Your weekly dose of Reuters bias

Posted on 02/09/2007 by Meryl Yourish

Watch how Reuters assists the palestinian attempt to remove all signs of Judaism from Jerusalem by ignoring the existence of the Temple Mount.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has spurned a call by his defense minister to consider halting excavations near Jerusalem’s most sacred Islamic shrine that have angered Muslims, an official said on Thursday.

The dig, outside a compound housing the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa mosque, has exposed the depth of Arab suspicions over Israeli activities in Arab East Jerusalem and the simmering tensions between Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz.

Arab states have asked Israel to halt the work at Islam’s third holiest shrine, charging it could damage the mosque’s foundations. Palestinian militants have threatened to end a three-month old Gaza truce with Israel.

Three paragraphs, three references to Islam, Arabs, and their shrines and religion. Not a single word about the fact that the Temple Mount is THE holiest site in Judaism, bar none. This is the most you get, in the fourth paragraph:

Israel said the holy places would not be harmed by what it called an attempt, mandated by law, to salvage artifacts before construction of a pedestrian bridge leading to the complex known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount.

And then, toward the very end of the article, Reuters acknowledges that maybe, just maybe, the site may be of value to Jews:

The compound, where two biblical temples once stood and Muslims believe Mohammad ascended to heaven, is in Arab East Jerusalem, which Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed in a step that has not won international recognition.

This is why we call them: Al-Reuters

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5 Responses to Your weekly dose of Reuters bias

  1. Emanuel says:
    02/09/2007 at 8:22 am

    On BBC world the Temple Mount, which is ALWAYS called Al-Aqsa, is being referred to as Islam’s third holiest site, while only as “revered by Israelis”.

    That’s it, just “revered by Israelis”.

    Actually it’s Judaism’s holiest site, not just revered by Israelis.

    Goebbels would be so proud.

  2. Laurence Simon says:
    02/09/2007 at 9:31 am

    Pardon my reference to a naughty racist term, but when will AP and Reuters refer to East St. Louis as N—-r East St. Louis?

  3. Paul says:
    02/09/2007 at 9:32 am

    Reuters is the Arabs advertising company-no credibility whatsoever !

  4. Eric J says:
    02/09/2007 at 10:11 am

    I’ve always wondered, in the five times a day that Moslems pray, how many times is Jerusalem mentioned?

    Then compare that to the number of references to Jerusalem in the three sets of daily prayers in Judaism. (One may add in Birkat Hamazon, as well, but we don’t want to confuse the goyim too badly.) I think that would give a good estimation of the relative historical importance of the city to the two religions.

  5. Sabba Hillel says:
    02/09/2007 at 10:45 am

    The Moslem prayers, do not actually say anything. Apparently, all they do is say variations of “G-d is great” “Muhammed is great” etc. It would seem that they do not actually ask for anything or say anything in any case.

    Actually, a better response would be to determine the way the Muslims actually treated the Temple Mount during various periods in history. When they were not actually fighting for the land, the entire area was actually ignored and treated as insignificant. It was only when someone else took over that they suddenly “discovered” that it was a “holy” site.

    In point of fact, Muhammed originally had them bow to Jerusalem in order to try to con Jews into joining him. When that failed, he picked a direction that would allow the Muslims to moon Jerusalem every time they prayed (since most Muslims lived between Mecca and Jerusalem.

    I found the following by a google search of Muslim prayers.

    http://www.allaboutturkey.com/pray.htm

    http://islam.about.com/c/ht/01/03/How_Pray0985072209.htm

    Five times each day, Muslims bow down to Allah in prayer. If you are learning how to pray, or are just curious about what Muslims do during prayer, follow along with these general guidelines.

    Difficulty Level: Easy Time Required: 10 minutes

    Here’s How:

    1. Make sure your body and place of prayer are clean. Make the intention to perform your obligatory prayer.
    2. Standing, raise hands up and say “Allahu Akbar” (God is Most Great).
    3. Standing with hands folded over chest, recite the first chapter of the Qur’an in Arabic. Then recite any other verses of the Qur’an that you would like.
    4. Raise hands up, saying “Allahu Akbar.” Bow, reciting three times, “Subhana rabbiyal adheem” (Glory be to my Lord Almighty).
    5. Rise to standing while reciting “Sam’i Allahu liman hamidah, Rabbana wa lakal hamd” (God hears those who call upon Him; Our Lord, praise be to You).
    6. Raise hands up, saying “Allahu Akbar.” Prostrate on the ground, reciting three times “Subhana Rabbiyal A’ala” (Glory be to my Lord, the Most High).
    7. Rise to a sitting position, saying “Allahu Akbar.” Prostrate again in the same manner.
    8. Rise to a standing position, saying “Allahu Akbar.”
    9. This concludes one “rak’a” (cycle or unit of prayer). Begin again from Step 3 for the second rak’a.
    10. After two rak’as, one remains sitting after the prostrations and recites the first part of the Tashahhud in Arabic.
    11. If the prayer is to be longer than these two rak’as, one now stands up and begins again to complete the prayer, sitting again after all rak’as have been completed.
    12. Recite the second part of the Tashahhud in Arabic.
    13. Turn to the right and say “Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah” (Peace be upon you and God’s blessings).
    14. Turn to the left and repeat the greeting.

    I guess that is why they can do it five times a day.

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