Comments on: Al Jazeera TV

By: steve

steve — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 19:42:49 +0000

To see Arabic and Islamic TV, go to memritv.org, which translates hours and hours and hours of broadcasts from all across the Arabic and Farsi language world:

Coupla my fave clips:

The Mufti of Egypt, on Al-Risala TV, 5/26/06: “Women in some cultures are not averse to beatings. They consider it as an expression of masculinity, and as a kind of control, which she herself desires. But when Allah permitted wife-beating, He permitted it… to preserve the family, and as one of the means to preserve stability.”

http://memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=1154

Lebanese Cleric Fathi Yakan, on Al-Manar TV, 10/20/06: “The greatest promise will be fulfilled, through the words of the Prophet Muhammad: ‘Judgment Day will only come when the Muslims fight the Jews, and kill them.’ This is the promise of the world to come.”

http://memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=1297

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:12:01 +0000

Interesting article on former CentCom spokesman Josh Rushing (in the documentary _Control Room_, and now with Al Jazeera) in current issue of Mother Jones, here

By: 5th of November

5th of November — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:15:13 +0000

It’s all about the Middle East right now in the news. However, Iraq is a diversion. As the army attacks Iraq, the US gov’t erodes rights at home by suspending habeas corpus, stealing private lands, banning books like “America Deceived” from Amazon, rigging elections, conducting warrantless wiretaps and starting 2 illegal wars based on lies. Soon, another US false-flag operation will occur (sinking of an Aircraft Carrier) and the US will invade Iran, (on behalf of Israel).
Final link (before Google Books bends to gov’t demands and censors the title):
America Deceived (book)

By: AlJazeera’s new English website disappoints « I’m Simon Dickson.

Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:29:44 +0000

[...] Jeff Jarvis also notes the curious approach to video streaming: you get 15 minutes of free low-bandwidth video, after which you have to restart the stream. Continuous broadband-quality viewing costs Â£11.99 a month. [...]