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Janet Steele, Associate Professor of media and public affairs and international affairs at George Washington University, compares and contrasts Islamic aspects of journalism in Mediating Islam: Cosmopolitan Journalisms in Muslim Southeast Asia.
Day-to-day journalism as practiced by Muslim professionals at five news organisations in Malaysia and Indonesia are explored through an Islamic lens:
At Sabili, established as an underground publication, journalists are hired for their ability at da'wah (دعوة), or spreading of Islam.
Day-to-day journalism as practiced by Muslim professionals at five news organisations in Malaysia and Indonesia are explored through an Islamic lens:
At Sabili, established as an underground publication, journalists are hired for their ability at da'wah (دعوة), or spreading of Islam.
At Tempo, a news magazine banned during the Suharto regime, the journalists do not talk much about shari'ah law, but many are pious and see their work as a manifestation of worship. The Islam they practice is often viewed as progressive or liberal.
At Harakah reporters support an Islamic political party, while at Republika they practice a "journalism of the Prophet". Secular news organisations, too, such as Malaysiakini, employ Muslim journalists.
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