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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

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

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

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

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

4. 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."

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