HOW THE MEDIA DISTORTS NEWS ABOUT ACTIVITIES IN MUSLIM COUNTRIES
January 21st 2008 02:11
It’s interesting how many journalists distort news about activities in Muslim countries to give the impression that our Muslim brothers and sisters are, well, just a little mad.
For example, in The Weekend Australian Rosemary Sorenson wrote in her The Overflow column in The Review section, “about the news that Malaysia’s government this month banned those of the non-Muslim faith using Arabic words such as Allah.”
This is not quite correct. As MediaBlab has reported in several items (see archives) Malaysia's Cabinet decided in early January that the weekly Catholic publication, The Herald, edited by Father Lawrence Andrew, is not permitted to use the word Allah to denote the Christian God in its Bahasa Malaysia-language section.
Malaysia is often cited as an example of pluralistic democracy in the Muslim world.
Malaysia’s Internal Security Ministry said Andrews should use the word ‘Tuhan,’ which is a general term for God in the language spoken by the majority of Malaysians, Bahasa Malaysia.
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Comment by Lilla
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Another great post, point well made ... and very true, however, living closely with muslims has been (for me) hard at times as their religion is so exclusive, even sheilding them from the foreign cultures within which they live, often to their own detriment - and those around them *chuckle* a couple examples come to mind from my own experiences here in Australia, when I lived in Sydney.
But I agree with you, it does not make them all terrorists as the media would sometimes have us believe.
Lilla ...
Comment by Anonymous
I had a great time there, FWIW.