A word is the key and cornerstone of human knowledge of crucial issues related to Allah, universe and humanity. A word in Quranic discourse has two types and is a double-edged weapon in terms of building and demolishing societies. In the philosophy of Islam, a word is as important as an action.
One cannot deny the key role of Arab print and audio media in the Arabic Language development as well as becoming more flexible, vital and contemporary than ever before. It is worth mentioning that the Egyptian audio broadcast media, emerged in the 1930s, and the visual one, emerged in the 1960s, contributed positively to the development of the language. In this regard, we call upon Arab media to preserve our ancestors’ heritage and sanctity of the language and prevent colloquial expressions.
However, Arab contemporary media contributed negatively to the widespread of the way of thinking and engaging in dialogues that depend on reaching conclusions that were drawn earlier even before engaging in a dialogue. Unfortunately, those who are well aware of fundamentals of dialogues and disputes, known as etiquette of research and argumentative talk in our heritage, suffer from the absurdity of talk shows in which truth is distorted.
This destructive behavior results from the absence of professionalism and skillfulness as well as inability to follow up with events taking place in the Arab world and worldwide, to distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate and to produce objective media thought that is capable of dealing with reality that could be harsh here and there.
I call for exercising freedom of speech and expression with regards to each and every opinion, thought and creativity. However, this freedom must be accompanied with abiding by our culture and constants of our heritage.
