Discrimination Against Islam Essay

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Islam. Our allusion towards terror and violence arises questions why does this happen. Though for some it may sound absurd and ridiculous we can credit these misleading connotations to our most "reliable" source; Media. Media acting as a bridge between nations and religions has become rusted and unreliable. Constant discrimination against Islam can be found on an everyday tabloid, social sites or even late night TV shows. Our reliance on Media for facts and information about other religions has contributed to racial abuse, harassment, and wars around the world, affecting billions of people.
Since the Al-Qaeda attacks on the western society (acting as "ambassadors" of Islam) only helped in creating a dramatic increase in fear and enmity towards
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Several TV show hosts have a made a very open comment that most Muslims are in favour of terrorist attacks and support the Al-Qaeda and ISIS. Bill Maher, host of 'Real Time with Bill Maher ', commented regarding the Paris shooting, "They applaud an attack like this." Rupert Murdoch, tweeted on social Media, "Maybe most Moslems peaceful, but until they recognize and destroy their growing jihadist cancer they must be held responsible." The Media portrayed that the Muslims are in favour of the attacks and should be held responsible for all terrorist …show more content…
Muslim are stuck in swamp, the more they resent the false accusations made by Media the more they get sucked in to the paradox. Media being a large part of our life needs take the responsibility of acting as reliable source of news between nations. The knee-jerk hostility found in our society against Islam needs to be removed and people should be more educated. Media needs to highlight the majority of goodness found in Islam and not portray the whole nation by showing the black

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