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'Muslims under attack from western media'
The western media is projecting Muslims in a negative way, said former Punjab University Mass Communication Department chairperson Prof Dr Miskeen Ali Hijazi said.

According to a press release issued by Government College University (GCU) Lahore on Thursday, speaking at a shield awarding ceremony of the Young Journalists Society, he said that many expansions in media have taken place over the last thirty to forty years.
He said due to the technological advancements, the western media, after the collapse of USSR, targeted the Muslims to achieve their own interests.
He said due to the technological advancements, the western media, after the collapse of USSR, targeted the Muslims to achieve their own interests. Stating that in light of the fact that no weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq, it was the western media led by Americans that projected the possibility of the existence of such weapons just to augment their reason to invade Iraq. He further said there were many national governments in the Muslim countries that were also helping in strengthening the western media.

GCU Dean of Languages, Islamic and Oriental Learning, Prof Dr Sohail Ahmed Khan argued that it was the age of information and that one could not escape the influence of the media. He said the GCU would soon elevate mass communication studies up to master’s level. The In charge of the Young Journalists Society of GCU Prof Muhammad Iqbal Anjum thanked Prof Dr Miskeen Ali Hijazi for gracing the event with his thought provoking lecture to the young students of GCU.
Posted by: Fred 2008-01-05
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