MERRY CHRISTMAS

It's been an interesting 2006, hopefully 2007 will see less hysteria and racist driven media views.

I'd like to wish all readers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, as well as an Eid Mubbarak.

Have a happy and safe holiday- drive safely, and if you choose to drink, please don't drive.

Hopefully Santa will be kind to all of you.

Daily Telegraph Editor Defends The Tele's "Reporting"

Like a cockroach running when you turn on the lights, so to is the Daily Telegraph's editor David Penberthy running from the truth.

David has written to Crikey defending his newspaper's reporting of the Iktimal Hage-Ali cocaine issue, but it seems his defence falls short because it looks like he failed to speak to his journalists about the issue.

This blog has confirmation that Luke McIlveen contacted Iktimal about her arrest on the morning the original positive stories were run, I'll repeat that again he contacted her ON THE MORNING the story was run. Now to contact somebody to get confirmation tells me and any other normal person that Luke McIlveen knew about it before hand, and you can bet that if Luke knew about it so to did his puppet masters at the Telegraph. For them to have contacted her in the morning they would've known about it at least the day before. Interesting thing to note is that this blog actually heard about the arrest 3 days before the Telegraphs positive story, so you can bet the Tele with all their sources knew about it as well.

David attempts to somehow justify his newspapers stance by saying:
"This newspaper did not know of Ms Hage-Ali’s cocaine arrest when it published a news story, editorial and opinion piece defending her earlier this month over attacks from hardliners within the Muslim community for her drinking champagne at the NSW Australian of the Year awards. "

Well there you have it ladies and gentlemen another lie from David- "...attacks from hardliners within the Muslim community for her drinking champagne...." Now if David, as well as his lazy journalists had done a little bit of objective journalism they would've seen that it wasn't hardliners being critical of Iktimal, it was ordinary everyday Muslims who are concerned about the behaviour of those who the media labels as "Muslim Leaders".

Penberthy then goes on to say:
"It was only because of our support for her that we were contacted by persons with information about her cocaine arrest who rightly told us that we had not published the full story. We then contacted her and asked her whether it was true that she had been arrested and interviewed by police in relation to using cocaine;"

Note that he avoids mentioning when they contacted her, it is obvious he is running away from the truth- but that's something we have come to expect from Penberthy and his acolytes at the Tele.

David continues on his rampage, now choosing to savage and vilify Irfan Yusuf who had the gall to mention that he was subjected to some vile messages on his News Ltd blog. A quick read of the Daily Telegraph blogs reveals a wicked mix of hate and racism by some it's readers, one post to the story of a young 8 yr old boy who drowned trying to save his sister managed to include an attack on Islam:
"notice these poor folks are Muslim. I wonder if this tragedy would have happened if they allowed their girls to go to mixed gender swimming classes, instead of insisting that they go to the few female-only classes available. From the description of this incident, it sounds like the little girl just lost her footing and was helpless -- just like all the "30 family members" who watched from the shore, apparently because they couldn't swim either. When religion stops children from learning to swim and makes 30 people useless, it's time to think if that is what Allah really wants. Posted by: hector of hastings 8:37am today
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Penberthy finishes off with one last lie:
"because we subscribe to the old-fashioned notion that it’s not our job as a newspaper to censor people’s views and shut down debate."

This blog has posted at least a dozen comments on the Telegraph, all of which for some reason, did not appear- but don't take my word for it:
"Assalam Alaykum, given that there are several times i have posted comments on the Daily Telegraph website that were not published for some reason - i've decided to start a thread whereby any reader comments that aren't published are displayed for the Islamic community to see. - JStevens1044"

To further prove that David Penberthy plays loose with the truth here is the message that comes up when a post is made on the Telegraphs site:

"Please note that we are not able to publish all the comments that we receive, and that we may edit some comments to ensure their suitability for publishing.

Feedback will be rejected if it does not add to a debate, or is a purely personal attack, or is offensive, repetitious, illegal or meaningless, or contains clear errors of fact.

Although we try to run feedback just as it is received, we reserve the right to edit or delete any and all material."

So David according to your newspapers own website there is proof that you do censor people's views.

People can make up their own minds.

No Ethics At News Limited

Last week the hacks at News Limited went out of their way to build up the self-appointed Muslim "leader" Iktimal Hage-Ali. Boy oh boy did they go for it, they claimed she was a great Australian, we had a few articles dedicated to her appearing throughout the News Limited publications, they even had their in-house redneck Piers Akerman write a couple of articles praising Iktimal and vilifying those who dared condemn her (note that Piers couldn't even get the spelling of her name right).

This week News Limited is tearing this girls reputation apart over the fact that she was arrested by Police during a raid on an alleged cocaine dealing syndicate. For the record Iktimal was arrested and interviewed by Police BUT she was released without charge- I'll say it again she was RELEASED WITHOUT CHARGE. The arrest took place about a week before she won the NSW Young Australian of the Year award, and Police still haven't laid charges against he, in fact all indications are that she will not be charged.

Now this isn't good enough for the hate mongers at News Limited, they considered this front page news and it has so far run for two days with no indication that it will be letting up anytime soon.

Things though get alot more interesting, the "journalists" at News Limited knew about her arrest before they published last weeks articles praising Iktimal, she was also hired by News Limited to write an online blog for their website.

So here you have an organisation who knows about an arrest, but still chooses to build this person up as a role model and give her a job- a week later though they decide to bring the girl down with vicious articles to tarnish her reputation.

It is obvious there is an agenda here, it is as plain as daylight- let's build up a young Muslim woman and then let's expose her as being no better than the rest of them.

This is journalism at it's worst, and the News Limited journalists should be the last people to attack somebody for using cocaine. This is a shameful attack by people with a hate driven agenda.

News Limited publications are now the equal of Nazi propoganda, their website features some of the most vile hate filled rubbish on the blogs including posts which show extreme racism to a young Muslim boy who drowned while trying to save his sister.

This blog knew about the arrest of Iktimal before last weeks worship of her by News Limited and before I posted a condemnation of Iktimal as a Muslim leader, however as I have standards and ethics, I chose not to post that information about her even though I was being critical of her. Standards and ethics however mean nothing to the morons at News Limited.

Vilified Over A Sip Of Bubbly

So how many articles do you think would be enough about a young woman, who was being criticised by her fellow Muslims as unrepresentative of them? One, two, three? Nope, the Daily Telegraph has dedicated four different articles including an editorial.

So what has caused all the outrage? Well a few Muslims have dared voice their concern over a so-called representative who drinks alcohol and doesn't wear the hijab.

I mean how dare they expect that a media-appointed Islamic leader should set an example.

Here's the thing, if she wants to drink that's fine just don't hold yourself up as being representative of Muslims.

We are told Iktimal Hage-Ali has done alot of good work out there, fantastic, keep it up but don't undo that good work by prentending you are something that you are not.

For the record, I wish her luck and congratulate her for her Australian of the Year nomination but her nomination should be due to the work that she has done, not her representation of the Muslim community.

People in certain roles have certain responsibilities and unless they uphold them then they shouldn't be in those positions.

If you want to read the comments yourself just visit the MuslimVillage Online Forum.

Muslim Boys Urinated On The Bible

These boys should be ashamed of themselves, this is a disgraceful act and on that should never be tolerated.

Desecrating a holy book, regardless of which one, is vile and these boys should be punished by both their school and their parents.

The reason why we have so many of our youth in trouble with the law is that parents aren't teaching them Islamic behaviour- they may be teaching them Islam but their behaviour leaves alot to be desired.

So what is Islamic behaviour? It is being polite and respectful to all people, it is holding yourself up as the personification of what a good person should be, and it's about doing good everyday in your life- to use an Aussie value, it's about decency- something sorely lacking in these boys.

The sooner this behaviour is instilled in our youth, the better off we'll all be.