MAINSTREAM MEDIA PORTRAYING MUSLIMS
Currently a lot of Muslims are being look down on all around the world just because of what they believe in. Islamophobia is increasing and the only reason people dislike Muslims is because of how mainstream media portrays them. Mainstream media seem to always give the impression of Islam as if represents hate and killing, when actually it means peace. Whenever a horrific event happens the media always suspects it to be a group of Muslims or Arabs who are extremists,when it might actually be them. The media influences how people think, which in turn lets them believe all Muslims are bad and should not be respected. Many people believe that Muslims believing in killing people who aren’t Muslims, but if …show more content…
The definition of “islamophobia” is a disliking of or being prejudice against Islam or Muslims, especially as a political force. Islamophobia has risen in the past few years tremendously, there are many hate crimes happening all over the world. Especially now it is growing with Donald Trump winning, his voters and supporters have already began terrorizing Muslims. It has been happening for many years now, there are so many crimes being committed but no one getting charged or punished for what they committed towards Muslims specifically. For instance, Itemid Almatar is suing the Chicago Police Department for attacking her at a bus station and pulling off her headscarf, known as the hijab. On July 4, 2015 Itemid was on her way home, and was running up the stairs to catch a train. She was in a hurry but then a group of police officers ran up behind her and tackled her on the stairs. They were very violent and on top of that pulled her hijab, veil, and all her clothing off of her infront of everyone. She felt violated and frightened, because she did nothing wrong. There is a video showing how they attacked her, multiple policemen tackling her and hurting her. According to the article “Chicago Police being sued for attacking Muslim …” by Abigail Hauslohner and Kristine Guerra, The Washington Post, Itemid was charged for “resisting arrest and was reckless”. Eventually in June all charges were dropped and she was found not guilty, but the six police officers never got charged for anything. Since then, Itemid has decided that she will be suing the Chicago police department for “the use of excessive force, false arrest, unlawful search, a violation of the freedom of religious expression as defined by the First and Fourth constitutional amendments, and malicious prosecution.” In the video “Hate is Rising” by Jorge Ramos, hit introduces a woman named Asma Jama.
Currently a lot of Muslims are being look down on all around the world just because of what they believe in. Islamophobia is increasing and the only reason people dislike Muslims is because of how mainstream media portrays them. Mainstream media seem to always give the impression of Islam as if represents hate and killing, when actually it means peace. Whenever a horrific event happens the media always suspects it to be a group of Muslims or Arabs who are extremists,when it might actually be them. The media influences how people think, which in turn lets them believe all Muslims are bad and should not be respected. Many people believe that Muslims believing in killing people who aren’t Muslims, but if …show more content…
The definition of “islamophobia” is a disliking of or being prejudice against Islam or Muslims, especially as a political force. Islamophobia has risen in the past few years tremendously, there are many hate crimes happening all over the world. Especially now it is growing with Donald Trump winning, his voters and supporters have already began terrorizing Muslims. It has been happening for many years now, there are so many crimes being committed but no one getting charged or punished for what they committed towards Muslims specifically. For instance, Itemid Almatar is suing the Chicago Police Department for attacking her at a bus station and pulling off her headscarf, known as the hijab. On July 4, 2015 Itemid was on her way home, and was running up the stairs to catch a train. She was in a hurry but then a group of police officers ran up behind her and tackled her on the stairs. They were very violent and on top of that pulled her hijab, veil, and all her clothing off of her infront of everyone. She felt violated and frightened, because she did nothing wrong. There is a video showing how they attacked her, multiple policemen tackling her and hurting her. According to the article “Chicago Police being sued for attacking Muslim …” by Abigail Hauslohner and Kristine Guerra, The Washington Post, Itemid was charged for “resisting arrest and was reckless”. Eventually in June all charges were dropped and she was found not guilty, but the six police officers never got charged for anything. Since then, Itemid has decided that she will be suing the Chicago police department for “the use of excessive force, false arrest, unlawful search, a violation of the freedom of religious expression as defined by the First and Fourth constitutional amendments, and malicious prosecution.” In the video “Hate is Rising” by Jorge Ramos, hit introduces a woman named Asma Jama.