Muslim Stereotypes

In the United States, the Muslim Americans comprise of approximately 3.3 million which is 1% of the total population in the region. Majority of these Muslims are immigrants coming from Africa, South and Southeast of Asia. From the terrorist attack that took place in the year 2011, September 11th the Islamic religion has since not been taken a friendly religion by most Americans (Wihbey, 2016). In popular culture through shows, social media, news, books and movies, Muslims are portrayed negatively and viewed as terrorist.
In the 21st century, most people are continuously in touch with all classes of television programs and series, media text, films, news, films etc and this shapes their view towards different societies, religions and class of people around the world. The way information is presented to us, contributes a great percentage of our perception …show more content…
The scene illustrates the butcher who kills his victims using a drill as a weapon. Chris Kyle is showed demanding an Iraqi man to show him where the butcher resides regardless of the risk that accompanies his family and him. Following this incidence the Iraqi man together with his family are immediately killed by the butcher using a drill to their flesh. This illustrates that the Arabs and Islam are hard hearted and are free from any human feelings of compassion and pity. Following the death of this man, a large number of the Iraqis are seen shouting ‘Death to America’ and ‘Allahu Akbar’ to the American troops. This scene portrays the mercilessness of the Iraqis and Muslims and the term ‘Allahu Akbar’ sounding dangerous and threatening. The terms in Islamic religion simply means ‘God is Great’ but it being placed to ‘Death to Americans’ portrays a different meaning to the viewers. This representation sends a message that the Iraqis and Muslims in general hate the