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Date of Publication: April 2000
INDONESIAN MUSLIMS FOR GLOBAL PEACE AND JUSTICE
Bismillaahirrahmaanirrahiim.
Assalamu'alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarokaatuh
AMERICAN MUSLIM MEDIA WATCH - 4/15/2000
WOMEN, MUSLIMS PROTEST TIMES' NEW ADS
(Ma'af belum ada versi Indonesianya)
Groups object to images in the newspaper's multimedia
advertising campaign that begins this weekend.
By: GREG JOHNSON, Los Angeles Times, 04/15/2000, Page C-2
Excerpts:
"Groups representing women and California Muslims demanded Friday that
the Los Angeles Times pull parts of a new advertising campaign,
contending that the message is offensive. The Times' first multimedia
campaign in four years is scheduled to begin Sunday.
"Protests were lodged by a local chapter of the Council on American-
Islamic Relations and the Los Angeles office of the Feminist Majority
Foundation. The organizations were angered by ads that juxtapose images
of Southern California life with scenes representing Muslim societies.
One ad has a picture of bikini-clad women next to one of women in
Islamic attire. Another shows a Southern California traffic jam
alongside Pakistani army tanks..."
Wassalamu'alaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarokaatuh
(DI-21/04/00)
Source : MSANEWS
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