Muslim Stereotypes Essay

The news accounts for a majority of the media that decides what information people learn about others and their cultures around the world. Sadly, many people determine their viewpoints based off of what they heard on the news and do not try to educate themselves further before a judgement is made. The news is able to portray stereotypes in whatever manner they wish, which often entails leaving out important details of a culture or only showing parts of a culture. The Muslim community is a religion that has received a good deal of negative portrayal which has caused many non-Muslim people to form false stereotypes in their mind and react harshly to Muslims. The consequences of portraying the Muslims in such a negative light and creating …show more content…
This article focuses more on the Italian Minister than on Muslim women and is written as more of a response to his outburst on the migration of Muslims. The Muslim women in Italy are portrayed simply as women wearing the veil, “he would fine women wearing the all-covering burka” (Sanderson 2005). The only description in that quote of the Muslim women other than being a woman is that they are wearing a veil. A derogatory quote used in this article to describe not only Muslim women, but also all Muslim immigrants as "multiply[ing] like rats” and in doing so had equated Muslims not only to just an animal but a rodent that people wish to exterminate (Sanderson 2005). If people only read these news articles that portray the Muslims as these “troublesome” people that are like “animals who overpopulate and take over” then of course the Muslim people are going to be looked at in a very negative mindset. Another article, “Beach style for Muslim women” written by Lucy Hood is a great example of how the news focuses just on what the Muslim women are wearing as though it is their only identity. In this article, Muslim women are portrayed as being unable to do much and what they