Only 23% of Pakistani journalists view US foreign policy favourably, but 76% are supportive of American people themselves. More than half of surveyed journalists in Pakistan think the government shouldn’t pass policies that don’t abide with Shariah law.
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Muslims don’t fit into a simple left v right debate
Last week Fairfax columnist Paul Sheehan fed the idea that Islam is a monolithic entity that’s fundamentally incompatible with western values. That’s what’s wrong with the current debate about Islam, says writer and filmmaker Ruby Hamad.
How many jihads does it take to get banned on YouTube?
YouTube is known for its liberal attitudes towards censoring content, but after ongoing pressure from American and British officials a selection of radical sermons from an American-born Muslim have been removed from the site, reports Robert Mackey.
Mosque debate burns on in US
A Florida pastor cancelled his Koran-burning stunt — on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks — to protest the planned mosque near Ground Zero, after claiming to have made a deal with the imam to move the mosque. The imam denies any deal, but the event raises concern for growing right-wing extremism in the US.
Islamophobia is a myth
The debate over whether to build a mosque just blocks from Ground Zero isn’t about intolerance, writes Jonah Goldberg, in a controversial article about the ‘myth’ of anti-Muslim sentiment in the States.
Video: Ground Zero anti-Muslim rally
Tensions continue to flare in American as anti-Muslim advocates take to the streets. This confronting video of a rally at Ground Zero depicts an African American man harangued by the crowd.
Gillard shatters the glass ceiling. So what now?
It’s a Big Moment, there’s no denying it. We might have a female PM, but women still struggle not only with misogyny but also with racism, poverty, disability and all the myrid forms that marginalisation can take.
A lesson in contrasts: how one riot was reported
Skin colour makes a huge difference on the language used, when it comes to how violent street riots are reported in the media. Better to be a London Nazi skinhead than a Sydney Lebanese Muslim.
Guess who’s coming to Obama’s Ramadan dinner?
US president Barack Obama has invited Israel’s US ambassador to the presidential Ramadan dinner, proving that he is serious about changing US relations with the Muslim world, writes David A. Harris.
Sweden’s strawberry flavoured sex ed classes angers immigrants
Mandatory sex education classes for 14-year-olds has angered Muslim immigrants in Sweden.
The end times are imminent!
What are the 33 and a half signs of the impending Apocalypse?
Perpetuating the Team America take on Muslims
Last night I did something I (and probably most Australians) rarely do. I switched my TV onto SBS. I was pleasantly surprised to find myself halfway through a wonderful documentary Veiled Ambition.
