Dilnawaz A. Siddiqui; Educationist; Born: 4 July 1937, at Amroha (UP);   Education: B. A., M. A. (English), B. Ed; left AMU in 1960; He took CAS and Ph. D. degrees from Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York; Postgraduate Diploma in Education of London University, London, UK; Published many papers and books; He currently serves on the editorial boards of the American Society for Training & Development, East-West Review, American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, and the American Communication Journal of the International Communication. He is listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the World; Address: (R) 510 Ridgewood Road, Shippenville, PA 16254, USA, (O) – Professor, Department of Communication, G 76, Becker Hall, Clarion Univ. of Penn., Clarion, PA – 16214, USA.; Phone No. No. 814-226-4608 [v/f] (R), 814-226-2622, 814-226-2186 [f] (O); e-mail: siddiqui@mail.clarion.edu webpage:http://vaxa.clarion.edu/~faculty/siddiqui.

Dr. Dilnawaz Siddiqui, professor of communication at Clarion University in Pennsylvania, looks into a field where Muslims, in general, are greatly lacking in knowledge and ability. He looks at the power of the media and the harsh realities of the manipulative techniques and tactics that are often used to serve particular agendas or interests. He raises an awareness of these techniques through a detailed analysis of them, supplimented with real-life examples from media coverage in the past. Media being a tool of communication that is at anyone's disposal, the main objective of this talk is to empower the Muslim with the knowledge and understanding of this field in order to recognize ways in which Muslims are being targeted, but also to encourage making changes by seeking to enter this field with the intention of using media for the noble cause of truth and justice