Comments on: What has the dress got to do with the press?! http://palestinethinktank.com/2008/05/17/what-has-the-dress-got-to-do-with-the-press/ Free Minds for a Free Palestine Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:10:11 +0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: iqbal Tamimi http://palestinethinktank.com/2008/05/17/what-has-the-dress-got-to-do-with-the-press/#comment-435 iqbal Tamimi Mon, 19 May 2008 00:01:56 +0000 http://palestinethinktank.com/?p=355#comment-435 Miss Nazim has not reported any lies, she talked about the past, almost 25 years ago when the freedom of the press was not as it is now. I do not know much about her personally, but I respected what she has said. She was talking about the role of new media and how it benifited the exchange of news. You can't claim that Iran is more free than USA or other countries, as a matter of fact I do not think there is any free coutry in the whole wide world where one can just say whatever he likes without being monitored or being frightened of the outcome. You turned a descussion of media into a relegious debate which has nothing to do with this point here. But I can assure you that there are more freedom of relegious belief here in the west more than in our countries... and I mean Islamic countries as they would prefer to claim or call themselves. If you want to think about it for a minuet remember fights between different schools of thought and how it ended up with murdering each other, even though they are of the same faith. While in the West you can practice whatever faith you believe in, and be friendly with all people regardless of their faiths. I would like to remind you that God himself gave us the freedom of choice regarding faith, that's why he said in Quran: ' wa hadynahu el najdayen, Fa imma shakiran wa imma kafoora'. We should not judge each other regarding choice of relegion, none of us have the right to do so. Miss Nazim has not reported any lies, she talked about the past, almost 25 years ago when the freedom of the press was not as it is now. I do not know much about her personally, but I respected what she has said. She was talking about the role of new media and how it benifited the exchange of news.
You can't claim that Iran is more free than USA or other countries, as a matter of fact I do not think there is any free coutry in the whole wide world where one can just say whatever he likes without being monitored or being frightened of the outcome.
You turned a descussion of media into a relegious debate which has nothing to do with this point here. But I can assure you that there are more freedom of relegious belief here in the west more than in our countries… and I mean Islamic countries as they would prefer to claim or call themselves.
If you want to think about it for a minuet remember fights between different schools of thought and how it ended up with murdering each other, even though they are of the same faith. While in the West you can practice whatever faith you believe in, and be friendly with all people regardless of their faiths.
I would like to remind you that God himself gave us the freedom of choice regarding faith, that's why he said in Quran: ' wa hadynahu el najdayen, Fa imma shakiran wa imma kafoora'.
We should not judge each other regarding choice of relegion, none of us have the right to do so.

]]> By: Shaukat http://palestinethinktank.com/2008/05/17/what-has-the-dress-got-to-do-with-the-press/#comment-434 Shaukat Sun, 18 May 2008 23:18:09 +0000 http://palestinethinktank.com/?p=355#comment-434 People like Nazim Ansari tries their best to be accepted as "moderate" by the westerners by parroting the propaganda lies about their nation, culture, gender and religion. Allah had warned the believers 1400 year ago - "The non-believers will never accept you until you follow their religion". A Muslim doesn't have to be a copy-cat to earn respect - the moral people people would respect him/her for his/her conviction and principles. Such individuals have no moral right to complain for not treated by those whom they try to please. The press in Islamic Iran is much free as compared to the US and most of EU countries. Try to publish an article criticizing Israel or Holocaust or Zionism or gay & lesbian - and you will find out the scale of so-called "freedom of speech" in a few hours. Iran is the only country, which allowed Revisionists to address their scientific findings about the myth of "Six Million Died". People like Nazim Ansari tries their best to be accepted as "moderate" by the westerners by parroting the propaganda lies about their nation, culture, gender and religion. Allah had warned the believers 1400 year ago – "The non-believers will never accept you until you follow their religion". A Muslim doesn't have to be a copy-cat to earn respect – the moral people people would respect him/her for his/her conviction and principles. Such individuals have no moral right to complain for not treated by those whom they try to please.

The press in Islamic Iran is much free as compared to the US and most of EU countries. Try to publish an article criticizing Israel or Holocaust or Zionism or gay & lesbian – and you will find out the scale of so-called "freedom of speech" in a few hours. Iran is the only country, which allowed Revisionists to address their scientific findings about the myth of "Six Million Died".

]]> By: Crystal Robert http://palestinethinktank.com/2008/05/17/what-has-the-dress-got-to-do-with-the-press/#comment-426 Crystal Robert Sun, 18 May 2008 18:09:32 +0000 http://palestinethinktank.com/?p=355#comment-426 People who write "for free" are far from being stupid, but greedy people wouldn't write a word, without being paid for it. We blog, etc... because we are sickened by the blatant lies fed to the general public by the mainstream media. The truth has to get out. This is why so many of us, people, some of us Academics are blogging. On the Western hemisphere, the "fake world" where we can't count on the traditional media, which is owned and controlled by Zionists, to get the truth out there, we must blog. Before the internet, we had no idea of how the situation really was in other parts of the world. If there were no bloggers, most Canadians and Americans would believe that Saddam blew the twin towers, that Israel is the only democracy in the Middle-East, that it is only defending itself against Palestinian "terrorist extremists," etc. Thanks to the new media, we know different. And this is what makes our governments here nervous about bloggers. With the internet, we can connect anywhere around the world. The truth leaks out of everywhere, thank God! Here in Canada and in the US, the media is owned and controlled by the Zionist entity. The bloggers are seen as a threat because we expose them and state the real facts. Here, in Canada, the press is so controlled that anyone who criticize Israel can be charged for "hate speech," "anti-Semitism", or "terrorist sympathizer"... So much for the "free world!" The fact is that now, on this side of the globe, the words "freedom" and "democracy" are empty and devoid of any meaning.... Back to blogging... People who write "for free" are far from being stupid, but greedy people wouldn't write a word, without being paid for it. We blog, etc… because we are sickened by the blatant lies fed to the general public by the mainstream media. The truth has to get out. This is why so many of us, people, some of us Academics are blogging.

On the Western hemisphere, the "fake world" where we can't count on the traditional media, which is owned and controlled by Zionists, to get the truth out there, we must blog. Before the internet, we had no idea of how the situation really was in other parts of the world. If there were no bloggers, most Canadians and Americans would believe that Saddam blew the twin towers, that Israel is the only democracy in the Middle-East, that it is only defending itself against Palestinian "terrorist extremists," etc.

Thanks to the new media, we know different. And this is what makes our governments here nervous about bloggers. With the internet, we can connect anywhere around the world. The truth leaks out of everywhere, thank God! Here in Canada and in the US, the media is owned and controlled by the Zionist entity. The bloggers are seen as a threat because we expose them and state the real facts.

Here, in Canada, the press is so controlled that anyone who criticize Israel can be charged for "hate speech," "anti-Semitism", or "terrorist sympathizer"… So much for the "free world!"

The fact is that now, on this side of the globe, the words "freedom" and "democracy" are empty and devoid of any meaning….

Back to blogging…

]]> By: iqbal Tamimi http://palestinethinktank.com/2008/05/17/what-has-the-dress-got-to-do-with-the-press/#comment-425 iqbal Tamimi Sun, 18 May 2008 16:51:37 +0000 http://palestinethinktank.com/?p=355#comment-425 People facing hardships, discrimination, brutal treatment are still e mailing humanitarian organizations every single day. Should we have no new media, how on earth are we going to know who is suffering and in what way. New media made statistics and research accessible to anyone interested. I myself think the new media is the hugest gift to the modern civilization. I myself receive e mails from oppressed people in different areas of my part of the world, asking for guidance and advice. And through the same technology we forward such pleas to whoever he is supposed to know about how to deal with them. From petitions to pictures, all served by the new media. People facing hardships, discrimination, brutal treatment are still e mailing humanitarian organizations every single day. Should we have no new media, how on earth are we going to know who is suffering and in what way.
New media made statistics and research accessible to anyone interested. I myself think the new media is the hugest gift to the modern civilization. I myself receive e mails from oppressed people in different areas of my part of the world, asking for guidance and advice. And through the same technology we forward such pleas to whoever he is supposed to know about how to deal with them.
From petitions to pictures, all served by the new media.

]]> By: Saleh http://palestinethinktank.com/2008/05/17/what-has-the-dress-got-to-do-with-the-press/#comment-418 Saleh Sun, 18 May 2008 05:42:13 +0000 http://palestinethinktank.com/?p=355#comment-418 " We have to keep in mind our colleagues working in conflict areas and under dictatorships. Those journalists can’t deliver their messages through traditional media. Blogging, Internet and new media in general are their third lung. The motion was not only about journalism in UK, it was held under the umbrella of the UNESCO to take action regarding future policies in different countries." I agree with your idea about the importance of blogs Mrs Iqbal, even if it is for free. In addition, we should also remember that blogs are very useful for common people other than journalists, and in many ways. Thanks. " We have to keep in mind our colleagues working in conflict areas and under dictatorships. Those journalists can’t deliver their messages through traditional media. Blogging, Internet and new media in general are their third lung. The motion was not only about journalism in UK, it was held under the umbrella of the UNESCO to take action regarding future policies in different countries."

I agree with your idea about the importance of blogs Mrs Iqbal, even if it is for free. In addition, we should also remember that blogs are very useful for common people other than journalists, and in many ways.

Thanks.

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