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ENGAGE highlights a disturbing story reported by The Islington Gazette about a suspected anthrax attack at Finsbury Park Mosque. The lack of attention this episode has received from the mainstream media is equally as disturbing. “A package containing a suspicious white powder, an anti-Islamic message and offensive pictures of Muslim ... Read More »

MM's Coverage of Park51 (Mislabeled ”Ground Zero Mosque”) A cabdriver was attacked Tuesday by a knife-wielding passenger who made anti-Muslim remarks, the police said. The passenger, Michael Enright, 21, of Brewster, N.Y., hailed the cab at Second Avenue and East 24th Street around 6 p.m. Tuesday, the police said. Twenty blocks ... Read More »

Late last week, NEWSWEEK staffers debated over email about the "terrorist" label. The discourse went well over three days. Should Joseph Stack be labeled a terrorist? Who decides? Can we, as journalists, apply the label equally to the likes of Stack, the Unabomber, Al Qaeda, Timothy McVeigh or anyone who plans to kill, injure or plan some kind of destruction of government property for whatever reason? Read More »