Article 1
Headline: 'Forced marriage' bride freed from parents' jail
Section: News
Written by: Jo Steele
Page: 7
Outline: This story is about UK based Dr Humayra Amedin, who was held against her wishes by her parents in Bangladesh for 5 months whilst they planned her forced marriage. The article mentions that she's been given permission by a court to fly back to Britain.
Jo Steele writes that the reason for her imprisonment was because her parents "wanted her to marry a fellow Muslim". This is written on line 9 as the closing sentence on the 2nd paragraph of the article.
The article goes onto state that Dr Amedin's boyfriend is Hindu and that this "angered her family..."
Whilst this article explore a very important topic, that of forced marriages, after reading it one is left with the impression that this is somehow linked to Muslims. This is particularly true given the rationale presented for Dr Amedin's imprisonment by Steele in this article.
Unfortunately forced marriages are a curse that afflicts people belonging to the 3 major faith groups of the Subcontinent, i.e. Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs. However no mention of this is made by Steele in the article and the word Muslim is specifically mentioned hence this is marked as a negative.
Jo Steele writes that the reason for her imprisonment was because her parents "wanted her to marry a fellow Muslim". This is written on line 9 as the closing sentence on the 2nd paragraph of the article.
The article goes onto state that Dr Amedin's boyfriend is Hindu and that this "angered her family..."
Whilst this article explore a very important topic, that of forced marriages, after reading it one is left with the impression that this is somehow linked to Muslims. This is particularly true given the rationale presented for Dr Amedin's imprisonment by Steele in this article.
Unfortunately forced marriages are a curse that afflicts people belonging to the 3 major faith groups of the Subcontinent, i.e. Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs. However no mention of this is made by Steele in the article and the word Muslim is specifically mentioned hence this is marked as a negative.
Article Verdict: Negative
Manchester Evening News (City Edition)
Article 1
Headline: Freed, NHS doc held by family for 'forced marriage'
Section: News
Written by: Maddison Jones
Page: 12
Outline: Like the Metro the MEN also carries this story although they refer to her as Dr Humayra Abedin rather than Amedin like the Metro.
The MEN also mentions that Dr Abedin had a Hindu boyfriend "which angered her Muslim family..." who wanted "...to force her to marry a Muslim Stranger."
Like the Metro Maddison Jones also makes reference to Muslims but does so twice in her article in the 7th paragraph.
Jones also fails to mention that forced marriages are, unfortunately, common aross various faith groups in the Subcontinent and thus creates an association of forced marriages with Muslims. For this reason the article is marked as negative
The MEN also mentions that Dr Abedin had a Hindu boyfriend "which angered her Muslim family..." who wanted "...to force her to marry a Muslim Stranger."
Like the Metro Maddison Jones also makes reference to Muslims but does so twice in her article in the 7th paragraph.
Jones also fails to mention that forced marriages are, unfortunately, common aross various faith groups in the Subcontinent and thus creates an association of forced marriages with Muslims. For this reason the article is marked as negative
Article Verdict: Negative
Article 2
Headline: It truly is the season to goodwill - for all faiths
Section: News
Written by: Neal Keeling
Page: 18
Outline: This is an article which talks about the 1st multifaith gathering in Manchester to celebrate 3 religious festivals; Christmas, Eid-ul-Adha and Chanukah.
Chairman of the Muslim-Jewish forum Councillor Afzal Khan is mentioned as well as reference to his CBE for inter-faith work.
The article is a very positive piece which shows the co-operation and coming together of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities in celebration and is quite prominent. Photos of representatives of each of the 3 faiths are also featured.
The article also makes reference to a speech by Hazel Blears MP who talks about the richness of society because of faith.
Article Verdict: Positive
Chairman of the Muslim-Jewish forum Councillor Afzal Khan is mentioned as well as reference to his CBE for inter-faith work.
The article is a very positive piece which shows the co-operation and coming together of the Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities in celebration and is quite prominent. Photos of representatives of each of the 3 faiths are also featured.
The article also makes reference to a speech by Hazel Blears MP who talks about the richness of society because of faith.
Article Verdict: Positive
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