Yvonne Ridley

Yvonne Ridley (* 1959 in Stanley, County Durham, England) ist eine britische Journalistin, Kriegskorrespondentin und Islamkonvertitin. Derzeit arbeitet Ridley als freie Journalistin für den englischsprachigen iranischen Nachrichtensender Press TV.

Taliban-Gefangenschaft und Konversion zum Islam

Nach den Attentaten des 11. Septembers schickte sie ihr damaliger Arbeitgeber Sunday Express nach Afghanistan. Kurz zuvor hatten die Taliban alle Ausländer aufgefordert, das Land zu verlassen, und drohten, jeden zu töten, der ein Satelliten-Telefon benutzt.

Da sie als Journalistin kein Visum erhielt, entschied sich Ridley, nach dem Vorbild des BBC-Reporters John Simpson die Grenze anonym in einer Burka zu überqueren. Die afghanische Seite entdeckte ihre illegale Einreise und nahm Ridley mit ihren Führern in der Nähe von Dschalalabad fest. Nach einwöchiger Einzelhaft wurde sie nach Kabul verlegt. Im Gefängnis dort traf sie die christliche Missionarin Heather Mercer.

In derselben Woche begannen die Briten im Rahmen der Operation Enduring Freedom, Ziele in Afghanistan zu bombardieren. Danach befahl der Taliban-Anführer Mohammed Omar Ridleys Freilassung, für die er „humanitäre Gründe“ anführte; ihre Begleiter hingegen wurden weiter festgehalten.

Nach ihrer Freilassung berichtete Ridley, während ihrer Gefangenschaft versprochen zu haben, den Koran zu lesen. Dieser habe ihr Leben verändert. Den Koran bezeichnete sie als „Magna Carta für Frauen“. Im Sommer 2003 konvertierte Ridley zum Islam.

Privates

Ridley ist in zweiter Ehe verheiratet. Als sie in Zypern ihren ersten Ehemann Daoud Zaaroura kennenlernte, war dieser ein Oberst der PLO. Sie haben eine gemeinsame Tochter (* 1992).

Weblinks

Yvonne Ridleys Website
Website ihrer Partei
Yvonne Ridley audio and video lectures from Halal Tube
"Video media of Yvonne Ridley Explaining Her kidnap Ordeal, Islam and Women Clears Misconceptions", www.TurnToIslam.com, 25. April 2006. - webpage with 1-hour long interview.
"Yvonne Ridley", BBC Inside Out – North East & Cumbria, 6. Oktober 2003.
"Online Journalist Profile: Yvonne Ridley, Al-Jazeera.net", interview by Jemima Kiss, Journalism.co.uk, 10. Januar 2004.
Yvonne Ridley's account of her experience with Afghanistan and Islam, Muslim Students' Association NY, 23. März 2006. MP3 audio.
"Stop collaboration with police", Ezania.net. – enthält einen Link zu einer MP3-Datei des BBC 4-Interviews vom 7. Juni 2006, in dem Yvonne Ridley Muslime aufruft, nicht mit der Londoner Polizei zusammenzuarbeiten.
How I Came To Love The Veil – Yvonne Ridley zum Thema Verschleierung.
Yvonne Ridley Interview in The Hour mit George Stroumboulopoulos

Einzelnachweise

↑ "The women in the war zone - Yvonne Ridley, who is under Taliban arrest, is one of a whole new breed of female war correspondent"
↑ "'An antidote to Fox': Iran launches English TV channel - Report of Glasgow attack says event staged by Britain to discredit Muslims"
↑ "Hit by friendly fire - Yvonne Ridley's attempt to sneak into Afghanistan was a disaster, but that doesn't make her a bad mother, as some critics suggested. Her real crime, she says, was being a tabloid reporter"
↑ "Taliban arrests woman journalist" - 28. September 2001
↑ "British woman reporter is interrogated by Taliban - Arrested journalist was 'dressed as Afghan'" - 29. September 2001
↑ "British reporter may face Taliban spy charges" - 30. September 2001
↑ "Fears grow for arrested reporter" - 28. September 2001
↑ "Taliban seize Express reporter"
↑ "Fears for safety of British journalist held by Taliban"
↑ "British journalist to face trial, say Taliban - Captive Ridley on spy charge after using camera"
↑ "Scorn over British writer 'spy' claim"
↑ "Journalist faces spy charge investigation - Writer well treated, says news agency"
↑ "Taliban plans to put journalist on trial - War on terrorism: Detainee"
↑ "Taliban dash hopes of Ridley's early release"
↑ "Ridley release delayed"
↑ "What happened next"
↑ "Fears for British journalist increase" - 7. Oktober 2001
↑ "Ridley's whereabouts unknown" - 8. Oktober 2001
↑ "Dread for missing daughter - Air strikes may have jeopardised planned release of the British journalist Yvonne Ridley" - 8. Oktober 2001
↑ "Hopes rise for British journalist's release" - 7. Oktober 2001
↑ "British journalist to be freed by Taliban"
↑ "Ridley set free, claim Taliban" - 8. Oktober 2001
↑ "Ridley 'deported' to Pakistan" - 8. Oktober 2001
↑ "Daughter of Ridley's guide in Taliban jail"
↑ "Family of British reporter's guide flung into jail in Taliban purge" - 21. Oktober 2001
↑ YouTube - Yvonne Ridley on the Taliban (MSU)
↑ "Articles of faith - Yvonne Ridley was a hard-drinking, hard-nosed news reporter until her capture by the Taliban and subsequent conversion to Islam. She tells Eloise Napier how the Koran changed her life" - 24. Februar 2004
↑ BBC NEWS | Programmes | A Muslim in the family
↑ Observer Woman, July 2008 no.31
↑ "British journalist is seized by Taliban", By David Blair in Peshawar, Tom Leonard and Paul Stokes, The Daily Telegraph (online), 29. September 2001

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[1] "The women in the war zone - Yvonne Ridley, who is under Taliban arrest, is one of a whole new breed of female war correspondent"

[2] "'An antidote to Fox': Iran launches English TV channel - Report of Glasgow attack says event staged by Britain to discredit Muslims"

[3] "Hit by friendly fire - Yvonne Ridley's attempt to sneak into Afghanistan was a disaster, but that doesn't make her a bad mother, as some critics suggested. Her real crime, she says, was being a tabloid reporter"

[4] "Taliban arrests woman journalist" - 28. September 2001

[5] "British woman reporter is interrogated by Taliban - Arrested journalist was 'dressed as Afghan'" - 29. September 2001

[6] "British reporter may face Taliban spy charges" - 30. September 2001

[7] "Fears grow for arrested reporter" - 28. September 2001

[8] "Taliban seize Express reporter"

[9] "Fears for safety of British journalist held by Taliban"

[10] "British journalist to face trial, say Taliban - Captive Ridley on spy charge after using camera"

[11] "Scorn over British writer 'spy' claim"

[12] "Journalist faces spy charge investigation - Writer well treated, says news agency"

[13] "Taliban plans to put journalist on trial - War on terrorism: Detainee"

[14] "Taliban dash hopes of Ridley's early release"

[15] "Ridley release delayed"

[16] "What happened next"

[17] "Fears for British journalist increase" - 7. Oktober 2001

[18] "Ridley's whereabouts unknown" - 8. Oktober 2001

[19] "Dread for missing daughter - Air strikes may have jeopardised planned release of the British journalist Yvonne Ridley" - 8. Oktober 2001

[20] "Hopes rise for British journalist's release" - 7. Oktober 2001

[21] "British journalist to be freed by Taliban"

[22] "Ridley set free, claim Taliban" - 8. Oktober 2001

[23] "Ridley 'deported' to Pakistan" - 8. Oktober 2001

[24] "Daughter of Ridley's guide in Taliban jail"

[25] "Family of British reporter's guide flung into jail in Taliban purge" - 21. Oktober 2001

[26] YouTube - Yvonne Ridley on the Taliban (MSU)

[27] "Articles of faith - Yvonne Ridley was a hard-drinking, hard-nosed news reporter until her capture by the Taliban and subsequent conversion to Islam. She tells Eloise Napier how the Koran changed her life" - 24. Februar 2004

[28] BBC NEWS | Programmes | A Muslim in the family

[29] Observer Woman, July 2008 no.31

[30] "British journalist is seized by Taliban", By David Blair in Peshawar, Tom Leonard and Paul Stokes, The Daily Telegraph (online), 29. September 2001