A BBC TV current affairs programme, "Panorama", in Oct 2005 inquired
into the failure of the Muslim Council of Britain to control
extremists in their 400 affiliated mosques and associations. The MCB
was enraged. An account by Diana Mukalled of "al-Sharq al-Awsat" can
be found at http://aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=1465
Here are some extracts which illustrate the contem****ary practice of
taqiyya:
" Rare moment of candour from the Arab press. It seems that the hate
and
intolerance spewing Arab media are only now waking up to the fact
that
the whole world hears what they say, even when they are speaking in
Arabic. They are slowly beginning to realise that old trick of
virulent
intolerance in Arabic for the consumption of the Arab street and
sweetness and light in English for the consumption of the West has
not
only been rumbled, but that what they said many years ago is also on
permanent record. [...]
"The members of the Muslim Council of Britain were outraged at the
BBC
after the broadcasting of the popular program, 'Panorama' last week
which tackled the failure of the council in its supervision of 400
mosques and Muslim organizations in Britain to curb extremists. The
'Panorama' special dealt with interviews with Islamic leaders in
Britain who expressed their sup****t for suicide operations against
Israeli civilians yet condemned the London attacks.[...]
"The BBC program was full of questions that preoccupy Europe today,
who
are the enemies living among us, why do they label others as infidels
and why do they hate us? The question of whether or not the
perpetrators of the London attacks were Muslims still puzzles and
concerns many at the same time. Consequently, since the atrocities
took
place, the BBC and other western media networks have been engrossed
in
trying to answer this question, a task that would be uncomfortable
for
us as Arabs and Muslims to endure. The proof that we are uneasy about
this matter is apparent in our Arab media as the question is hardly
addressed. Despite the im****tance of the Palestinian and Iraqi
issues,
with which our media is so preoccupied, they should not overshadow
the
need to address this issue, which is related to the London bombings
and
attacks in other parts of Europe.
"What was interesting about this particular Panorama episode was the
battle between the journalist John Ware and British Muslim leaders
concerning their viewpoints of suicide operations and non-Muslims.
Such
topics when tackled on foreign TV stations in languages other than
Arabic raise suspicions about the credibility of the promoters of
such
acts. The same familiar face frequently features on our Arab screens.
There remains the belief that "We are the believers and the people of
paradise and they are the unbelievers and the people of hell".
[Orthodox Islam, if I am not mistaken.] Such is
the language that is present on a daily basis and hardly any
broadcasting
channels are free of such dispute. Yet within the minds of those who
propagate these acts, lies the belief that the world will not heed
their message when repeated in Arabic on Arab broadcasting channels.
THESE VERY PEOPLE, HOWEVER, WILL USE DIFFERENT TERMINOLOGY WHEN
SPEAKING IN ENGLISH ON FOREIGN TELEVISION NETWORKS.[Taqiyya] For this
reason,
when they are confronted with what they have previously argued in
Arabic, they seem confused and frantically search for other
arguments,
which was exactly the case on the Panorama special. [The consequence
of the Muslim doctrine justifying lying.]
"However, the world is closely watching. There are western
institutions
that specialize in translating material that is used by all forms of
Arab media. [MEMRI] The majority of programs are recorded and later
broadcasted, therefore when a Muslim cleric features on some
broadcasting channel referring to Jews as "grandchildren of monkeys
and
pigs," it is inevitable that such words will reach millions of people
around the world. Such a ****trayal of these extremist attitudes
causes
the Muslim and Arab immigrants and their children in the west to pay
the price for such words. [No, Islam itself pays the price for such
words; they originate from the Koran and the hadith.]
"The accusations that British Muslims have made against the BBC of
having a Zionist agenda [actually the bias is the other way] are
easily refutable in comparison to the
statements made by Muslim leaders themselves. The problem does not
lie
in what the BBC said, but rather in what we say." [Muslims have
difficulty in facing up to the truth.]
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