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'''Al-Jazeera''' ([[Arab]]ic, ''The Peninsula'') is a [[satellite]] [[television]] broadcast network based in the Emirate of [[Qatar]]. It offers broadcasts and Web content in Arabic and in [[English]]. | '''Al-Jazeera''' ([[Arab]]ic, ''The Peninsula'') is a [[satellite]] [[television]] broadcast network based in the Emirate of [[Qatar]]. It offers broadcasts and Web content in Arabic and in [[English]]. | ||
Revision as of 18:10, December 5, 2007
Al-Jazeera (Arabic, The Peninsula) is a satellite television broadcast network based in the Emirate of Qatar. It offers broadcasts and Web content in Arabic and in English.
Current controversy
Al-Jazeera has been accused of expressing open sympathy with those who interpret the Muslim concept of jihad to stand for a physical holy war against anyone and anything non-Muslim. More particularly they have been accused of fomenting extremism among Arab youth and willfully distorting its reporting of terrorist incidents, riots, etc.