Stereotypes Of Islam Essay

Islam Is a religion which is commonly associated as a violent and mindless religions,there are a few factors over the years that have led to this conclusion. The media has a significant role in influencing this idea and using it to their advantage, having daily reports that reflect negatively on Islam as a religion and muslims. It is important to understand how manipulative and wrong the media can be sometimes and how that affects the community or people that are being unfairly talked about.

Stereotypes have been around for a very long time and they are constantly surrounding us in our everyday lives such as through religion, politics or the media. A significant stereotype that surrounds Islam and muslims is that many people think that majority of muslims …show more content…
Muslims who live in a western society face discrimination constantly through their day to day lives Muslims (mainly living in the US) are constantly faced with the challenge of defending their religion and themselves against the messages that the media is sending out to people, they also face challenges such as attacks on mosques, public harassment and much more. They are feeling like they must prove themselves against these stereotypes in order to prove to society that Islam is religion of peace. Despite this the negative attitude towards muslims has still increased over the years, in an interview on and online news article from dailymail.co.uk The first muslim who was crowned miss england stated that “Muslims are unfairly being branded as terrorists”. There are many verses in the Quran that go against the terrorism such as “fight in the way of Allah those that fight you but do not transgress limits for god does not love transgressors.”, This basically means that acts of violence may only be permitted in self defence and even then there are still