2001 CIC Media Research Report

The Canadian Islamic Congress, November 26, 2001

PRESS CONFERENCE: Anti-Islam in the Media Annual Report to be Released

WHEN: Thursday December 6, 2001

TIME: 10:30 a.m.

WHERE:
Toronto Colony Hotel
Room: St. David North (Third floor)
89 Chestnut Street, Toronto
(416) 977-0707

WHO:
Dr. Mohamed Elmasry
National president, CIC
and
Mrs. Wahida Valiante
National vice-president, CIC

WHAT:
The Canadian Islamic Congress will release its fourth annual media-watch study of nine major Canadian newspapers, and for the second year in a row, The National Post was ranked as worst by far in its persistent use of anti-Islam terminology.

The study also shows a large overall increase in anti-Islam tone and usage following the tragic events of September 11. Compared to the pre-September 11 study period, for example, the National Post showed an increase of 22.1 times, while the Globe and Mail and Toronto Star showed 18.7 times and 10.1 times more occurrences, respectively.

CONTACT:
Prof. Mohamed Elmasry
(519) 888-4567 Ext 3753 (O)
(519) 746-7928 (H)
(519) 577-2267 (Cell)

Mrs. Wahida Valiante
(905) 881-8024

The Canadian Islamic Congress, December 6, 2001

Highlights:

• Latest CIC study finds National Post endangering well-being of Canadian Muslims
• National Post is still the only major Canadian daily newspaper not accountable to any Press Council

The Canadian Islamic Congress today released its fourth annual media-watch study of nine major Canadian newspapers, and for the second year in a row, The National Post was ranked as worst by far in its persistent use of anti-Islam terminology.

The study also shows a large increase in anti-Islam terminology following the tragic events of September 11. Compared to the pre-September 11 study period, the National Post showed an increased occurrence of 22.1 times, while the Globe and Mail and Toronto Star showed an increase of 18.7 and 10.1 times, respectively.

“By excessively and persistently using anti-Islam language, the National Post is stirring up hatred against an identifiable group of Canadians,” said CIC national president, Prof. Mohamed Elmasry. “And by refusing to join a Press Council, it sends the message that it chooses not to be publicly accountable for its policies.”

Elmasry added that even though Islam is the faith of more than 650,000 Canadians, “The Post continues to deny the existence of any problem with its reporting style, editorial language, or procedures — despite a two-year effort to communicate the concerns of this major Canadian community to its senior management.”

CIC national vice-president, Mrs. Wahida Valiante, noted that other Canadian media experts, both academic journalists and working professionals in the field, agree with the CIC’s recurring finding that anti-Islam in the media is a quality issue that urgently needs to be addressed. Most leading media organizations now do so, or are in the process of reviewing their policies. “It is high time now for The Post to act,” she said.

The CIC’s annual study offers a methodical and documented assessment of the use of anti-Islam terminology by the Canadian media, particularly print journalism, drawing public attention to the use and misuse of terms such as “Islamic-inspired terrorist attacks,” “murderous Islamic militant,” “Islamic terrorist,” “Muslim militant,” etc.

Prof. Karim Karim, of the Carleton University School of Journalism, said that the CIC’s study “is very important in providing useful feedback” for newspapers. Prof. Karim’s recent book, “Islamic Peril” — about major media reporting on Muslims and Islam — won the Canadian Communication Association’s 2001 Robinson Prize for the best new work in the field of media studies.

Professors Frances Henry and Carol Tater of York University in Toronto have recommended to Canadian minority groups to do “more of the kind of monitoring process and evaluation techniques used by the Canadian Islamic Congress to monitor media coverage of the Muslim community in Canada and internationally.”

The CIC’s study covers news and views published by nine of Canada’s top-circulation newspapers: the Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, National Post, Toronto Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Montreal Gazette, Halifax Herald, La Presse, and Le Journal de Montreal.

“The National Post has become a benchmark of what a newspaper should not be,”  said Elmasry. “It is the only newspaper in this country (aside from two minor community papers) that does not belong to a recognized Press Council. In persisting with their isolationist attitude, Post management have abdicated their professional and societal responsibilities. We feel that newspaper readers have the right to file complaints that will be judged by an impartial panel consisting of media professionals and members of the public-at-large.  But The Post does not uphold such a principle, and this is simply wrong.”

The National Post scored 100 — the maximum possible in the survey’s ranking regarding the use of anti-Islam language and terminology — and was the only paper in Canada to do so. The Montreal Gazette came in a very distant second with 69 points, while the Toronto Star scored the lowest at 41.

Following September 11, the National Post maintained its overwhelming lead over mainstream media in its use of anti-Islam terminology; incidents of negative and pejorative terminology went up by more than 22 times over the pre-September 11 study period.

Some examples of how National Post reporting is endangering the well-being of Canadian Muslims:

1. “Misplaced anxieties” — Editorial, September 15, 2001.
“But it is hard to get worked up about the occasional slur directed against North American Muslims… Indeed there is something offensive about the tear-drenched press releases issued by North American Muslim organizations…”

2. “Muslim mushrooms, terrorist toadstools – Fifth columnist ushers bin Laden within our perimeter” –  October 15, 2001, George Jonas.
“…We have to fear our neighbours down the street… a degree of ethnic or religious profiling is unavoidable…  Though few of our neighbours are terrorists, some are sympathizers. They provide the culture in which fifth columns grow…”

3. “Willing to assist” — Editorial, October 15, 2001.
“As George Jonas argues convincingly on the facing page, a small but substantial number of Canadian Muslims and Arabs are willing to assist terrorist operations.”

4. “A healthy dose of ‘bigotry’” — Editorial, October 18, 2001, By Jonathan Kay.
“… We should not pretend that an effective fight against terrorism [in Canada] can be waged in a truly color-blind fashion. The fact is, those who plot the annihilation of our civilization are of one religion and, almost without exception, one race. Yet admitting this is a problem for Mr. Chretien… Multiculturalism is a relativistic creed that assumes all immigrant cultures are equally tolerant, civilized and enlightened once you scratch the surface…”

5. “U.S. wants to fight its war in peace” — October 24, 2001, By George Jonas.
“… From the beginning, Western attempts to draw a distinction between Islamist terrorists and Islam resulted in a lopsided effort…  We rarely heard Muslims in the West pledging loyalty to the countries in which they lived…”

6. “Not terrorism, but not lawful either” — October 29, 2001, By Andrew Coyne.
“… the massive backlash against innocent Muslims that failed to materialize…”

7. “Acts of faith” — Editorial, October 31, 2001.
“… Muslims decided that religion overrode ties of citizenship… so many Muslims use religion to define friend and foe.”

8. “Mark Steyn lambastes the mindless rush to praise Islam” Top
Headlines, p. A1, November 26, 2001.

9.  “Few security rules: First, define ‘terrorism’” — November 27, 2001, George Jonas.
“… the threat of militant Islam, where fifth columns of theofascist storm troopers have infiltrated Western democracies…”

10. “Let Islam Speak for Islam” — November 28, 2001, Raymond de Souza
“It is a tragic fact that… the only systematic persecution of Christians today is from fellow believers in the God of Abraham, namely Muslims.”

A more detailed review of the Anti-Islam in the Media research report will be available at the press conference and later on the CIC’s web page www.cicnow.com

CONTACT
Prof. Mohamed Elmasry
(519) 888-4567 Ext 3753 (O)
(519) 746-7928 (H)
(519) 577-2267 (Cell)

Mrs. Wahida Valiante
(905) 881-8024

[A press-conference statement made with the release of "Anti-Islam in the Media" on December 6, 2001]

The distorted perception that Islam condones and encourages violence is largely created by the media and it leads to societal anxiety among Canadians. This is called “image distortion disorder.”

Image distortion disorder is particularly dangerous in Canada, with its substantial multi-ethnic, multi-faith, and multi-cultural populations.

Among most Canadians who have not knowingly ever met a Muslim in person, there is high likelihood that their perception of Muslim Canadians will be distorted. Canadian media — particularly the National Post in recent years — are creating a social crisis based on the religion of one identifiable group. This national crisis manifests itself in loss of identity and self-esteem, feelings of inferiority, and even suicidal tendencies,  especially among teenagers.

And image distortion disorder inevitably leads to discrimination, hate-mongering, acts of vandalism, and false accusation by authorities.  Young Muslim Canadians of dark complexion, especially women with hijabs (traditional head coverings), or males with full beards, are particularly vulnerable to anxiety, fear and discrimination because of society’s perception that their religion is violent, backward, restrictive, fundamentalist, and intolerant of opposing or alternative viewpoints.

Worse still is the portrayal of Muslim Canadians as potential terrorists, posing such a serious “danger” to the country, that CSIS, the RCMP and local police should target them, revoke their citizenship if they are citizens, or ship them back “home” if they are not.

But the reality is that Islam is not everything the media depicts. There appears to be no balance of coverage regarding news or views related to Islam and Muslims, and very little that shows Muslims in a positive light.

Anti-Islam in the media has a devastating effect on every Canadian who cares about the well-being of this country and it insidiously undermines every effort to sustain our social and civil peace.

Treating the media’s entrenched anti-Islam “disease” will not be easy, especially when publications like the National Post refuse to recognize that a problem even exists. And Muslim Canadians are not likely to own media outlets large or influential enough to counteract the toxic effect that media distortion and bias have had upon non-Muslims’ understanding of their religion.

Those of us concerned about social harmony in this country must therefore react to all distortion and bias in the media by raising our voices in protest.

Image distortion disorder is real in the Canadian media. It creeps subtly into our consciousness. Only if all of us point out and acknowledge its existence, do we begin to effectively deal with it and isolate those who live in denial, insisting that it does not exist.

The Canadian Islamic Congress

Tel (519) 746-1242, Fax (519) 746-2929, Email cic@cicnow.com

Anti-Islam in the Canadian media instigates hate against a minority group.  Hate jeopardizes the mental and physical well-being of individuals, especially the most vulnerable: our children.  Hate-mongering is against Canadian values and Canadian law.

The Canadian Islamic Congress is striving to minimize anti-Islam in the media before any more of our children suffer needlessly.

This is the fourth annual study of anti-Islam in the Canadian media, conducted by the Canadian Islamic Congress.  Its purpose is to evaluate coverage and to articulate CIC’s view by citing examples of the offending material.  This study is not an opinion poll, but rather a reflection of what the Muslim community and CIC consider a serious problem affecting virtually every household of Muslim Canadians.

Through this study, the CIC hopes to increase the awareness of media professionals of the problem.

English:

• Armed Islamic group
• Canadian-based Islamic extremist*
• Extremist Islamic group
• Global Islamic militancy*
• Fundamentalist: Islamic terrorist, strain of Sunni Islam
• International: Islamic extremist*, Islamic movement militancy*
• Islamic: dictatorship, extremist, extremist group, extremism, fighters, fundamentalist, fundamentalism, hard liner, -inspired terrorist attacks*, insurgency, insurgent, Jihad, Jihad militant*, guerrillas, militia, hijacker, forces militancy*, militant, militant group, radical, resistance*, separatists, suicide bomber, terrorist, terrorist cells*, terrorism, violence
• Islamist: cell*, terrorism*
• Militant: Islamic, Islamic government, Islamic group, Islamic organization, Muslim
• Murderous: Islamic militant*
• Muslim: activist, extremist, fundamentalist, fundamentalist militant, guerrillas, militia, militant, mercenaries, vigilant group, rebel (s)
• Puritanical Islamic militia
• Radical: armed Islamic group, Islamic fighters*, Islamic group, Islamist, Muslim, Muslim organization, Islamic militant*
• Violent Islamic group

* New for 2000/2001

French:

• Contagion islamiste
• Extremiste: musulman, islamiste
• Fanatisme islamique
• Fondamentaliste islamiste
• Groupe arme islamiste
• Guerilleros musulmans
• Islamistes armes
• Manif: islamistes, musulmane
• Maquisards islamistes
• Mercenaires musulmans
• Menace: islamiste, islamique
• Milice: islamique, islamiste
• Mouvement islamiste
• Terroristes islamistes

	Description	Points
1	Identifying Muslims by their religion when they are involved in violent acts	100
2	Interring that Islam is intolerant and an extreme religion that teaches, endorses or condones acts of violence	90
3	Use of the term “Muslim Terrorists”, etc.	80
4	Use of the term “Muslim Militants”, etc.	70
5	Use of the term “Muslim Extremists”, etc	60
6	Use of the term “Muslim Fundamentalists”, etc.	50
7	Propagating negative stereotypes about Islam	40
8	Being culturally insensitive, for example to religious practices, dress code, food or social customs	30
9	Selective presentation and analysis of events and the use of popular “experts”	20
10	Failing to offer a balanced view on political events related to Muslims	10

How The Grading Is Done:

1. Each published item was first evaluated (max. points:100) given the above criteria, the resulting numerical rating was then multiplied by the following weighting factors:
   1. Front page items -   2.00
   2. Titles, photo caption or cartoon -   1.80
   3. Weekend edition factor -   1.40
   4. Repetition of anti-Islam terminologies in the same item -   1.30
2. The points from step (1) were then multiplied by a circulation factor as follows:
   • La Presse –    1
   • The Montreal Gazette –    1
   • The Ottawa Citizen –    1
   • The Chronicle-Herald / The Mail-Star  –    1
   • The Globe and Mail  –    2
   • The National Post  –    2
   • The Toronto Star –    3

(Worst-to-bad) From September 2000 to August 2001

	Newspaper	Relative Points (max 100)
1	National Post	100
2	Montreal Gazette	69*
3	Ottawa Citizen	62
4	Globe and Mail	58
5	Chronicle Herald	56
6	La Presse	50
7	Toronto Star	41**

^* 31 points lower than the National Post.
^** 59 points lower than the National Post.

(Worst-to-bad) From September 2000 to August 2001

	Newspaper	Relative Points (max 100)
1	National Post	100
2	Toronto Star	61*
3	Globe and Mail	58
4	Montreal Gazette	34
5	Ottawa Citizen	31
6	Chronicle Herald	28
7	La Presse	25**

^* 39 points lower than the National Post.
^** 75 points lower than the National Post.

Not including the circulation factor: a measure of anti-Islam.

	2001	2000	1999	1998
1	National Post	National Post	La Presse	Toronto Star
2	Montreal Gazette	Ottawa Citizen	Montreal Gazette	Globe and Mail
3	Ottawa Citizen	Montreal Gazette	Globe and Mail	Montreal Gazette
4	Globe and Mail	La Presse	Toronto Star	Ottawa Citizen
5	Chronicle Herald	Globe and Mail	Ottawa Citizen	Toronto Sun
6	La Presse	Toronto Star	National Post	–
7	Toronto Star	–	–	–

Including the circulation factor: a measure of anti-Islam.

	2001	2000	1999	1998
1	National Post	National Post	Globe and Mail	Toronto Star
2	Toronto Star	Toronto Star	Toronto Star	Globe and Mail
3	Globe and Mail	Globe and Mail	La Presse	Montreal Gazette
4	Montreal Gazette	Ottawa Citizen	Montreal Gazette	Ottawa Citizen
5	Ottawa Citizen	Montreal Gazette	National Post	Toronto Sun
6	Chronicle Herald	La Presse	Ottawa Citizen	–
7	La Presse	–	–	–

Notes
1.      The Toronto Sun was monitored in 1999, 2000, 2001 but not ranked.
2.      The Journal de Montreal was monitored in 2001 but not ranked.

Anti-Islam In The Media
Three newspapers are ranked

	Newspaper	Relative Points (max 100)	Increase from Pre-Sept. 11
1	National Post	100	22.1 times
2	Globe and Mail	76*	18.7 times
3	Toronto Star	35**	10.1 times

^*24 points lower than the National Post.
^**65 points lower than the National Post.

Note: Average increase in the use of anti-Islam terminology is 17 times.

1.      March 13, 2000: Meeting with senior staff.

2.      October 23, 2000: Meeting with editor-in-chief, managing editor and associate publisher.

1. Letter from CIC to Mr. Black, January 15, 2001

1. Mr. Black’s reply, January 31, 2001
   “In principle, we would be happy to publish contrary views, should you wish to contribute them.”

1. Letter from CIC to Mr. Black, March 20, 2001

1. Mr. Black’s reply, March 26, 2001
   “Readers who do not approve of our newspaper are free not to read it, to buy competing newspapers or to start their own, as I did in this case.”

   “I will review our policy towards [the NP’s membership in] the Ontario Press Council.”

1.      ”Misplaced anxieties” — Editorial, September 15, 2001.
“But it is hard to get worked up about the occasional slur directed against North American Muslims… Indeed there is something offensive about the tear-drenched press releases issued by North American Muslim organizations…”

2.      ”Muslim mushrooms, terrorist toadstools – Fifth columnist ushers bin Laden within our perimeter” –  October 15, 2001, George Jonas.
“…We have to fear our neighbours down the street… a degree of ethnic or religious profiling is unavoidable…  Though few of our neighbours are terrorists, some are sympathizers. They provide the culture in which fifth columns grow…”

3.      ”…willing to assist…” — Editorial, October 15, 2001.
“As George Jonas argues convincingly on the facing page, a small but substantial number of Canadian Muslims and Arabs are willing to assist terrorist operations.”

4.      ”A healthy dose of ‘bigotry’” — Editorial, October 18, 2001, By Jonathan Kay.
“… We should not pretend that an effective fight against terrorism [in Canada] can be waged in a truly color-blind fashion. The fact is, those who plot the annihilation of our civilization are of one religion and, almost without exception, one race. Yet admitting this is a problem for Mr. Chretien… Multiculturalism is a relativistic creed that assumes all immigrant cultures are equally tolerant, civilized and enlightened once you scratch the surface…”

5.      ”U.S. wants to fight its war in peace” — October 24, 2001, By George Jonas.
“… From the beginning, Western attempts to draw a distinction between Islamist terrorists and Islam resulted in a lopsided effort…  We rarely heard Muslims in the West pledging loyalty to the countries in which they lived…”

6.      ”Not terrorism, but not lawful either” — October 29, 2001, By Andrew Coyne.
“… the massive backlash against innocent Muslims that failed to materialize…”

7.      ”Acts of faith” — Editorial, October 31, 2001.
“… Muslims decided that religion overrode ties of citizenship… so many Muslims use religion to define friend and foe.”

8.      “Mark Steyn lambastes the mindless rush to praise Islam” Headlines p. A1, November 26, 2001.

9.      “Few security rules: First, define ‘terrorism’…” — November 27, 2001, By George Jonas.
“… the threat of militant Islam, where fifth columns of theofascist storm troopers have infiltrated Western democracies…”

10.  ”Let Islam Speak for Islam” — November 28, 2001, By Raymond de Souza.
“It is a tragic fact that… the only systematic persecution of Christians today is from fellow believers in the God of Abraham, namely Muslims.”

Newspaper:  The National Post
September 12 – November 25, 2001, more than 100 items in 65 days

(1)
Date:	12/09/01
Title:	Intelligence knew ‘some group planning this’
Page:	A5
Source:	Peter Morton, NP
Terminology:	Islamic terrorist groups

(2)
Date:	12/09/01
Title:	The legions that hate America
Page:	D1 / D4
Source:	Stewart Bell, NP
Terminology:	Islamic-inspired terrorist movement, Islamic fundamentalist group

(3)
Date:	12/09/01
Title:	Bin Laden Believes Terror is his ‘Heavenly Decree’
Page:	D1
Source:	Isabel Vincent, NP
Terminology:	Islamic fundamentalists, fundamentalist Muslims, fanatical Muslim militant, militant Muslims

(4)
Date:	12/09/01
Title:	Restraint at home, but ruthless resolve
Page:	D6
Source:	Deroy Murdock, Scripps Howards News Service
Terminology:	extremist Islamic group

(5)
Date:	12/09/01
Title:	The terror on the street
Page:	B5
Source:	Jonathan Gatehouse and Charlie Gillis, NP
Terminology:	Islamic militia

(6)
Date:	13/09/01
Title:	NATO, CONGRESS JOIN BUSH FOR WAR ON TERRORISTS
Page:	A1
Source:	Jan Cienski and Bob Fife, NP
Terminology:	Islamic radical

(7)
Date:	13/09/01
Title:	In the lair of the terrorist
Page:	A8
Source:	Isabel Vincent, NP
Terminology:	radical Islam

(8)
Date:	13/09/01
Title:	Suspect has bonds with many countries
Page:	A8
Source:	Isabel Vincent, NP
Terminology:	radical Islamic state, radical Islamists

(9)
Date:	13/09/01
Title:	Palestinian leaders rush to U.S. side of divide
Page:	A9
Source:	Alan Philps, Daily Telegraph
Terminology:	Islamic militancy, Islamic activists

(10)
Date:	13/09/01
Title:	Infiltrate them
Page:	A19
Source:	Editorial
Terminology:	Muslim fundamentalist

(11)
Date:	13/09/01
Title:	The Islamist Jihad
Page:	B1
Source:	Alexander Rose, NP
Terminology:	Islamists

(12)
Date:	14/09/01
Title:	Cheering, U.S. enemies reveal themselves
Page:	A14
Source:	Daniel Pipes, NP
Terminology:	Islamists

(13)
Date:	14/09/01
Title:	Harris and Klebold, writ large
Page:	A14
Source:	Jonathan Kay, NP
Terminology:	Islamist fanatics, Islamists

(14)
Date:	14/09/01
Title:	Killing terrorists is an honourable thing to do
Page:	A14
Source:	G. Jonas, NP
Terminology:	Islamic Jihad

(15)
Date:	14/09/01
Title:	Attack a sign of things to come
Page:	B4
Source:	George Will
Terminology:	Islamic radicalism, Islamic militant

(16)
Date:	15/09/01
Title:	U.S. on War Footing
Page:	A1
Source:	Jan Cienski, NP
Terminology:	fundamentalist Muslims

(17)
Date:	15/09/01
Title:	Suicide bombers guided by shame, humiliation
Page:	A14
Source:	David Pryce-Jones, NP
Terminology:	Islamist impotence, Sunni Muslims

(18)
Date:	15/09/01
Title:	Vengeance via the Israeli model
Page:	A14
Source:	George Friedman, NP
Terminology:	Islamic country

(19)
Date:	15/09/01
Title:	Misplaced anxieties
Page:	A15
Source:	Editorial
Terminology:	Islamist killers

(20)
Date:	15/09/01
Title:	What is this thing we call the West?
Page:	B1 / B4
Source:	Alexander Rose, NP
Terminology:	Islamist terrorism

(21)
Date:	17/09/01
Title:	Ottawa condemns Arafat for failure to halt terrorism
Page:	A7
Source:	Robert Fife, NP
Terminology:	Islamic extremists

(22)
Date:	17/09/01
Title:	Infiltrating Canada
Page:	A10
Source:	Stewart Bell, NP
Terminology:	radical Islamic beliefs, Canadian Islamic terrorist cells, Islamic extremism, radical Islamists

(23)
Date:	17/09/01
Title:	The war against The Enlightenment
Page:	A15
Source:	Editorial
Terminology:	Islamist terrorists, Islamist regimes, Mohammedan rule, Islamic Jihad, Islamists

(24)
Date:	17/09/01
Title:	Incurable hate v. the modern world
Page:	A14
Source:	Clifford Orwin, NP
Terminology:	Islamic terrorism

(25)
Date:	17/09/01
Title:	Destroy myths first, then terrorist states
Page:	B4
Source:	Barbara Amiel, NP
Terminology:	extremist Islamic groups, extreme Islamic terrorists

(26)
Date:	18/09/01
Title:	Don’t pay with Israeli currency
Page:	A18
Source:	Neill Lochery, NP
Terminology:	Holy war

(27)
Date:	19/09/01
Title:	The war began in Iran in 1979
Page:	A8
Source:	Isabel Vincent, NP
Terminology:	Islamist terrorist groups, Islamist terrorists

(28)
Date:	19/09/01
Title:	India fears Pakistan’s ‘bargain’ with U.S.
Page:	A10
Source:	Rahul Bedi, Daily Telegraph
Terminology:	Islamic guerrilla groups

(29)
Date:	19/09/01
Title:	Declaring and defining ‘jihad’ no simple task
Page:	A13
Source:	Isabel Vincent, NP
Terminology:	radical Muslims

(30)
Date:	19/09/01
Title:	The Islamic world has never forgotten its past
Page:	A17
Source:	Jeet Heer, NP
Terminology:	Islamic fundamentalists

(31)
Date:	19/09/01
Title:	Get governments out of terrorism business
Page:	A18
Source:	Richard Perle, Daily Telegraph
Terminology:	Great Satan, Islamic fundamentalist

(32)
Date:	19/09/01
Title:	Inside the ranks of the Taleban
Page:	A18
Source:	Alexander Rose, NP
Terminology:	Islamist indoctrination

(33)
Date:	19/09/01
Title:	Blaming the U.S., whitewashing terror
Page:	A19
Source:	Editorial
Terminology:	Muslim-led oligopoly, OPEC, US Muslim-Islamist

(34)
Date:	20/09/01
Title:	Tittering at the victims’ values
Page:	A18
Source:	Mark Steyn, NP
Terminology:	western values [vs Islamic]

(35)
Date:	22/09/01
Title:	Mideast ceasefire remains fragile
Page:	A9
Source:	Timothy Heritage, Reuters
Terminology:	militant Muslim groups

(36)
Date:	22/09/01
Title:	Treat terrorist states as belligerents
Page:	A12
Source:	George Jonas
Terminology:	Infamous [Islamic]

(37)
Date:	22/09/01
Title:	This is no time for agonized relativism
Page:	A12
Source:	Charles Krauthammer
Terminology:	plots of evil [of Islam]

(38)
Date:	22/09/01
Title:	U.S. accelerates war preparation in the face of growing defiance
Page:	A1
Source:	NP
Terminology:	militant Hezbollah Mujahedeen

(39)
Date:	22/09/01
Title:	Anglosphere girds for war
Page:	B1
Source:	Alexander Rose, NP
Terminology:	Islamic Jihad

(40)
Date:	24/09/01
Title:	Terrorism agendas clash in Pakistan
Page:	A7
Source:	Arnaud de Borchgrave, UPI
Terminology:	Islamist extremists

(41)
Date:	25/09/01
Title:	Charity denies ties to terrorism
Page:	A2
Source:	Stewart Bell and Andrew McIntosh, NP
Terminology:	Islamic terrorism

(42)
Date:	25/09/01
Title:	Making a fragile ceasefire permanent
Page:	A14
Source:	Neill Lochery, NP
Terminology:	Islamic Jihad

(43)
Date:	26/09/01
Title:	Islamist on trial has links to Montreal, bin Laden
Page:	A10
Source:	Stewart Bell, NP
Terminology:	Islamic extremists

(44)
Date:	26/09/01
Title:	Interpol looking for bin Laden’s No. 2 man
Page:	A11
Source:	Stewart Bell, NP
Terminology:	Al Jihad

(45)
Date:	27/09/01
Title:	Call them what they are – terrorists
Page:	A18
Source:	John O’Sullivan
Terminology:	Islamic fundamentalist

(46)
Date:	28/09/01
Title:	Vigilance, not vigilantism
Page:	A14
Source:	George Jonas, NP
Terminology:	Islam-militant Muslim mobs, While 99.9% of Muslims and Arabs aren’t terrorists, 100% of terrorists who now threaten us are Muslims and/or Arabs

(47)
Date:	28/09/01
Title:	Concordia disgraced by its student union
Page:	A14
Source:	Jonathan Kay
Terminology:	[radical] Quebec City or Gaza

(48)
Date:	28/09/01
Title:	After the Taleban…
Page:	A15
Source:	Editorials
Terminology:	brand of Islam

(49)
Date:	28/09/01
Title:	No sense of decency, indeed
Page:	A15
Source:	Andrew Coyne, NP
Terminology:	Nazis [and Muslims]

(50)
Date:	29/09/01
Title:	How bin Laden uses Canada to prepare his terrorists
Page:	A1 / A13
Source:	Stewart Bell, NP
Terminology:	Islamic terrorists

(51)
Date:	29/09/01
Title:	Don’t buff the sharp edges off Islam
Page:	A14
Source:	Robert Fulford, NP
Terminology:	Jihad, Of six recent conflicts where more than 200,000 people died, only one did not involve Muslims

(52)
Date:	29/09/01
Title:	Without a shot fired, terrorists are on the run
Page:	A14
Source:	John Keegan, Daily Telegraph
Terminology:	Islamic training camp

(53)
Date:	29/09/01
Title:	It’s a question of knowing who to hate
Page:	A14
Source:	Christie Blatchford, NP
Terminology:	terrorists, Islam

(54)
Date:	01/10/01
Title:	Hezbollah desperate for political legitimacy
Page:	A1
Source:	Marina Jimenez, NP
Terminology:	Hezbollah, the Islamic “Party of God”

(55)
Date:	01/10/01
Title:	Relentlessly, thoroughly, the only way to respond
Page:	A16
Source:	Paul Johnson
Terminology:	militant Islam, Islamic terrorists, Islam is an imperialist religion, Islam remains a religion of the Dark Ages, the West is not alone in being under threat from Islamic expansion, Muslim rule has tended both to promote and to perpetuate poverty, Islamic terrorism

(56)
Date:	01/10/01
Title:	Koran’s messages can be twisted
Page:	A16
Source:	Laurie Goodstien, NYT
Terminology:	Muslim militants

(57)
Date:	01/10/01
Title:	Why must evil have a cause?
Page:	A17
Source:	Andrew Coyne, NP
Terminology:	Nazis [and Muslims]

(58)
Date:	02/10/01
Title:	Harbour terrorists – and your regime dies
Page:	A18
Source:	Charles Krauthammer, NYT
Terminology:	Radical Islam

(59)
Date:	04/10/01
Title:	More than the sum of our stuff
Page:	A18
Source:	Maureen Dowd
Terminology:	Islamic warriors

(60)
Date:	04/10/01
Title:	Bush can’t fight terror by appeasing Arafat
Page:	A18
Source:	Neill Lochery, NP
Terminology:	Islamic Jihad, Hamas militants

(61)
Date:	04/10/01
Title:	Pacifists’ ill-breeding scorns actual people
Page:	A18
Source:	Mark Steyn, NP
Terminology:	Stalinish [and Muslims]

(62)
Date:	04/10/01
Title:	Fighting terrorism on the home front
Page:	A19
Source:	Editorials
Terminology:	al-Qaedad [Islamic] Hamas

(63)
Date:	05/10/01
Title:	Bin Laden as Bubba… Ooh, how daring!
Page:	A14
Source:	Peter Scowen
Terminology:	Islamic extremist

(64)
Date:	06/10/01
Title:	We will prove to you…he is a mass killer
Page:	A1 / A8
Source:	Alan Dershowitz
Terminology:	Nazis [and Muslims]

(65)
Date:	06/10/01
Title:	From delusions to destruction
Page:	A17
Source:	Robert Fulford, NP
Terminology:	Islamic radicals, Islamic terrorists

(66)
Date:	08/10/01
Title:	Extremists demand Jihad
Page:	A4
Source:	Marina Jimenez, NP
Terminology:	Islamic extremists

(67)
Date:	08/10/01
Title:	A test of what we are
Page:	A1 / A16
Source:	Christie Blatchford, NP
Terminology:	Hitler [and Muslims]

(68)
Date:	08/10/01
Title:	Mortal enemies are to be destroyed
Page:	A21
Source:	George Jonas, NP
Terminology:	Fundamentalists appear to be historically legitimate branch of the tree of Islam

(69)
Date:	08/10/01
Title:	A different kind of war indeed
Page:	A21
Source:	John Keegan
Terminology:	Islamic nationality

(70)
Date:	08/10/01
Title:	There were two declarations of war
Page:	A22
Source:	Daniel Pipes, NP
Terminology:	Islamists

(71)
Date:	08/10/01
Title:	Exploding the blowback fallacy in U.S. relations
Page:	A22
Source:	Jonathan Kay, NP
Terminology:	Islamic militant

(72)
Date:	09/10/01
Title:	What the Afghans need is colonizing
Page:	A1 / A10
Source:	Mark Steyn, NP
Terminology:	anti-Christian [Muslims]

(73)
Date:	09/10/01
Title:	A war between civilizations
Page:	A18
Source:	Robert Fulford, NP
Terminology:	Islam is a culture

(74)
Date:	09/10/01
Title:	A war of necessity
Page:	A19
Source:	Editorial
Terminology:	Islamist group, radical Islamist groups

(75)
Date:	10/10/01
Title:	Arafat wins rare praise from Israel
Page:	A6
Source:	Alan Philps, Daily Telegraph
Terminology:	Islamic militants

(76)
Date:	10/10/01
Title:	Radical Islamism: ‘bastard child’ of Marxism
Page:	A14
Source:	John O’Sullivan, UPI
Terminology:	Muslim supporting the terrorist war, Islamic fundamentalism, Islamic roots, Radical Islamism, Islamic world, Islamic force

(77)
Date:	10/10/01
Title:	Reckoning time for Muslim ‘moderates’
Page:	A15
Source:	Editorials
Terminology:	Islamic Jihad

(78)
Date:	11/10/01
Title:	How to frustrate further attacks
Page:	A14
Source:	John Keegan, Daily Telegraph
Terminology:	terrorist usurper

(79)
Date:	11/10/01
Title:	Living in the shadow of terror
Page:	A14
Source:	Patricia Pearson
Terminology:	victory for Islam

(80)
Date:	12/10/01
Title:	The Taliban find buyers in the market
Page:	A6
Source:	Marina Jimenez, NP
Terminology:	radical Islamic parties

(81)
Date:	12/10/01
Title:	Uzbekistan, at least, is ‘our bastard’
Page:	A12
Source:	Jan Cienski, NP
Terminology:	Islamists

(82)
Date:	13/10/01
Title:	Rage, pathos and theological spin
Page:	A14
Source:	Robert Fulford, NP
Terminology:	Koranic [teachings]

(83)
Date:	15/10/01
Title:	Israel tracks, kills Islamic suspect in club bombing
Page:	A4
Source:	Reuters
Terminology:	Islamic militant

(84)
Date:	15/10/01
Title:	Muslim mushrooms, terrorist toadstools*
Page:	A14
Source:	George Jonas, NP
Terminology:	Islamist terrorists (three times), Fifth columnists usher bin Laden within our perimeter

(85)
Date:	15/10/01
Title:	Unleash CSIS
Page:	A15
Source:	Editorials
Terminology:	a small but substantial number of Canadian Muslims and Arabs are willing to assist terrorist operations

(86)
Date:	15/10/01
Title:	The Arab strategy to isolate Israel
Page:	A14
Source:	Neill Lochery, NP
Terminology:	Radical Islamic group, Islamic extremism

(87)
Date:	15/10/01
Title:	Saudis are behind all the ‘root causes’
Page:	A14
Source:	Mark Steyn, NP
Terminology:	Islamic fundamentalist

(88)
Date:	18/10/01
Title:	A healthy dose of ‘bigotry’
Page:	A16
Source:	Jonathan Kay, NP’s Editorials editor
Terminology:	who plot the annihilation of our civilization are of one religion [Islam] and almost without exception one race [Arabs]

(89)
Date:	20/10/01
Title:	Fighting terrorism is its own reward
Page:	A13
Source:	Editorial
Terminology:	Islamist militants, Islamist rebels

(90)
Date:	23/10/01
Title:	Bombing in India reflects anti-U.S. mood
Page:	A4
Source:	Reuters
Terminology:	Islamic militants

(91)
Date:	24/10/01
Title:	U.S. wants to fight its war in peace
Page:	A12
Source:	George Jonas, NP
Terminology:	Muslim terrorists, Islamist terrorists

(92)
Date:	25/10/01
Title:	Sectarian Violence…
Page:	A9
Source:	Reuters
Terminology:	Muslim militants

(93)
Date:	25/10/01
Title:	NATO quashes plot to attack bases in Bosnia
Page:	A9
Source:	National Post News Services
Terminology:	Muslim extremists

(94)
Date:	25/10/01
Title:	Squeezing Israel weakens a vital ally
Page:	A14
Source:	Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., NP
Terminology:	Islamist terror

(95)
Date:	26/10/01
Title:	House of Saud keeps the peace at home by exporting trouble to the rest of the world
Page:	A1
Source:	Isabel Vincent, NP
Terminology:	Islamist terrorist, Islamist totalitarianism, Islamist militants, Islamist fundamentalist

(96)
Date:	26/10/01
Title:	Let’s shatter the terrorist hothouse
Page:	A12
Source:	Elizabeth Nickson, NP
Terminology:	Islamofascist, Islamic Crypto-fascism

(97)
Date:	27/10/01
Title:	CSIS Links Refugee to Al-Qaeda
Page:	A3
Source:	Tom Blackwell, NP
Terminology:	Islamic extremist

(98)
Date:	27/10/01
Title:	Eight Muslim fighters killed in Kashmir
Page:	A8
Source:	Reuters
Terminology:	Muslim separatists, Muslim separatist violence

(99)
Date:	27/10/01
Title:	Oil and Terror
Page:	A13
Source:	Isabel Vincent, NP
Terminology:	militant Islamist

(100)
Date:	29/10/01
Title:	Religious minorities endure bloody tradition
Page:	A6
Source:	Daily Telegraph
Terminology:	Muslim militants, Muslim rebels

(101)
Date:	29/10/01
Title:	15 Christians massacred at Pakistani church
Page:	A6
Source:	Daily Telegraph
Terminology:	Islamic extremists

(102)
Date:	29/10/01
Title:	‘Better safe than sorry’ adage puts rights at risk
Page:	A14
Source:	Paula Simons, Edmonton Journal
Terminology:	Fundamentalist Muslim

(103)
Date:	31/10/01
Title:	Israel deserves better from UN
Page:	A14
Source:	Brian Mulroney, NP
Terminology:	Islamic militants, fundamentalist Islamic terrorists

(104)
Date:	09/11/01
Title:	Bush to snub Arafat at UN; says he lacks commitment
Page:	A12
Source:	The Associated Press
Terminology:	militant Islamic groups

(105)
Date:	10/11/01
Title:	Inside the mind of a suicide bomber
Page:	A1
Source:	NP
Terminology:	militant Muslim organizations, militant Islam

(106)
Date:	12/11/01
Title:	War on terror goes to Alaska
Page:	A10
Source:	C. Krauthammer, Washington Post Writers Group
Terminology:	radical Islam

(107)
Date:	15/11/01
Title:	When you defeat an enemy…
Page:	A15
Source:	Jonathan Kay, NP
Terminology:	Militant Islam

(108)
Date:	20/11/01
Title:	U.S. wins respect with its victories
Page:	A14
Source:	Daniel Pipes
Terminology:	militant Islam (seven times), militant Islamic men, militant Islamic elements

(109)
Date:	21/11/01
Title:	The threat is real
Page:	A17
Source:	Editorial
Terminology:	Sunni Islamic extremist groups

Anti-Islam in the media instigates hate against a minority group.  It is a quality issue.

The following recommendations are designed to enhance the quality of delivering news and views, free of anti-Islam:

1. The membership of large newspapers in Press Councils.
2. Ombud offices in large newspapers and TV networks.
3. More Canadian journalists covering world news.
4. Holding workshops on quality news coverage and sensitivity writing.
5. Changing newsroom culture; it is no longer acceptable to maintain the image of:
   • the violent young Black man
   • the miser Christ-killer Jew
   • the militant bearded young Muslim man
   • the oppressed brainless Muslim woman with Hijab
   • the drunken Native
   • the dagger-carrying militant Sikh
6. Offering Media Scholarships to achieve diversity (race, religion, gender, culture…).
7. Equity Hiring to achieve diversity (race, religion, gender, culture…).
8. Rewarding journalists for quality, sensitive and informative coverage.
9. Recognizing readers’ rights to communicate.
10. Offering sabbaticals to journalists to write in-depth features on Canada’s diversity.