From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Sun Apr 07 2002 - 14:41:20 MDT
On Sunday, April 7, 2002, at 12:31 pm, Michael M. Butler wrote:
>
> Culled from various Arabic presses.
>
> Posted: Friday, April 05, 2002
>
> Leading Egyptian Government Cleric Calls For: "Martyrdom Attacks that
> Strike
> Horror into the Hearts of the Enemies of Allah"
>
> http://memri.org/news.html#1018042383
>
Be careful with these kinds of "summaries" from MEMRI. MEMRI is a
pro-Israel think tank, and their "Arab Anti-Semitism Documentation
Project" was deliberately set up to discredit the Arab position.
Although their individual translations do seem to be accurate, their
selection process for what articles they provide is anything but
unbiased. They seek out the most extreme and violent examples from the
Arabic media and translate only those to represent the Arab position
they would like to project on their enemies. Specific facts from these
translations are probably as accurate as the original Arabic, but the
overall survey or summary of these positions is definitely selective and
nonrepresentative.
Google has MEMRI indexed under
<http://directory.google.com/Top/News/Current_Events/Global_Politics_and_War/
Current_Conflicts/Middle_East/> with this description: "Offers
translations from Arab media, mostly intended to put the Arab world in
the worst possible light."
A review of this organization can be found at the Online Journalism
Review <http://www.ojr.org/ojr/reviews/1017788174.php>.
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