Maine newspaper apologizes for coverage of Ramadan on 9/11 without mention of terror attacks

Maine paper apologizes for 9/11 Ramadan coverage

PORTLAND, Maine — The publisher of a Maine newspaper has apologized for giving Page One coverage to the end of Ramadan on Sept. 11 without mention of the ninth anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks.

Saturday’s print edition of The Portland Press Herald featured a front-page photo of Muslims praying at the end of the Muslim holy month. It published coverage of events marking the anniversary of the terrorist attacks the next day.

Editor and publisher Richard Connor issued a front-page apology to readers who were offended.

Connor says the celebration by 3,000 Muslims at the Portland Expo warranted coverage. But he says the newspaper should have shown sensitivity “toward the painful memories stirred by the anniversary of 9/11.”