Stop Using the Word 'Islam' in Reports on Terrorism, Islamic Bloc Says

by Patrick Goodenough
CNSNews.com
December 4, 2008

https://www.legal-project.org/135/stop-using-the-word-islam-in-reports-on-terrorism

Excerpt:

If the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) had its way, media reporting on terrorist activity would exclude "any reference to Islam" – whatever the affiliation, identity or motivation of the perpetrators.

The bloc of Islamic nations, which is spearheading a drive at the United Nations to have the "defamation" of Islam outlawed, this week voiced criticism about media coverage of recent terrorist attacks.

Without citing any specific attack, the OIC's Jeddah-based general secretariat said in a statement it had "noticed a tendency of a section of the media, to interpose the word 'Islam' in reporting these incidences."

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