[Biggest
Islamic
web site in the
U.S.]
P.O. Box 356, Kingsville, MD 21087.
Phone: 410-435-5000.
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SO MUCH FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Stopping
Al-Jazeerah
[From our Christian friend Ms. Carolyn in
Florida.]
Subject: Al-Jazeera
Dear Friends:
If you are getting Al-Jazeera through Dish
Network, please know that
Dish Network is under a lot of pressure from
many groups, rightists,
Neo-conservatives,
Zionists
and others who are
trying to force them to
drop Al-Jazeera TV station from their network.
If that is not censorship I do not know what is.
If you presently have Al-Jazeera TV station
through Dish Network, you MUST
call Dish Network at 800-984-3388 and let them
know that if they submit
and surrender to
pressures and drop Al-Jazeera station, you, your
friends, and family members
will drop Dish Network without any hesitation.
Please, forward this to friends
First they went after the Al-Jazeera English
site and shut it down, then the
Arabic site (for now)... Now, they are going
after DISH to get them to stop
providing Al Jazeera in the US.
We should not allow them to do that.
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I called the number above and they advised me to
send them an email
message too
(below), so they will have a better record of
how many people have
called. The address is
feedback@echostar.com
Please email them too the following message:
To whom it may concern in Dish Network;
It has been brought to my attention that due to
political pressure and
special interest groups request, Dish Network is
considering to drop
Al-jazeera net from their network. I would like
to advise you in advance
that if you, for any reason, decide to drop
Al-jazeera out of your
network, I will immediately cancel my home
subscription as well as the
Corporation subscription. Also, I will ask my
associates and friends to
act likewise.
Regards,
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SO, IT IS A WAR ON ISLAM
[From another Christian friend.]
Dear Mr. Raspberry: I was very
disturbed by portions of your
article, "Hawks and Hornets." (Post, 3-31-03)
I refer to your review of
Joshua Micah Marshall's article in the April
issue of Washington Monthly, in
which Marshall's thesis " ... is that, far from
ignoring the things some of
us fear will result from our venture in Iraq --
radicalization of the Arab
world, new waves of terrorism, transformation of
the conflict into a species
of religious warfare -- the Administration's
hawks are actually counting on
such an outcome." In their view, Marshall
writes, "invasion of
Iraq
was
not merely, or even primarily, about getting rid
of Saddam Hussein. Nor was
it really about weapons of mass destruction,
though their elimination [would
be] an important benefit. Rather, the
Administration sees the invasion as
only the first move in a wider effort to reorder
the power structure of the
entire Middle East."
Apparently this means that the
Administration is looking forward to
this radicalization so that it can then turn its
military might to the task
of repressing it.
I have heard such views expressed by
Israel-Firsters.
Do you believe
that Mr. Marshall is correct in ascribing these
views to the Administration
also? If so, despite Mr.
Bush's
pronouncements
to the contrary, this does
truly appear to be a war on Islam.
Your Opinions have been very
thought-provoking. I congratulate you.
Dana Moore, Ellicott City, MD
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