Current Edition About Subscribe The Jerusalem Center

Daily Alert Archive

Every Daily Alert Since 2002

Search

Search more than 90,000 news items by topic, author, or source.
Use " " to search for multiple words and phrases.

Trending Topics

March 16, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://www.nysun.com/article/50403

Al-Jazeera: The Muslim Brotherhood Channel

[MEMRI/New York Sun] Steven Stalinsky - "The Muslim Brotherhood has at its disposal media that transcends borders, from newspapers to satellite channels, which have taken over the minds of millions...throughout the entire Arab world," wrote Mamoun Fandy about the movement's relationship with the Al-Jazeera satellite network in the London-based Arabic daily Asharq Alawsat. "If you watch a debate program presented on Al-Jazeera...you will be amazed at the supreme effort...to defend the Muslim Brotherhood," Fandy says. Pierre Akel, founder and editor of a prominent Arabic reformist Web site, Metransparent.com, concurs: "When it comes to satellite television in the region, Al-Jazeera is controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood." Many leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood use Al-Jazeera for their own platform. To understand this network better, we should listen to what Arab reformists who are battling the culture of hate within their society are saying about it.

View the full edition of Daily Alert

Back to Archive

Subscribe to Daily Alert: