Crossing the Line interviews Dr. Sami al-Arian’s daughter
Electronic Intifada - 13 Jul 2008
rr r r rr r rr r rr r rr r rr rrr rThis week on Crossing The Line: Supporters of Dr. Sami al-Arian, a Palestinian political prisoner being held in the US, are outraged at a new indictment after al-Arian refused to appear before a grand jury probing an Islamic charity in northern Virginia. Host Naji Ali gets an update from Dr. al-Arian’s daughter, Laila, regarding this latest indictment.

Update – US Murdered 47 Civilians
Jyoti Mishra - 13 Jul 2008
A US air strike in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday killed 47 civilians, 39 of them women and children, an Afghan government investigating team says. (Source: BBC News) This is an update to this post. NOTE: Still no mention of this on the TV or other mainstream mass-media. Now, if it had been Iran or North Korea or [...]

Time for a serious debate on Islamophobia
Media Workers Against War - 13 Jul 2008
Every journalist owes the Daily Mail’s Peter Oborne a debt of gratitude for last week’s Dispatches documentary exposing Islamophobia in our media. From the journalists on the Express and Star who refused to publish a page of inflammatory nonsense about Muslims, to the staff on the Barking and Dagenham Recorder facing foul-mouthed abuse from the [...]