14 July 2008

Ms Jane Summerhayes, Editorial Counsel, Nationwide News Pty Ltd

Level2, 2 Holt Street, SURRY HILLS 2010

Dear Madam,

Inaccurate Reports

I am writing to let you know about few inaccurate reports in the articles published by Nationwide News Pty Ltd in “News.com.au”, “The Australian”, “The Daily Telegraph” and “Herald Sun” dated 20 June 2008.

All four newspapers mentioned above in their articles 20^th June 2008 have published few different inaccurate reports. The following issues are some of them as examples:

1. Adding the word VIOLENT before the word JIHAD. This inaccurate report will encourage people to commit violent activities and it is necessary to urgently correct it and publish the accurate one before anyone commits a crime as a result of misleading by your inaccurate report.

2. My site has explained that there are few conditions for legitimate suicide attack but the article has mentioned only one of those conditions. Your articles say: The site also tells followers they are obliged to commit suicide bombing “when the enemy attacks”.

Some Muslims by reading your articles have thought that the only condition for legitimate suicide attack was: “when the enemy attacks” and there are not any other limits and conditions for legitimate suicide attack. It is necessary to correct your inaccurate reports urgently and to mention ALL of the conditions for the legitimate suicide attack before any person commits a crime as a result of your inaccurate reports.

3. The articles have inaccurately reported: Several other YouTube posts by the Sheikh feature the sounds of gunshots and bombs behind radical calls to arms. The gunshots and bombs sound effects in the preface of the videos about Afghanistan reflect the war conditions of that country and it doesn’t mean it is a call to arm people.

Kind regards,

Sheikh Haron