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'''Al-Jazeera''' (Literally ''The Peninsula'', [[Arab]]ic: الجزيرة) is a [[satellite]] [[television]] broadcast network based in the Emirate of [[Qatar]]. It offers broadcasts and Web content in Arabic and in [[English]].

'''Al-Jazeera''' (Literally ''The Peninsula'', [[Arab]]ic: الجزيرة) is a [[satellite]] [[television]] broadcast network based in the Emirate of [[Qatar]]. It offers Muslim-centric news broadcasts and Web content in Arabic and in [[English]].

==History==

==History==

Al-Jazeera began ca. 1995 when the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]] ceased their operations in Qatar and left their equipment behind. The Emir of Qatar formed an independent satellite broadcasting company, turned the equipment over to its officers, and pledged never to interfere with the new company's corporate or editorial management staff, nor dictate what news was or was not fit to broadcast.

Al-Jazeera began in 1995 when the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]] ceased their operations in Qatar and left their equipment behind. The Emir of Qatar formed an independent satellite broadcasting company, turned the equipment over to its officers, and pledged never to interfere with the new company's corporate or editorial management staff, nor dictate what news was or was not fit to broadcast.

Since then, Al-Jazeera has developed markets throughout the Arab world, including the nomadic tribes who can easily carry the kind of equipment required to receive Al-Jazeera's satellite signal.

Since then, Al-Jazeera has developed markets throughout the Arab world, including the nomadic tribes who can easily carry the kind of equipment required to receive Al-Jazeera's satellite signal.

==Current controversy==

==Controversy==

Al-Jazeera has been accused of expressing open sympathy with those who interpret the [[Islam|Muslim]] concept of [[jihad]] to stand for a physical holy war against anyone and anything non-Muslim. More particularly they have been accused of fomenting extremism among Arab youth and willfully distorting its reporting of terrorist incidents, riots, etc.

Al-Jazeera has been accused of expressing open sympathy with those who interpret the [[Islam|Muslim]] concept of [[jihad]] to stand for a physical holy war against anyone and anything non-Muslim. More particularly they have been accused of fomenting extremism among Arab youth and willfully distorting its reporting of terrorist incidents, riots, etc.

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