The soothing baritone rises effortlessly to navigate an exotic series of microtones and complex rhythmic cadences. The voice is that of Abdul Malik, imam of Oakland, California's Masjid Al-Islam mosque. He is delivering a prayerful invocation in perfect Arabic before followers of one of the most ancient religions of mankind – Islam. Soon he'll address a very contemporary subject: Media. Shatan's (Satan's) media, that is. The imam isn't alone in his criticism of media coverage of Islam in America. Out of the conflict and criticism have come loaded words like "prejudice," "intolerance," "civil rights," "terrorism," "militant," "radical" and "extremist." These...
