IRNA ( IRanian News Agency ),
Thanks for your further enquiry of yesterday. I have chosen to submit in details for your information at this stage. I hope you will find it informative at this stage as you requested. Any how a detailed printed information Pack will follow later.
Executive Body’s mission.
Our ultimate goal is to set up a more proactive relationship within our member Journalists all over the Globe. Our team of dedicated journalists with their multi-national education and diversified backgrounds share a common set of attributes: objectivity, accuracy, and a passion for truth. Truth is the force that is driving us to raise thorny issues, to seize every opportunity for exclusive reporting, to take hold of unforgettable moments in history and to rekindle the willpower within every member who strives for truth. We will be supportive of the good, teach tolerance of everyone’s best attempts, kindly in criticism but preaching intolerance of crime in communities or corruption in governance.
The ISIJ Ethic Code:
The social mission of ISIJ’s journalists are extremely important, Because, the nations are confronted with the task of reconstructing the homeland into a democratic, unified, independent countries all over the Globe. Thoroughly aware of this, ISIJ journalists have organized the Editors Association chiefly among the editors of daily newspapers and news agencies across the Muslim world. They have adopted the ISIJ Ethics Code in order to rectify press ethics and firmly uphold their journalistic integrity.
Journalists in ISIJ have pledged themselves to be faithfully to the said Code and to fulfill the people’s expectation of good Islamic journalism. Not only editors but all engaged with this Society shall abide by this Code. Since this Code calls for voluntary implementation, there is no authoritative organization which enforces it. However, if any member of ISIJ being a journalist are found unfaithful to the Code, He / She will surely lose membership in this Society.
Freedom:
Freedom of the press, one of the most basic rights of human beings, must be protected so as to satisfy the people’s right to know. The ISIJ has complete freedom to report and comment. Although any violation of public interest is subject to control under general law, There can be no law restricting or interfering with the freedom of the press. Freedom of the press of course, includes freedom to criticize and oppose any such law.
Responsibility:
The ISIJ, being a social instrument, has a special public position, and journalists command a unique social standing. However, this position results only if the ISIJ’s members gives the public a true picture of affairs and the public uses this picture as the basis for their judgments. Therefore, the most important responsibility of every member in ISIJ is to faithfully serve the public interest based on the realization that the public relies upon the press. This responsibility also constitutes the most important reason for preserving this Society’s public position. The ISIJ displays its special position concretely by being always dauntless in the pursuit of justice, courageous in opposing injustice and in siding with and speaking for the weak.
Commenting and Reporting:
The speedy and faithful dissemination of facts is vial to reporting. Therefore, the facts subject to reporting must be limited to those whose value can be verified in terms of their source and content. In commenting, a journalist’s independent beliefs and opinions should be expressed fairly and courageously; in particular, any prejudice that deliberately distorts or evades the truth should be guarded against. Journalists in ISIJ should be sincere within this Society and towards the public for correct in reporting and commenting as possible.
Code of Conduct as a Professional Journalist:
All the members should maintain good quality of Islamic Journalism and high standard of conduct.
No member shall do anything that will bring discredit on their selves, for the newspapers / news media or their profession.
Members should defend the principles of freedom in the honest collection and dissemination of news and the right of fair comment and criticism.
Members should realize their personal responsibilities for everything they prepares for any newspaper or other news media.
Members should report and interpret the news with scrupulous honesty.
Members should use only honest methods to obtain news, pictures and documents.
Members shouldn’t accept any form of bribe whether for publication or suppression nor permit personal interest to influence their sense of justice.
Members should respect all necessary confidence regarding sources of information and private documents.
Members should keep in mind the dangers in the laws of libel, contempt of court and copyright, etc.
Every member shall observe at all times the fraternity of their profession and shall never take unfair advantage of a fellow members in ISIJ.
Moreover, ISIJ is a sister concern of “International Union of Journalists” ( INUJ ). ISIJ was established in London 1995 and was registered with the Registrar for England and Wales.
Dr. ( Rev ) Syed Akbar Abbas, the leading authority in Journalism, a famous Scholar / Mufasir in Holy Qur’an / other Holy Scriptures available ( Hebrew / Syriac Peshitta ) and a delicate Leader of Millate – Ibrahim ( Monotheism ) is the Central President for our Central Council. The Executive Body consists of 19 Senior Journalists from each Islamic Estates. The Executive Body works under administrative control of the Central Council. Whilst the Central Council holds 14 Members in it.
Further for your information the Central Council’s representatives are nominated from Muslim States only, whereas the Members of Executive Body consists of Muslim Chief Editors / Editors Internationally. The Executive Body Members were nominated from various Muslim Countries in the past. It has been decided in our last annual meeting of Central Council that the representation of Executive Body should not be restricted to merely Islamic Estates. Therefore, some names have been nominated for Executive Body in the light of said decision from non Muslim states this time.
Memberships:
There are three classes of Members. General Members, Associate Members and Executive Members.
Membership Criteria:
General Membership is for all journalists / free lance journalists Internationally.
Associate Membership only for Embassy Press Attaches / Press officers or Publishers.
Executive Membership only for Editors and Chief Editors Internationally.( who may be a member of Executive Body with approval of the Central Council ).
Head Office :
No 8, Mecca Plaza, Commercial Center ( Markaz ),
Sector, I / 10, Islamabad – Pakistan.
Contacts: 00 92 – 051- 8002955.
00 92 – 051- 4442155.
Mob: 0322 – 5094190.
Emails: isijournalism19ukltd@hotmail.com
Registered office:
Email: isijouranalism19@yahoo.co.uk.
If you have any further enquiry please don’t hesitate to contact us.
With best Wishes.
Yours Sister in Islam,
for International Society of Islamic Journalism,
Mrs. Masooma Zahra.Secretary, Press & Publications.
International Society of Investigative Journalism (ISIJ). 
Leave a comment