Friday, May 19, 2006

Inquiry & Analysis - Jihad & Terrorism Studies Project/ Initiative on Monitoring Islamist & Jihad Websites / MEMRI, 17 May 2006

http://www.memri.org/bin/opener_latest.cgi?ID=IA27506 .
D. Hazan
"Most of the media in the Arab world - newspapers, television, and radio - are affiliated with various political forces, whether governmental or opposition, operating from within the country or outside it. These media are an important tool in the power struggles among the rival political forces behind them. With the development of the Internet in the Middle East, websites have become yet another tool in the struggle between rival Arab forces. One prominent example of Internet use as part of this struggle is the campaign by http://www.tajdeed.org.uk/ - which belongs to the Saudi Islamist opposition operating in London and is directed by Dr. Sheikh Muhammad Al-Mas'ari, who also heads the Al-Tajdeed Al-Islami organization - against http://www.alhesbah.org/ , a leading Islamist site that is a conduit for messages from Al-Qaeda and other jihad organizations."