[Kabar-indonesia] Jerusalem Post: Indonesia: Western media bias on Muslim deaths

[Joyo at aol.com]

The Jerusalem Post
September 2, 2006 

Associated Press 

Indonesia: Western media bias on Muslim deaths

Indonesia's president accused Western media of bias in covering global 
conflicts Saturday, saying Muslim deaths in Iraq and Palestine often sparked less 
outrage than the killings of non-Muslims.

"Rightly or wrongly" the perception created is often "that a Muslim life is 
less precious," Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told a media gathering on the resort 
island of Bali that brought together some 80 foreign journalists.

"When non-Muslims are killed in the line of fire ... Western media outlets 
display much more outrage than when Muslims are killed routinely in Palestine, 
Iraq and now Lebanon," said Yudhoyono, whose country has more Muslims than any 
other, some 190 million.

At the same time, the Indonesian leader praised the American press for not 
publishing the Prophet Muhammad cartoons this year and last that sparked a wave 
of outrage among Muslims worldwide, leaving scores dead.

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