tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20631069.post8602339177984869735..comments2024-03-28T03:20:17.335-04:00Comments on Ibnat al-Hidayah: Daughter of Guidance: The N&O's Grudge Against the IAR?Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177578450022894894noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20631069.post-86535543715207583692009-09-14T09:43:26.610-04:002009-09-14T09:43:26.610-04:00As salaamu 'alaikum,
I hope this Ramadan has ...As salaamu 'alaikum,<br /><br />I hope this Ramadan has been wonderful for you. Truly, as the Hadeeth says, a month of mercy, forgiveness,and emancipation from hell.<br /><br />We have to be very careful with the media.They will create a story out of nothing, and then disavow any consequences from it. <br /><br />A few years ago there was a case where a Muslim store employee was killed in a robbery attempt. The local news paper claimed that the mosque [which was located less than one block from the store] was going to send out brothers to do vigilante justice! Truth be told, the deceased never went to the Mosque and was not known by the people there, no one from the Mosque was even interviewed by press, so from where would such an assumption come from? Even the Police chief asked the Imam about the report. <br /><br />Of course, the newspaper never printed a retraction, but fortunately there was little backlash from their [i.e. media's] attempts to start trouble.Shamsuddin Waheedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04457661333236229563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20631069.post-26806708546890785892009-09-06T07:05:03.245-04:002009-09-06T07:05:03.245-04:00Wa alaykum as-salaam
Thanks, I'm glad you agr...Wa alaykum as-salaam<br /><br />Thanks, I'm glad you agree. It definitely seems to me, especially after reading this article from Drescher, and hearing his questions on a local television program when he was talking with representatives from the Muslim community, that he just wants to get some sensational story. I left a comment at the online posting of his column, and even there another commenter admitted his misconception based on rumor-fodder provided by local news. The remark was that Daniel Boyd was responsible for an "altercation" during a Friday service. <br /><br />The N&O has been lately trying to push that story (which is really a non-story, according to everyone who was actually present,) and I've heard so many different people accused of being the person to start it. (Basically someone disagreed with the khateeb.) <br /><br />But nobody from the news of the community ever said it was Daniel Boyd--that's a jump that person made based on several rumors being strategically placed together. <br /><br />And isn't that precisely what sensationalism is? <br /><br />Plus, it's so true that the people involved should be considered innocent until proven guilty. And they're a long way from being proven anything--a trial isn't even close. But yet the media (specifically the N&O) seems to be ready to sentence them without a trial. <br /><br />Other media outlets have been much more accurate and fair in their representations of the situation. I think it's really only the N&O (which is surely having major financial issues) that's taken such an idiotic stand against the accused. <br /><br />It really looks like they're going under and trying to spin sensational stories just to stay afloat. Attacking Muslims must be a good way to get the local to buy papers.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15177578450022894894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20631069.post-32733077563915107202009-09-06T06:02:00.845-04:002009-09-06T06:02:00.845-04:00As-Salaamu 'alaikum,
The reporter is just ann...As-Salaamu 'alaikum,<br /><br />The reporter is just annoyed because the mosque isn't allowing him or his staff to go in and interview just anyone so that they can get some sort of sensation or rumour. However, they also don't want reporters having a feeding frenzy around the mosque when the community is going through a difficult time and the people involved are still innocent until proven guilty. I've never been to Raleigh but something happened in a community I once lived in (Gloucester in England; an accomplice of the "shoe bomber" Richard Reid was from there). The mosque is right and your article is spot on ma sha Allah.Yusuf Smithhttp://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/noreply@blogger.com