Confessions of a Muslim Journalist Quotes

“Peace and security under a dictator is better than chaos.”
― Roshan Salih, Confessions of a Muslim Journalist: My life in the mainstream and alternative media

“only long-term solution to prevent Hajj tragedies, while at the same time maintaining the Islamic character of the Holy Cities, is to internationalise the administration of Makkah and Madina. The Holy Cities are not the sole property of the Saudi ruling dynasty; they belong to the entire Muslim Ummah. One a half billion Muslims do not have to accept the whimsical decisions of a ruling family they never chose or even approve of.”
― Roshan Salih, Confessions of a Muslim Journalist: My life in the mainstream and alternative media

“For a Muslim Hajj should be the trip of a lifetime; the chance to fulfill an obligatory pillar of Islam, to re-establish your relationship with God and to start your life afresh.”
― Roshan Salih, Confessions of a Muslim Journalist: My life in the mainstream and alternative media

“I’m just another human being, I’ve got a family, I’ve got friends, I’ve got a prayer to perform and I’m just living my life.”
― Roshan Salih, Confessions of a Muslim Journalist: My life in the mainstream and alternative media

“Muslims are one nation,” he said. “Why won’t any Muslim country offer me asylum?”
― Roshan Salih, Confessions of a Muslim Journalist: My life in the mainstream and alternative media

“we need to be around our families as everybody lives around his family. ”
― Roshan Salih, Confessions of a Muslim Journalist: My life in the mainstream and alternative media

“It was verdant and mountainous, the people spoke a different language, dressed differently and flew their own national flag.”
― Roshan Salih, Confessions of a Muslim Journalist: My life in the mainstream and alternative media

“if you learn MSA you will be able to understand the Quran more easily (even though Quranic Arabic and MSA are not exactly the same, MSA is derived from Quran Arabic).”
― Roshan Salih, Confessions of a Muslim Journalist: My life in the mainstream and alternative media

“As for Qatar, I really hope and pray that the sands reclaim it once the energy age is over; and perhaps one day an intrepid explorer will rediscover it and it’ll be preserved as a monument to human folly.”
― Roshan Salih, Confessions of a Muslim Journalist: My life in the mainstream and alternative media

“No mosque, no halal meat and no community. Just me and my prayer mat.”
― Roshan Salih, Confessions of a Muslim Journalist: My life in the mainstream and alternative media

“different forms of print journalism – the News Story, the Feature, the Comment Piece and the Review.  ”
― Roshan Salih, Confessions of a Muslim Journalist: My life in the mainstream and alternative media

“my Islamic identity which remains my most important characteristic to this day.”
― Roshan Salih, Confessions of a Muslim Journalist: My life in the mainstream and alternative media

“with the advent of cheap technology and social media everyone thinks they can be a journalist now! Forget about training in shorthand, the different styles of writing, media law or TV production.”
― Roshan Salih, Confessions of a Muslim Journalist: My life in the mainstream and alternative media

“Press TV is a place where I can do a huge variety of interesting work, where I can make a decent living and in whose values I believe.”
― Roshan Salih, Confessions of a Muslim Journalist: My life in the mainstream and alternative media

“And I think to myself: if Muslims aren't really willing to fund their own media then they deserve all the bad things that come their way.”
― Roshan Salih, Confessions of a Muslim Journalist: My life in the mainstream and alternative media

“Real journalism is about sticking around, taking your time to develop contacts and listening and learning about a country, its people and its politics. It really irks me how star Western journalists parachute into the latest breaking story and pontificate from a hotel rooftop as if they know what’s really going on. They don’t, they’re just good bullshitters. The real journalists are those who stick around and listen and learn, but the whole structure of TV news as it is today militates against that.”
― Roshan Salih, Confessions of a Muslim Journalist: My life in the mainstream and alternative media