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Dispatches: Al Qaeda UK
Undercover journalism at it's best?
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Samia
13th April 03
I was intrigued to watch Channel 4 'Al Qaeda' as I find that
out of the terrestrial channels Channel 4 is generally the least
biased however, after watching your so called 'documentary'
on Al Qaeda I felt disgusted. This programme only increases
the already growing Islamphobia in Britain today. I felt your
reporters ignored basic facts and allowed the audience to believe
that extremist Muslims just enjoyed the violence, not that they
are the products of years upon years on unfair treatment by
the west. Certain images I found absolutely mind blowing. Incredibly
and skillfully the producers and editors managed to splash images
of young INNOCENT Muslims dying and suffering but still manage
to caste the Muslims in a threatening light. I would like to
point out that Islam is not a violent religion and the continuance
juxtaposition of the concept of Islam and terrorism clearly
implied that it is. For myself the most distressing point of
the programme was the pictures of Chechenians shooting a Russian
tank, your reporters obviously forget to mention that the Russians
rape, kill and humiliate the Chechenian people. Not to mention
their use of concentration camps. However I understand that
a channel such as 'channel 4' may find it difficult to report
on such happenings as it is much more practical and comfortable
to talk about the Jewish suffering under the Nazis over 60years
ago. Than to be daring or truthful enough to discuss the REAL
causes of the Muslim desperation. Finally, I have always wondered
how channels such as yourself define the term 'terrorism'? Is
it the bombardment of Israeli forces into Palestinian land to
shoot and kill innocent children and then scorn when those youngsters
have nothing left to live for but to seek 'justice' by strapping
explosives to their waists?
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Sajid Amin
13th April 03
I would like to make a complaint, I know you gave out a warning
to say some scenes may upsetting to viewers, but was it really
necessary to show close up pictures of soldiers that had been
brutally killed by the Algerian guerrilla's. This was not good
journalism but voyeurism.
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Sadiq
13th April 03
I was disappointed with this negative programme, which did not
tell us anything we do not already know or have read in the
press. Another negative portrayal of Islam, no attempt to show
views of mainstream Islam, the usual 'suspect' them all-would
be terrorists. And what authority did the French expert have?
They are his assumptions, and not a verdict to condemn people.
Do we really want to produce the fear climate within which the
people of the US are living? Suspect everyone, trust no one?
So if ten people come to my home, my neighbour should call the
police? Ever thought of showing a programme which informs people
as to what Islam says regarding killing of innocent people,
and theft (which includes credit card fraud). What the feelings
of the Muslim population is in this country i.e. people born
and raised here, and those who converted?
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Farooq Ansari
13th April 03
Is it wise to show a scare mongering report about the alleged
al-Qaeda threat to our country at a time when Islamophobia is
on the increase and when Muslim women are afraid to venture
out because they may be attacked for wearing the hijab? Indeed,
the triumphalism over the routing of Saddam further fuels such
emotions. Why show a dated and unoriginal programme using material
which is at least months old at such a time? I would have thought
that Channel 4, which once prided itself on a being progressive
and iconoclastic, would shy away from a CNN-style rabble-rousing
rant. Sadly I am rather disappointed both at the hysterical
tone and the out-dated material used to support it. As someone
who believes the media is a vitally important player in the
world, particularly at such times, I am dismayed by your lack
of sensitivity.
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