Influencing children through a children's magazine- meeting at Houses of Parliament

NCF has been asked by IMPACT- SE to look into a website called Al-Fateh.

Al-Fateh is an on-line Arabic-language magazine aimed at Arabic-speaking children and youth. The website went live in September 2002.

IMPACT SE analyses school curricula in the Middle East and worldwide to ascertain whether the material conforms to the international education standards.

There will be a meeting held in Parliament on 11 November 2009 at 2pm. All are welcome to join. Please email ncfpeace@aol.com to confirm attendance.

The link to the website is: www.al-fateh.net

It is worrying to find a children’s magazine that glorifies the cult of martyrdom- especially as it will help to generate the next generation of suicide bombers. Given that every child has the inherent right to life, as set out by the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, it is exploiting the innocence of children by exposing them to consider martyrdom in a children’s magazine.

New Law gags Algeria's bloggers

This came in from Politics on Line:

Algerian Bloggers Feel Threatened by Proposed Law (NYT) By day, he writes for a pro-government newspaper. After work, he becomes El Mouhtarem, author of one of the most popular political blogs in Algeria. Until now, El Mouhtarem, who keeps his real name secret to avoid retaliation by the authorities, and his readers have been free to comment on issues that few in the mainstream Algerian media would touch. While he has received anonymous death threats, there have been no attempts by the government to censor his blog, "Algérie-politique." Full Story

Syrian Blogger Gaoled

This came in from RPS. It is very worrying:

Washington DC - September 23, 2009 - (GlobalVoicesOnline.org) -- On September 13, 2009, the Syrian State Security Supreme Court sentenced the young blogger Kareem Arbaji to three-years prison for “publishing mendacious information liable to weaken the nation's morale,” under article #286 of the Syrian penal code.

The thirty- one years old economics graduate, Kareem Arbaji, has been detained for over two years, since June 7th, 2007, by military intelligence officers.

Human Rights Reports reveal that Arbaji has been tortured during the detention:

Kareem Arbaji was detained before being tried, he received a cruel and disproportionate sentence even if he was convicted. He was tortured during investigations and ill treated for more than two years in prison.

It is likely that Arbaji has been arrested, detained and then sentenced for opinions he expressed on the blocked Syrian forum, Akhawiya, which he used to administrate along with other members. The forum members have created a page to honor and support their friend behind bars. A Facebook group too has been recently created in support of the jailed blogger. Several Syrian bloggers have expressed their anger at the court's order. The Arab bloggers league has also issued a statement denouncing Kareem's sentence.

Below is an excerpt of The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) report regarding the Syrian court's decision to sentence Kareem Arbaji:

ANHRI requests the Syrian government to immediately release Kareem Arbaji and all prisoners of conscience in Syrian dungeons, to abolish arbitrary detention policy and stop the security interference in judiciary affairs.

ANHRI asserts that the charge against Arbaji is a false one , only used as a pretext to inhibit freedom of expression and repress activists.

ANHRI also urges the Syrian government to eliminate the state security court as it is a stain to the Syrian justice.

Several Syrian and other human rights organizations and websites have joined ANHRI's call to release the jailed blogger.

It is worth to note that along with Kareem Arbaji, Syrian authorities sentenced several Syria bloggers in prison. On 11-5-2008 the State Security Court in Damascus stated its verdict on the Syrian blogger Tariq Biasi who was held in detention since 7-7-2007.

The Iranian Threat..."Hyped"?

The Jerusalem Post featured an ironic headline this morning. In its “Iranian Threat” section, the first headline from the day read “El-Baradei (chief of the IAEA) calls Iranian Threat ‘hyped’.” I honestly can’t think of any reason why! Where did such a sentiment come from?

Israel’s fear of Iran is certainly founded, given Ahmadenijad’s inflammatory rhetoric against it. It is certainly the state’s job to diplomatically address potential threats.

Nevertheless, there is a popular perception throughout the world, which El-Baradei points to in his interview that automatically labels Iran as a threatening nuclear nation.

Clearly, the IAEA believes Iran is not an immediate threat, though media outlets may disagree. For instance, simply having an “Iranian Threat” section of the Jerusalem Post’s website makes endemic an automatic view of Iran as an enemy that cannot be negotiated.

Meanwhile, the actual threat of Iranian weaponry is far smaller than is perceived – is this actually giving Iran more power to intimidate the populations of other states??

Either way, such a bias destroys a media outlet’s ability to be analytical and non-partisan, forcing unhealthy public discourse. How can Israel and Iran, or any other country for that matter, enter into peaceful negotiations when the population is being convinced by the media that Iran is a violent enemy?

Abu Mazin bans Al Jazeera

Abu Mazin has banned Al Jazeera in the West Bank - because they claimed he killed Arafat. I am doubtful Abu Mazin was culpable. But I am quite certain Arafat was assassinated. I visited him with a press delegation a couple of days before he was taken ill - and he was as fit as a fiddle.

The Palestinian Authority said Wednesday it was suspending the West Bank operations of al-Jazeera, alleging incitement and unbalanced reporting by the Arab news station from the Palestinian territories.

Issues Raised by Journalists: Jamming ANN

This incident goes beyond sad. It is dangerous and needs to be dealt with before it happens again:

Issues Raised by Journalists: Jamming ANN

International Media Awards

Bloggers and Journalists gather for the Annual International Media Awards at the London Athenaeum, Monday 11th May 2009.

Journalists and Bloggers from the across the Middle East and the West gathered on Monday evening for the 5th International Media Awards ceremony hosted by Lord Stone of Blackheath. The awards were founded by The Next Century Foundation which works principally to support peace initiatives across the Middle East. This year the Awards also included a category for bloggers to acknowledge the growing influence of the blogosphere on the reporting of events.

The Next Century Foundation established the awards in 2005 to publically recognise journalists whose work has contributed to a better understanding of conflict zones, in particular the Arab/Israeli conflict, and of the Middle East region as a whole. The awards recognise the work of journalists whose high standards of analysis and reporting have helped to break down barriers and promote understanding. They also recognise the efforts and courage of individual journalists and bloggers, who are often placed at risk when reporting stories from areas of conflict or political repression.

The categories were as follows:

Four Peace through Media Awards. Each winner received an olive tree for their individual outstanding contribution to understanding.

• Dr Badrakan Al-Sindi, Editor in chief of Al-Ta’akhi Newspaper ( Iraq )
• Mark Urban, Diplomatic Editor, Newsnight, BBC.
• Mick Fealty, Editor and writer of Slugger O’Toole Blog ( Ireland )
• Paul Staines, aka Blogger Guido Fawkes.

Two Peace Through Media Lifetime Achievement Awards.

• Khaled Kishtainy, Iraqi journalist of Sharq Al Awsat newspaper.
• Kamran Karadaghi, Iraqi journalist of Al Hayat newspaper.

Four Cutting Edge Awards. Each winner received a £1000 cash prize for their oustanding coverage of events in the Middle East.

• Oren Yakobovich of Israel's B'Tselem's "Shooting Back" programme.
• Shlomo Eldar of Israel's Channel 10 whose live broadcast many believe contributed to the end of Israel’s recent Gaza campaign.
• Faisal Abbas Saudi Arabian journalist of Sharq al Awsat and blogger for the Huffington Post.
• Jaafar al Ahmar Lebanese journalist of Al Hayat.

Two Breakaway Awards for most promising new talent.

• Abdulrahman Abdulla, Al Sharqiya Satellite TV.
• Potkin Azarmehr, Blogger for a secular democratic Iran .

It is with much regret, and for a second year running, that several award winners were unable to attend and receive their awards due to border closures. Four winners, all of whom were based in Gaza, received accolades for their work. It is hoped that next year they will be able to pick up their awards in person.The awards are given by The International Council for Press and Broadcasting part of the Next Century Foundation. It has worked in cooperation with the International Communications Forum, St Brides Forum, and The Department of Journalism at City University.

The Award Patrons: The Patrons of the International Media Awards this year were: Mr Ribal Al Assad of ANN Satellite TV; Ms Dalia Salaam Rishani of Hood Hood Books; Mr Walid Issa Taha of Taha Associates in Baghdad ; Ms Annie Henschal of Olives et al.For further information contact Ms Deborah Pout, the convenor of the awards ceremony, on d.pout@btinternet.com

The pot and the kettle

The SAUDIS are condemning racism. King Abdullah is backing the Swiss conference. But it takes one of their own to remind them that hammering women is a form of racism itself.

Popular writer and columnist Hatoon Al-Fassi said the Cabinet’s endorsement of the anti-racism conference was a huge step forward. “Let us be frank — racism does exist in our society as well and there is a need to weed it out,” she told Arab News. “The fact that the Cabinet discussed the issue of racism is quite significant. This is a sign that we are taking the issue seriously.”

Iran's lastest "game" lashes out at Ban for criticizing Ahmadinejad's speech

Iran over the decades has loved to play the game consisting of making a mockery and fool of the West – it’s a popular vote winner and also creates a lot of power and flexibility as a nation amongst other Arab nations who bow down to the west.

The president did the same thing here, especially with an election looming. This was a perfect opportunity to use the stage to deflect his electoral problems on to Israel. He knew full well that the UN conference was in relation to racism and even assured Ban that nothing racist would be said.

But remember, this is the Iranian game, where nothing is made certain or promised in order to keep the West on their toes. Ahmadinejad could have rightly criticised Israel on other issues. But the very fact that he chose to focus on racism and include Israel in that category, produced the very typical response that he was looking for.

This latest version of the game - consisting of a battle of the ego’s and vested interests - represents the very un-evolved and immature diplomacy amongst diplomats that continues to make conflict resolution so slow and hard to achieve.

Most nations, as well as Iran, know deep down that Iran’s words and actions does not represent what they really think or what they are going to do. The diplomats, before they started to walk out at the president’s speech, should have known full well that it was only a game and hence not react in the way the president most probably would have wanted them to act in the first place.

Iran therefore once again won the game, claiming to be the victim and now no doubt winning much more support and power amongst the Iranian hard-line electorate and other Arab nations with its performance and the reaction from it.

Iran however needs to be careful with its game. With Obama coming into office, the U.S. has shown that it is tired of the game and no longer wants to play it with Iran and other similar nations such as Cuba and Russia. The U.S. has also finally learnt that in order to win the game in political diplomacy and conflict resolution, you must end the game.

Unlike Cuba and Russia who have been willing to put the game to one side in response to the U.S.’s willingness to stop, Iran has no such intention, yet, to show that it is being influenced and dictated by the U.S.’s latest strategy.

The UN speech, along with the arrest of the Iranian American reporter, has been Iran’s way of testing to see just how far Obama and his U.S. administration are not willing to play the game. In addition, with an election coming up, this is understandable, especially in pleasing various hardliners in the Iranian government.

They will therefore be looking to test this U.S. end-game further until they feel satisfied that the U.S. has truly ended its game by complying with some of Iran’s demands. The U.S. and Obama in particular, just need to hold their nerves until the election has passed in Iran and hope that the next person in power will also want to stop playing the game.

On Hamas TV, Friday Sermon Cites 'Protocols of Elders of Zion,' Calls to Annihilate the Jews, Compares Jews To Dogs

How can one negotiate with people like that?

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Racist children's TV

We received a complaint from Felix about this item in which children memorize and recite antisemitic messages on an Egyptian Islamist channel Al-Rahma TV (Egypt) - January 30 and February 13, 2009 http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/2066.htm Felix wanted this on the blog so that "some of our readers can learn at first hand what is being taught". This item is sadly not unique and is an idictment of Egyptian television.

Iranian ex-pats stage demo outside BBC TV studios

Supporters of the Secular Pro-Democracy Movement in Iran staged a demo outside the BBC TV studios to protest against the lack of coverage of recent events at Tehran Polytechnic by the BBC correspondent in Tehran.

The demonstrators stood at the main entrance and handed out leaflets as well as refusing to leave unless their grievances with BBC coverage of Iran events was registered with the BBC News desk and the BBC Press Officer.

The protesters eventually left when the BBC agreed to allow one representative on behalf of the protesters to enter the building and register their criticisms of the BBC Iran coverage in a face to face meeting with a BBC representative.

Below is a transcript of the leaflet handed out to BBC staff during the protest.

Why we are Protesting Here

In the last week, there have been serious disturbances at Tehran Polytechnic. Hundreds of hired thugs and hoodlums as well as security forces have entered the university campus and clashed with Iran’s pro-democracy students. Nearly one hundred Iranian pro-democracy students from the Polytechnic have been arrested and sent to the notorious Evin prison. Twenty are in hospital as a result of their beatings and inflicted injuries and seven are in critical condition. More dissident students are hiding in the dormitories; the regime’s forces have surrounded the polytechnic but are not entering the dormitories as yet in fear of a recurrence of the student uprising in July 99 that spread to 19 Iranian cities.

Yet despite all this happening, the BBC correspondent in Iran has remained silent on the news preferring to report on safer subjects like Iranian women taxi drivers etc. While the plight of Iran’s real students is ignored by the BBC, whenever there is a government sponsored staged demo attacking foreign embassies, for example, the mob is referred to by the BBC as ‘Iranian students’, giving a totally wrong image of who Iran’s real students are to the viewers. So much of the human rights abuse and the struggle of the Iranian people against the theocratic dictatorship is going unreported because the media correspondents fear expulsion from Iran and losing their comfortable posts.

As UK TV licence payers we demand better and more objective coverage of the protests and human rights abuses in the Islamic Republic of Iran by the BBC. This is vitally important especially now that the Islamic Republic funded Press TV is operating in UK and is brainwashing the English speaking Muslim audience with their misinformation party-line broadcasting.

Egyptian Cleric's outburst

Felix sends us this sad item from Memri.

December 31, 2008, in which the sheikh said: "Being killed... is what we desire and hope for. It is martyrdom, by Allah... I wish I could stand among the youth of the Al-Qassam Brigades, passing them one of their missiles, wiping from their faces the dust of a missile that was launched, or crying 'Allah Akbar' along with them... Dispatch those sons of apes and pigs to the Hellfire, on the wings of the Qassam rockets... Jihad is our path... The [Jews]... deserve to be killed. They deserve to die. Destroy... everything over there" (to view this clip, visit http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/1972.htm).

Later he responded to a Memri response saying "Yes I am antisemitic" More pathetic than sinister really. But very depressing.

Speaking out against Honor Killings

It's heartening to see someone speak out against honor killings in the Mid East press. This came in from Felix with the comment, "PRETTY POWERFUL STUFF":

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Contemporary Arab-Muslim antisemitism

Felix writes: "Here is a new brilliant study. Rather long but the state of the art."

The study examines contemporary anti-Semitism in the Arab-Muslim world, its roots, its characteristics and the strategic dangers inherent in it for the Jewish people in general and the State of Israel in particular.

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The Saudi Regime Is Used by the Jews

This is an extraordinary piece of zenophobic hatred. It is disturbing to see this sort of irrational diatribe coming from "credible" figures. Felix comments: "Wild wild doubly wild. My guess is that 99.999999+pct of the Jews have never ever hear Qaynuqa."

Former Lebanese Minister Wiam Wahhab: The Saudi Regime Is Used by the Jews to Avenge the Defeat of the Qaynuqa' Tribe by the Prophet Muhammad.

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'Tis the Season to Bash Al-Hurra

Farid of RPS writes: al-Hurra, under the leadership of Mouafac Harb and now Daniel Nassif, has promoted balanced programming that included many appearances by human rights activists and moderate Muslims; furthermore, and most importantly, it has promoted an agenda of tolerance and fairness. No other station beaming into the Middle East has been as effective in striking fear into the hearts of dictators as al-Hurra has been and remains to be. During Larry Register's short-lived era of controversy (He had a picture in his office shaking the hands of Baschar al-Assad and this explains Register's promoting Hezbollah), al-Hurra was an "Occupied Territory" by Arab dictators with the support of their paid consultants and friends in Washington and now that they have no control over it, everyone is conspiring simultaneously (The Washington Post and 60 Minutes) to kill it.

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Racism on Gaza TV

This disturbing item (see link below) was sent in by Felix:

Disinformation and Xenophobia in Western Media: Hamas Presents Protocols of Elders of Zion

Israeli police raid peace radio station

This piece came in from Dajani of ATFP. Sometimes Israel goes crazy. I mean they complain about mosque broadcasts inciting violence on Palestinian State TV. So when they get a half-way decent broadcaster they HAMMER it into the ground. Meanwhile they give cart blanche to all the filth. Are Israelis insane or just plain stupid. They are certainly badly served by their government - unless that is their government has some sort of death wish. I have often wondered that. Else how do you explain this kind of inane policy?

JERUSALEM -- Israeli police raided the Jerusalem studio of Ram FM – an English-language peace radio station, based in the West Bank, which aims to find common ground between Israelis and Palestinians – on the grounds the station was operating without a license.

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Conquer Rome, the Two Americas, and Europe

This sad item comes in from Felix:

In a Friday sermon that aired on Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV on April 11, 2008, Yunis Al-Astal, Hamas MP and cleric, told worshipers that Rome, "the capital of the Catholics, or the Crusader capital," would soon be conquered by Islam, just as Constantinople was. It then, he said, would become "an advanced post for the Islamic conquests, which will spread through Europe in its entirety, and then will turn to the two Americas, and even Eastern Europe."

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Saudi King Calls for Dialogue

Something heartening for a change. This comes in from David Sasson. The writer of the article is wrong - this is not the first time this kind of inetrfaith dialogue has been promoted by an Arab state with no ties with Israel. Qatar has done this more than once. However this is a breakthrough for Saudi Arabia:

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West and Jews use Porn and Drugs

Felix sends this quite horrible item from Egypt. We will raise this issue with the Egyptian State Information Service. We have had trouble with the Al Nas channel before:

Al-Nas TV (Egypt) - March 8, 2008

Sa'id Tawfiq: The number one goal in spreading pornographic films is to destroy the identity of the Islamic nation. That is the goal of the West and the Jews. What does it mean to destroy our identity? It means that I am not embarrassed to watch that naked woman, or the man having sex with her on the screen, before my eyes. Then, my identity, my personality, my religion, my heart, and my conscience change. How does this change occur? The first time, you are very embarrassed, and your friends encourage you, saying: "Man, there's nothing to be embarrassed about." After a while, you become used to it, and later, you just get into [the Internet] without any problem. Herein lies the danger. This destroys our Islamic character. It destroys our connection with God, our fear of Him. Then, they come and occupy our country.

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Pessimistic on Reform

This comes in from Felix. It's an interesting item in which Saudi author Turki Al Hamed talks about Arab Society to Al Arabia Satellite TV:

Turki Al-Hamad: "The taboos in Saudi Arabia are different from the taboos in Lebanon, and from the taboos in Egypt, and so on, even though I believe that in all these countries, they tend to view the taboo itself as fundamental. This was not the case in the past. I believe that we've reached the point where everything is ruled by prohibitions. Everything is prohibited unless it is proven to be permitted. This is the problem of Arab society and culture. Instead of making progress, we are regressing – and if only we were regressing in a reasonable manner. Unfortunately, we are regressing in a superstitious and unreasonable manner."

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The Innocent pay the price for incitement

This comes in from Felix with the comment, "Pretty basic stuff":

Former Dean of Islamic Law at Qatar University Abd Al-Hamid Al-Ansari: It is the Innocent Who Pay the Price for the Incitement by the Preachers of Hatred

Abd Al-Hamid Al-Ansari: "In my opinion, the people who try to impose a single religion, a single culture, or single political regime oppose the will of Allah. Allah created human beings, and the Koran says: 'but they will not cease to differ' until Judgment Day.[...]"Why did Allah create human beings different from one another? The development of the world, the enrichment of life, and the progress of Man and society can only take place when there is such diversity.

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Al Jazeera Honoured

Adel sends this with the comment: "I often wondered as why Arab academics are the most ill informed about current affairs world wide!"

Al Jazeera assessed as the most reliable source of news in the Middle East by Arab Academics

DOHA, Qatar, 30 January 2008: In an extensive poll of Arab Academics in over 19 countries, Arab polling agency The Knowledge World Centre for Polls found that Al Jazeera was the most respected news agency in the Middle East, and over 98% of Political Science and Media professors in the region claimed to watch at least 3 hours of Al Jazeera per day. Demonstrating its unrivaled popularity in the region, the poll found that Al Jazeera's viewership was over three times that of its closest rival, and over twenty-eight times that of its third closest competitor.

20 days to answer appeal against settler radio

Racist programs from Israel's pirate settler radio "Channel Seven" have long been a problem. Now here's something different = a more formal take on the same stuff?

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All's well that ends well?

You'd think so wouldn't you? But there's much that's disturbing about this rape case.

Agence France-Presse - 18 December, 2007: The White House on Monday welcomed Saudi King Abdullah’s decision to pardon a teenage girl sentenced to six months in jail and 200 lashes after being gang raped.

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Teenage rape victim

Go to the press and make matters worse - or that seems to be the effect in this harrowing case highlighted by David Sasson:

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Appeals against facilitating settler radio

Settler Radio has always been grossly racist in the past. Settler Radio Channel Seven I THINK it was that used to issue calls to "kill the arabs". And now we are to get these people back. Well that's an end to any legitimacy to Israeli complaints about PALESTINIAN TV BROADCASTS:

In an appeal to the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, the Gush Shalom movement asks the judges to halt government plans for creation of a “regional radio” intended for the use of West Bank settlers. The appellants say that the tender issued by the government is in fact meant to legalize pirate radio stations such as “Arutz 7”, and that the military government has moved to facilitate the creation of such a settler station without legal authority and while seriously undermining the due democratic procedures.

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Senior Al-Jazeera Talk Show Host: U.S. Media Has Further Developed Goebbel's Propaganda Methods

...No wonder the US has such a distaste for Al-Jazeera. It is well worth following the trail of his piece. The article he cites as a source for his inappropriate assertion includes a reference to the US perpetrating 'staged' terror attacks on its own soil, to blame Iran.

Excerpt:

"Lest anyone think that comparing the U.S. media, which is the most respected media in the world, to Goebbels's propaganda is a distortion of [reality] and grave injustice, here is a big, fresh headline [that appeared] in a American paper on Tuesday, September 4, 2007: 'Cheney Orders Media To Sell Attack On Iran: Fox News, Wall Street Journal instructed to launch PR blitz for upcoming military strike.' This headline is not taken from an Arab newspaper or any [other] communications channel that wishes to denigrate the American media; it comes from an article written by prominent American journalist Paul Joseph Watson for the Prison Planet (a paper which gets most of its information from important U.S. papers and magazines such as the famous New Yorker).

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