Tag: DAILY MAIL
National newspapers apologise to Lewisham Islamic Centre over false allegations
Newspapers had falsely accused mosque’s scouts group of extremism and falsely attributed statements to Imam Shakeel Begg. Three national newspapers have apologised to Lewisham Islamic Centre, in south London, for reporting false information regarding their scouts group. The Times, Daily Star, and Daily Mail have corrected their stories in which…
Setting the Record Straight – Scandals & Propaganda in 2016
Scroll down to see a timeline of some examples of the media and/or state propaganda last year and Islam21c’s attempt at setting the record straight “The mass media serve as a system for communicating messages and symbols to the general populace. It is their function to amuse, entertain, and inform,…
IERA vindicated after three-year long investigation by Charity Commission?
On Friday 4 November 2016 the Charity Commission published its concluding report into the statutory investigation into the Islamic Education & Research Academy (iERA). This investigation began in 2013 as a result of many malicious allegations against iERA from Islamophobic organisations, thinktanks and journalists, which appear now to have been…
No, Daily Mail, you CAN’T have sex slaves – Ali Hammuda’s response
Bismillah, wal-hamdu lillah, wa al-salatu wa al-salamu ‘ala rasulillah All media outlets are not the same – the Daily Mail is a special kind of ignorant Two years ago a spy was caught going around our mosque in Wales. He had been filming secretly, harassing young boys with very personal questions…
Daily Mail Propoganda: Smokescreen & Mirrors
Daily Mail Propoganda: Smokescreen & Mirrors The right-wing media schooled us well in propaganda and how to instigate a witch-hunt over the last seven days. The Daily Mail’s “4 month investigation of extremism in Britain” was much to do about nothing. All in all, what comprised of the string of…
How does the media fuel Islamophobia?
Introduction We have to acknowledge that the media, more often than not, shapes and actively crafts public opinion rather than mirroring it. We still live in a time where the majority of people assume they are being fed facts as opposed to opinions or editorialised facts. They take the media,…
