By Dr. Sami Alrabaa
I think all of us, including FamilySecurityMatters.org, the Front Page Magazine, Jihad Watch, Faith Freedom, Islam Watch, Europe News, Islamist Watch, Canada Free Press, South Asia Forum, The New Media Journal and all the others, are preaching to the converts.
Who reads what Daniel Pipes, Robert Spencer, Ali Sina, Nonie Darwish, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and the other anti-Islamists? From comments on articles by these writers, you can tell that it is predominantly readers who already agree with these writers.
According to a survey by Bielefeld University, Germany, which was conducted in five Arab countries, in 2008, the majority of Arabs – all of them adult Muslims of different occupations, education, and social classes – more than 80% of them consume Saudi and Qatari- owned international TV channels, like Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, and MBC. Seven percent read Arabic newspapers, and only 2% checkout diverse websites. 186 of them check out once in a while articles by the aforementioned writers.
Hence, the mass of Muslims – the great majority of them are illiterate – are easy prey for Islamist chaplains, who preach hatred and violence against non-Muslims all over the Arab media. Read more ...
I think all of us, including FamilySecurityMatters.org, the Front Page Magazine, Jihad Watch, Faith Freedom, Islam Watch, Europe News, Islamist Watch, Canada Free Press, South Asia Forum, The New Media Journal and all the others, are preaching to the converts.
Who reads what Daniel Pipes, Robert Spencer, Ali Sina, Nonie Darwish, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and the other anti-Islamists? From comments on articles by these writers, you can tell that it is predominantly readers who already agree with these writers.
According to a survey by Bielefeld University, Germany, which was conducted in five Arab countries, in 2008, the majority of Arabs – all of them adult Muslims of different occupations, education, and social classes – more than 80% of them consume Saudi and Qatari- owned international TV channels, like Al Jazeera, Al Arabiya, and MBC. Seven percent read Arabic newspapers, and only 2% checkout diverse websites. 186 of them check out once in a while articles by the aforementioned writers.
Hence, the mass of Muslims – the great majority of them are illiterate – are easy prey for Islamist chaplains, who preach hatred and violence against non-Muslims all over the Arab media. Read more ...
Source: Family Security Matters
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