The Iraqis' misleading representation in American Sniper sparks anti-Muslim propaganda through the significant rise in violent hate targeting Arabs and Muslims in America following its release due to the Iraqis' close resemblance to Muslims in real life. American journalists from Electronic Intifada, Max Blumenthal and Rania Khalek, were deluged with death and rape threats for posting their repulsion on Twitter with Hollywood’s glorification of a mass killer and exposing the racism espoused in the American Sniper film (Khalek, 2015, para. 10). After posting several passages from Chris Kyle’s book, "American Sniper", they unsurprisingly drew the attention of anti-Arab and anti-Muslim threats the film was stimulating as evident through the numerous
