Letters to Editors
The Media Desk contributes local, national and international news articles for the website and also focuses on news content of the Muslim world. etters commenting on broad issues are also regularly sent to the editors of newspapers Below are a few letters which were sent by the Media Desk and published in newspapers. Bias and negative reporting against Islam has become a very real phenomenon in the media, especially in the international press.
The Darul Ihsan Media Desk primarily monitors the media for Islamaphobic (anti-Islamic) comments and anti-Islamic sentiments made in the mainstream media and interacts positively with media portals conveying the Islamic perspective.
Attack against Christian religious groups
The attack against Christian religious groups by ‘Muslims’ in Nigeria and, for that matter, bomb threats in Kenya are not to be seen as condoned by Islam.
Corruption a way of life in SA: survey
In the TNS SA survey it is alarming to learn that “eighty-three per cent of metro adults feel that corruption has become a way of life in South Africa.”
Ruling against Julius Malema
It seems that many are unhappy at the Equality Court’s ruling against Julius Malema. Hate speech, in whatever form, is not conducive to good race relations in South Africa.
What’s the deal with Malema?
Does he and his supporters not understand when ‘no’ is ‘no’? Get a wake-up call. We are in a democracy! So why must we still have a ‘resistance song?’
Court orders must be strictly enforced and obeyed
“Court orders must be strictly enforced and obeyed,” said Judge Collin Lamont after a ruling which outlawed Malema’s singing the words awudubul’ ibhunu and dubula amabhunu baya reypha.
Muslim pupils wearing Hats
It is indeed a sensible situation that “Muslim pupils from a Shallcross school have won the right to wear religious headgear.” (Sunday Tribune, 28 August 2011)
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The tragedy that Norway has face
The tragedy that Norway has faced is immense in a small country where little or no violence takes place. As Norway mourns the carnage wrought by a self-styled crusader against Islam, news media around the world face hard questions about their haste to point fingers of suspicion at Muslims.
OBITUARY ON A LEADING DURBAN SCHOLAR, MOULANA YUNUS PATEL
The sudden demise of a leading, renowned and well-respected Durban Scholar and Cleric, Moulana Yunus Patel on a pilgrimage journey in the holy city of Makkah has plunged the community in deep grief and sorrow. Aged 65, Moulana Patel (1946-2011) is survived by his widow, two daughters, a son and their spouses and children.
SA criminals don’t fear ‘inefficient’ police
In reference to the front page article in The Independent on Saturday May 28, “SA criminals don’t fear ‘inefficient’ police,” it is indeed a shocking scenario that research shows that ‘a criminal can get away with 105 serious offences on average before being arrested,’ and that they regard the SAPS as “highly inefficient.”
The arrest of Ratko Mladic
The arrest of Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian Serb general accused of overseeing Europe's worst massacre since World War II, is a milestone.
MID EAST UPDATE:
IRAQ: Many killed in blasts in Baghdad...
PALESTINE: No extension to settlement freeze...
Israeli forces kill West Bank Hamas commander...
A man who healed a nation
On the 18 July 2010 South Africa, and the world, celebrated Mandela Day on the occasion of Nelson Mandela's 92nd birthday.
RAPE
The 'barbaric rape of a frail 92 year granny' in Isipingo is shocking news. A 29-year-old male suspect, who has been arrested, is a neighbour of the victim.
A 'neighbour' is expected to have due respect for the elderly and should offer a degree of 'protection and safety' for them.
Alternative Reading of the Al-Mabhouh Murder
The killing of Palestinian activist Mahmoud al-Mabhouh on January 19, 2010 was clearly a well-planned, violent and sadistic act, committed by Israeli assassins in the supposed safety of a sovereign country.
Media Response - Bull Killing
The Daily News
The bull debate rages on and the court reserves judgment while the judge has to be sensitive to the custom of the Zulu people.
Media Response - Blair's secrets revealed
The Daily News
I have been grappling with this daunting question of why only after a statesman or country's leader is out of office does some of the facts and truth begin to surface. I am specifically referring to the article,”Blair’s war plan secret revealed”
