Please complain to the Daily Mail about an untitled column by Richard Littlejohn on 9 January 2007, in which he writes: "...here is a simple cut-out-and-keep guide to the two dominant branches of Islam: Sunnis are the peace-loving, Saudi-backed wing who brought you Al Qaeda. Shias are the peace-loving, Iranian-backed strain behind Hamas and Hezbollah. I hope that helps."

The full article is the 4th item at the following link:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/columnists/columnists.html?in_article_id=427471&in_page_id=1772&in_author_id=322

Write to letters@dailymail.co.uk and richard.littlejohn@dailymail.co.uk. Please be concise and polite, and BCC letters to info@arabmediawatch.com. If you want your letter to be published in the newspaper, indicate this in the subject line of your email (do not copy and paste the subject of this Action Alert) and provide your full name, address and contact details. You can also post your comments at the above link, but do not do so at the expense of writing to the newspaper itself.  Letter-writing tips can be found at:

http://www.arabmediawatch.com/amw/MediaLobbying/LetterWritingTips/tabid/134/Default.aspx