Muslim organizations become proactive on media relations.
By Tim Kylie, The Canadian Baptist, September, 1998. Sheema Khan says negative media stereotyping of her faith is seldom done out of malice, but usually from a general ignorance of it on the part of those involved. Maliciously or not, the media transmits a lot of inaccuracies about Islam, she says. Khan is the director of the Ottawa chapter of a grass-roots organization dedicated to combating negative media stereotyping of Muslims by the media, and to educating the media about Islam. The chapter has taken issue with more than a half-dozen specific media depictions of Islam or Muslims in that time and has provided information to the media about Islamic holidays and religious practices.