The General Secretary of Students Islamic Organisation of India (SIO), P M Salih participated at the 7th International Muslim Youth Cultural Cooperation Meeting organised by International Youth Forum (IYFO) at Wow Airport Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey on May 26 & 27. The theme of the Conference is ‘Islamic Union and Muslim Youth’.
At ‘Media and Communication’ session, P M Salih opined that “Media is doing its role as a ‘power house of the change’ when the democratic system goes out of order, becomes unsatisfactory or gets corrupted. There is no need of government control on media, but the media should control itself by understanding their role and responsibilities. If we look at the news and information available in the mainstream media, we can understand that they basically protect the three interests like 1) Interests of Political Zionism, 2) Interests of Racists and 3) Capital Interest. The news against these three interests is not covered in our mainstream media. The basic reason is that mainstream media is controlled by these people. Also the presence of Muslims in the media is very less. Therefore, we should be more proactive and strongly intervene in the media and communication field.”