Wednesday 15 July 2009

Recommended read

Please read Know Your Enemy by Mehdi Hasan which appeared in the New Statesman a few days ago. It makes a compelling case about the variations in reporting on terrorists when they're Muslim and when they're not (as noted here before). As the article begins:
Why isn’t the trial of a man charged with preparing for terror attacks using tennis-ball bombs being reported? He’s not a bearded Muslim

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