Daily Ummat

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The Daily Ummat is a Karachi based Urdu conservative Islamist newspaper, which has become famous for its investigative reporting, rare in Urdu journalism.

Daily Ummat is known for doing an interview with Osama bin Laden shortly after the 9/11 attack in which he delared that: "I have already said that I am not involved in the 11 September attacks in the United States. As a Muslim, I try my best to avoid telling a lie. I had no knowledge of these attacks, nor do I consider the killing of innocent women, children and other humans as an appreciable act. Islam strictly forbids causing harm to innocent women, children and other people. Such a practice is forbidden even in the course of a battle. " [1]

However the validity of the interview with Osama Bin Laden has come under question since the reporter never actually met Bin Laden, but merely sent written questions to the Taliban government, at that time in power in Afghanistan and facing an attack from the US/UN, and received written replies. [2]