Heroic Arab journalist in London: ‘Stop the ones who are attacking our freedom’

Here’s what Tariq Al-Humayd, editor-in-chief of Al-Sharq Al Awsat, the world’s leading Arab newspaper based in London, writes of the July 7 London bombings:

"In London, we have seen, and are seeing, the money being collected in the streets, and the conventions under various titles, and everyone is inciting jihad in our Arab countries and cursing the land of unbelief in which they live….

"When you express amazement [at this], they tell you that this is freedom. Has freedom no responsibility? No one answers….

"When you tell them, ‘Stop being so tolerant of the incitement that comes from your own country, from your skies, and from your Internet’ ... they turn away. And what happened? The terror struck London, indiscriminately. ... For the sake of freedom of all of us, stop the ones who are attacking our freedom."

Free press for freedom. Al-Sharq Al Awsat goes to 19 Arab nations, Europe and the United States. Its courageous stand is a heroic example in the history of the free press.

Frank Warner