The media plays a significant role in manufacturing Islamophobia within western societies by manipulating and shaping an individuals opinion on anything and everything. It presents us with distorted images of Islam and that in turn conjures stereotypes and prejudice. the media is always quick to stereotype Muslims as terrorists by linking the news to religion when Muslims have done something wrong. But does the media link crimes carried out by Westerners to religion? Because Muslims seldom appear in news reports or other media sources except as perpetrators of violence, supposedly in the name of Islam, many Westerners understandably conclude that all Muslim’s act from inherently religious motivations and that Islam is dangerous. Muslims become two-dimensional, existing only as Muslims, seemingly never sharing identities or interests with non-Muslims. However, Westerners engage with Muslims in thousands of ways every day: a student and her classmates, a banker and his customer, a homeowner and her neighbours. The globalised world we inhabit makes possible increasingly intimate connections between distant individuals with increasing speed. So why, despite all this contact, do domestic news and entertainment sources seldom mention the terms “Muslim” or “Islam” except in the context of conflict, violence and bloodshed??
Posted on: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 10:50:37 +0000
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