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Stories about the controversy over the Pope’s remarks on Islam have featured the views of Sheik Yusuf Qaradawi, who has a regular show on the Al-Jazeera television network. Demanding a personal apology from the Pope, Qaradawi declared on Al-Jazeera that “Muslims have the right to be angry and hurt by these comments from the highest cleric in Christianity.” Yet, Qaradawi, a supporter of violent Jihad, is living proof of what the Pope was warning about. Tracy Wilkinson of the Los Angeles Times said that Qaradawi’s broadcasts on the Arabic TV network, which now wants to expand into the U.S. through...

Qatar-based Al-Jazeera television aired footage Monday of the purported shooting of a US soldier in Iraq by a member of the so-called Islamic Army in Iraq. The brief grainy footage, which was later posted on the Internet, shows a US soldier in his uniform and helmet falling to the ground near an armoured vehicle after being shot by an alleged sniper from the militant group. A child is seen running across as the soldier is hit. The channel said it received the tape Monday but there was no independent verification of its authenticity. "On this morning of Ramadan 21, October...

Friday 07 October 2005, 17:23 Makka Time, 14:23 GMT Qatar-based Aljazeera, launched in 1996, is currently expanding Veteran UK broadcaster David Frost is to join Aljazeera International, the Qatar-based broadcaster's new English-language channel due to be launched next spring. Aljazeera said on Friday Sir David, who broadcast his final Breakfast with Frost programme for the BBC in May, would be among the "key on-air talent". Frost was quoted as saying he felt "excitement" about his new role. "Most of the television I have done over the years has been aimed at British and American audiences," he said. "This time, while...

Veteran UK broadcaster Sir David Frost is to join Arabic-language TV station al-Jazeera, the network has confirmed. Sir David is to appear on al-Jazeera International, the pan-Arab news network's new English-language channel, due to be launched next spring. The Qatar-based channel said Sir David, who broadcast his final Breakfast with Frost programme for the BBC in May, would be among the "key on-air talent". Sir David was quoted as saying he felt "excitement" about his new role. "Most of the television I have done over the years has been aimed at British and American audiences," he said. Distinguished career "This...

7 nukes in U.S.,warns al-QaidaMan claiming to be top bin Laden operative threatens to kill millions, destroy economy Posted: November 14, 20029:20 p.m. Eastern © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com Terrorists have placed seven nuclear bombs in as many U.S. cities and will soon detonate them, causing millions of casualties, massive panic and destroying the world's biggest economy, warns a top al-Qaida operative in an interview with Al-Jazeera television in Qatar. While much of the world's attention has been riveted on Al-Jazeera's broadcast of an audiotape apparently made by Osama bin Laden, this more specific threat aired on the station has received scant media coverage....

A television still from undated video footage released by Al-Jazeera TV on April 15, 2002, shows Osama bin Laden(R), chief suspect in September 11's attacks on the United States. The video reportedly shows bin Laden with an unidentified aid who praised the September 11 attacks as a "great victory". An official at Jazeera declined to say how they obtained the tape, but said the footage was taken post-September 11. Photo by Al-Jazeera/Reuters