August 24, 2009
Newspaper execs held media strategy seminar for extremist Ohio mosque in Rifqa Bary case
Over the weekend, I reported that the Columbus Dispatch reporter covering the Rifqa Bary saga, Meredith Heagney (mheagney@dispatch.com), has a very friendly, unquestioning relationship with the extremist mosque attended by Rifqa's parents, the Noor Islamic Cultural Center, going so far as to parade around the mosque in a hijab while conducting her "reporting". Just how many questions did Ms. Heagney ask about the mosque's former scholar-in-residence and Protocols of the Elders of Zion enthusiast, Salah Sultan?
But the roots of the relationship between Noor and the Dispatch go much deeper than Ms. Heagney's dhimmitude, as exhibited by a seminar conducted for the mosque last November by the paper's publisher emeritus, Mike Curtin (mcurtin@dispatch.com) and the current Insight editor, Mark Fisher (mfisher@dispatch.com) on the topic of "Learn to Communicate with the Media". Joining them on the panel was none other than CAIR-Ohio President Asma Mobin-Uddin. Last week I noted that Jawa operatives who have attended recent strategy sessions organized in response to the negative publicity caused by Bary's escape from the clutches of the Islamic extremism have directed their supporters to attack Rifqa's character, claim that she was brainwashed and abducted by Christians, and blame the "Islamophobia" of Florida authorities for why her parents are being "persecuted".
This continuing episode should give us all pause to ask: who is your local media in bed with?
Learn to Communicate with the Media Saturday Nov 01, 2008NICC invites you to attend to a workshop on Saturday Nov 15 2008 to
"Learn to Effectively Communicate with the Media"Time: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Place: NICC, 5001 Wilcox Rd, Dublin Ohio 43016
Ph: 614 527 777The purpose of the workshop is to train and motivate all community members to effectively communicate with the print/broadcast media as well as community at large to voice the concerns of Muslim Community.
Speakers:
1. Dr. Asma Mobin-Uddin, President of CAIR-Ohio
2. Mike Curtin, Associate Publisher Emeritus of The Columbus Dispatch
3. Mark Fisher, Editor at The Columbus Dispatch
4. Fred Andrle, Host of WOSU Radio Talk Program (Open-line with Fred Anderle, weekdays, 10am - 12 Noon and 7pm - 9 pm)
Please contact us at www.noorohio.org, or email [xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx] if you are planning to attend this program.
In the likely event that the Noor/CAIR/Dispatch event announcement disappears down the internet memory hole, I have included a screen capture of the page below the fold:
