[3] Since 1996 no more anti Saudi Arabian stories appeared in any of Al Jazeera Publishing titles, rather the attention appeared to have turned against the Qatari ruling family with a string of hostile articles such as "Egypt arrests Qatari prince over illegal car race",[4] "Qatari prince convicted of abusing girls",[5] "First church in Muslim Qatar risks backlash" [6] and "Qatar finances sports centre in Israel".
[13] The magazine's editorial slant appears markedly different than that of the Al Jazeera TV channel, with the former far more critical of U.S. and Israeli policy than the latter.
At the time of the purchase, a simple page stated "Moving to Doha", leading to certain long-time readers initially suspecting a hack of the website.
A number of their stories were accused of reported bias against Israel, Europe and the United States, and even against Latin American countries, such as Mexico and Brazil.
The editorial stance was one of rigorous opposition to the Iraq War, and the articles were usually reported to contain strong condemnations of American involvement in the Middle East and are accused of often reflecting anti-Zionism in describing the state of Israel.
One article (entitled "Latest of US lies: Iraqis killing Iraqis" claimed that the sectarian violence occurring in Iraq was supported by CIA and Mossad agents: "It was the U.S.'s 'debaathification' of Iraq that eventually let [sic] to the current death squads, supported by the U.S. and the Mossad agents.
"[citation needed] 'Let's Talk' was a section hosted by Dr. Kareem Bin Jabbar and Sheikha Sajida.
Sajida's theories (such as the notion that the kidnapping of Westerners in Iraq was carried out by agents of the US)[14] frequently stirred up heated debate.