VOL. XLIV

No 48

26 November 2001

Arab Columnists On 11 September Aftermath

(MEES Translations)

The following extract is from a column byKhalil 'Ali Haydar (Kuwaiti writer) entitled We Also Are Unfair To The Westthat was published in the Kuwait daily al-Watanon 31 October:

Ever since theterrorist catastrophe in New York, Muslims have been in full voice far and widesaying: The Western media is distorting the image of Islam; In words and imagesthe West is offending our religion and our values; The...