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Revision as of 20:25, 17 February 2006 by 212.138.47.29 (talk) (→External links)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Jihadunspun.net is an Internet site, that portrays itself as a private organization reporting on a perceived world Jihad.
The owner and publisher of Jihad Unspun is Khadija Abdul Qahaar (a.k.a. Bev Kennedy), who converted to Islam after 9/11. In a e-Mail with twf.org , she says:
- many jihad related sites use pen names and this is a corporate decision I have instituted. The protection of my staff is far more important to me than an on the record statement.
- Bev Kennedy is a pen name not my professional name.
Closed
As of 2005-11-17, the site have closed for a week and askes volunteers to donate money:
- Brothers and sisters, the current state of our Ummah is just not good enough. We are all faced with the fear, the struggle and often the scorn of being Muslim in these times, but we have to get over it or we will not accomplish anything. We have to work together and we have nothing to fear or be ashamed of. On the contrary, we serve the one god Allah! How will we rebuild the Caliphate if we can not work together?
Google News cooperation
A article in Honestreporting.com stated:
- HonestReporting is concerned with Google News' acceptance of one particular site ― Jihad Unspun ― as Mideast 'news', despite the site's record of blatantly distorting established facts, glorifying terror, and publishing highly defamatory anti-Semitic material. Jihad Unspun's articles appear prominently on searches for Israel-related topics on Google News.
- ...While the site is duly protected by the First Amendment (we found no overt calls to murder), the material Jihad Unspun publishes does not meet a reasonable definition of 'news', but is rather anti-Israel and anti-American propaganda that masquerades as news. Google News recognizes this loophole in its system ― in March of last year Google News responded to an email campaign protesting the inclusion of the radical Indymedia site (where the term 'Zionazis' was prevalent), and removed Indymedia from their service.
- With the highly influential Google News still a work-in-progress (it remains in experimental 'beta' mode), HonestReporting encourages subscribers to write to Google News at news-feedback@google.com, encouraging the removal of Jihad Unspun from their list of legitimate news sites. Though the goal of providing a spectrum of news sources is laudable, hateful propaganda has no place on Google News.
Site Stats
Site Stats from alexa.com from 2005-11-17:
- Avg. Review: N/A
- Traffic Rank for witness-pioneer.org: 2 157 347 (down 2 153 584)
- Speed: Slow (69% of sites are faster), Avg Load Time: 2.5 Seconds
- Other sites that link to this site: 81
- Online Since: 30-Nov-2001