pakistani American news and information portal
http://www.pakistanlink.com/

Islamic Studies, Islam, Arabic, and Religion
http://www.arches.uga.edu/~godlas/

Experts on Islam Pointing Fingers at One Another
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/03/arts/03EXPE.html?pagewanted=print

The Making of Afghanistan
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/14780

"The Taliban Are Well Liked"
(we have to ask ourselves why the Taliban haven't collapsed as promised)
http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/daily/foc/0,8773,180342,00.html

Afghans Are Their Own Best Keepers
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-000087169nov02.story

Muslim Leaders Attack Extremists' Claims
http://www.guardian.co.uk/waronterror/story/0,1361,583879,00.html

A Quiet Throng Hopes to Show "Correct Islam"
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-110301meet.story

propaganda war

US Campaign on a Second Front: Public Opinion
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/31/international/asia/31STRA.html?pagewanted=
print

Stop Bombing, and Start Thinking "Hearts and Minds"
http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/1101/p11s1-coop.html

Psychology is the Key to Victory
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/11/04/stiusausa03003.html

Rumsfeld Shows How Truth Is Our Most Potent Weapon
http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-vppag302438113oct30.story

Brand of the Free
(inept US public relations campaign)
http://globalarchive.ft.com/globalarchive/articles.html?print=true&id=011020
001032
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-000086869nov01.story


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