[unfair? I remember it even starts with a statement, that there is a majority of peaceful people of muslim faith, trying to make a living - so what'd be fair then? dm+]
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\02\27\story_27-2-2007_pg7_29 Documentary on Islam seen as unfair By Khalid Hasan WASHINGTON: A documentary that depicts Muslims negatively is causing a good deal of tension around US university and college campuses where some of its showings have been cancelled while others have triggered protests. The documentary, ‘Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West’, shows Muslims urging attacks on the US and Europe. According to a New York Times report, the documentary has become the latest flashpoint in the bitter campus debate over the Middle East, not just because of its clips from Arab television rarely shown in the West – including scenes of suicide bombers being recruited and inducted – but also because of its pro-Israel distribution network. Prospective attendees at a New York university-showing recently were asked to register at IsraelActivism.com, and told to send digital pictures of the events to Hasbara Fellowships, a group set up to counter anti-Israel sentiment on college campuses. The documentary’s proponents say that it provides an unvarnished look at Islamic militancy. Its critics call it incendiary. Norah Sarsour, a Palestinian-American student at UCLA, said it was disheartening to see “a film like this that takes the people who have hijacked the religion and focuses on them”. The newspaper reported that at San Francisco State University, College Republicans stomped on copies of the Hamas and Hezbollah flags last October at an “anti-terrorism” rally. At the University of California, Irvine, the Muslim Student Union drew criticism last year for a “Holocaust in the Holy Land” programme about Israel. ‘Obsession’, produced by Raphael Shore, a Canadian who lives in Israel, features scenes like the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and Muslim children being encouraged to become suicide bombers, interspersed with those of Nazi rallies. He has described his film as non-partisan and balanced, and many viewers agree with him. Traci Ciepiela, a college teacher, said she learned from the film, and did not think that it was unfair or inflammatory. However, others see it as biased. Arnold Leder, a political scientist at the Texas State University, San Marcos, decided not to use it for his course, ‘The Politics of Extremism’, because of what he called “serious flaws”, including that it did not address Islam in general, the history of Islam and the schisms within the faith. “If it were used in a class, it would have to be treated as a polemic and placed in that context.” While the film carries cautions at the beginning and end that it is only about Islamist extremists – and that most Muslims are peaceful and do not support terror – Muslim students who have protested say they believe the documentary will still fuel prejudice. +++ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/4It09A/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
