NU Lamongan regrets US media for negative portrayal of Muslims
NU Online · Selasa, 31 Maret 2015 | 02:59 WIB
Lamongan, NU Online
The deputy chairman of Lamongan's Branch Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) KH Achmad Suyuthi regretted US media for over-representing Muslims as terrorists.<>
"We do regret the US media for being interested more in sensational and negative reporting about violent movements of some Muslims and equating Islam with veolence," he told NU Online here recently.
According to the lecturer of Islamic University of Lamongan, Islam in Arabic means establishing peace and surrender to the Will of Allah.
Since the 9/11 attacks, US Muslims, estimated between 6-8 million, have complained of discrimination and stereotypes because of their Islamic attires or identities.
In August 2011, a US report was issued depicting a group of foundations, think tanks and bloggers as the main players behind the 10-year-old campaign to promote fear of Islam and Muslims in the US.
Titled ‘Fear, Inc.: The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America’, the report was issued by CAP, a think tank which is close to the administration of President Barack Obama.
The 130-page report identifies seven foundations that have quietly provided a total of more than 42 million dollars to key individuals and organizations that have spearheaded the nation-wide anti-Muslim effort between 2001 and 2009.
Editing by Sudarto Murtaufiq
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