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Fuad Nahdi

Fuad Nahdi is the founding editor of Q-News. This is the text of a talk he gave at the Foreign Press Association in London on 27 February 2003.

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Doublespeak: Islam and the media

A western news agenda dominated by hostile, careless coverage of Islam distorts reality and destroys trust. It is countered on the Muslim side by a fierce, unimaginative partisanship. The result, says the founding editor of Q-News, is a mutual siege mentality that serves neither side well. This makes a dynamic, relevant, and professional Muslim media all the more necessary.