Muslims in the Media: An Analysis of U.S. Newspaper Coverage of the Attack at Fort Hood, Somali Plot and the attempted Northwest Airline Plot

By Sheila B. Lalwani I. Introduction Recent events have spurred new debates surrounding the coverage of Islam and Muslims in America. An analysis of the news coverage on the attacks at Fort Hood, Somali connection in Minnesota to terror networks and Nigerian terror attempt on a Northwest Airlines flight sheds light on the conflicted terrain…

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Belgian al-Qaeda cell found linked to 2006 airline plot

An alleged group arrested last December in one of the largest counterterrorism operations in Belgian history have been found to have connections to a senior al-Qaeda operative who helped orchestrate the 2006 “Airline Plot,” widely recognized as al Qaeda’s most serious terror attempt since the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. A senior…

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