Islamophobia

still present Islamophobia around the world, even fourteen years after the 9/11 attacks. On January…

Working thesis: American government declared Global War on Terror, implemented immigration reform and created stereotype of Islamophobia as the responses to 9/11. This paper will be focused on how American government (Bush administration) response to terrorist attacked of September 11, 2001. Mostly I will be discussing on global war on terror, immigration reform and Islamophobia as an effect of 9/11 attack. Main points: 1. After 9/11 attack Bush administration declared global war on terror…

against others, there are no unfavorable implications cast on the name of Christianity (Kabir, 2006, p. 321). He provides an example of the case in April 1995 bombing in Oklahoma, which killed 168 people. The convicted bomber’ name was Timothy McVeigh who was both a Christian and an America. Kabir describes how initially the western media reported the attack as being perpetuated by ‘Libyan Muslim extremists (Kabir, 2006, p. 321). However, once they confirmed the terrorist was actually Timothy…

equally strong reaction from those opposed to his claim. Goldberg uses charged words and phrases such as when Goldberg describes Muslims as fanatics, which further reveal his bias. Goldberg misrepresents data which clearly supports the claim that Islamophobia is on the rise. Goldberg’s argument suffers from Goldberg’s bias which heavily saturates his writing. Goldberg’s argument is further weakened by the lack of evidence presented. While the evidence that is presented is comprehensive, it is…

the novel in class, they will miss the message on the horrifying government’s Islamophobia toward Muslim families. Learning about Islamophobia, and specially it’s impact on Muslim families, becomes an eye opener in students and creates a lasting (and shocking) impact on them. It can inspire students to fight for change, against discriminatory acts, in society. Zeitoun powerfully demonstrates its purpose of Islamophobia in the government, regardless of his the man’s…

awareness on how Islamophobia affected the way one with a racial background was treated than one who did not. Egger covey’s this idea through Zeitoun by telling the readers about how Zeitoun was captured standing in his own home. He adopts an admiring, neutral tone to help convey the feelings and experiences of Zeitoun during this time period. Zeitoun's experience of being captured and his treatment from the law enforcement, as well as some of the townspeople are based on Islamophobia. The…

may have developed in the planning, data collection, and analysis phases of research of these studies. The research presented in this review mostly concentrated on the western media’s role of influencing Islamophobia in the post 9/11. Many of the studies did not emphasize how the role of Islamophobia in western media was evident prior to 9/11. Writer also observed that many of the studies might have been collected and reported in a way that expressed the researcher’s political views and…

Of the thousands of religions instituted throughout the world, most if not all are introduced with great difficulty. Like other beliefs, Islam is one of the prominent convictions that begin with conflicts amongst different factions’ viewpoints. Nonetheless, Islam is continuously facing distorted interpretations from the world, especially from the West. For instance, the articles “The Roots of Muslim Rage” and “The Root of Muslim Rage Revisited”, by Bernard Lewis and Nicolaas J.E. van der Zee…

It is common knowledge that there are thousands of religions globally. Most of the religions worldwide start with difficulties and several misapprehensions. Just like other beliefs, Islam is one of the prominent convictions that begun with conflicts amongst different viewpoints of worships. Nonetheless, Islam is continuously facing terrific approaches from the world, especially from the West. For instance, two well-known authors, Bernard Lewis, and Nicolaas J.E van der Zee’s articles, The Root…

The portrayal of Arab Muslims or Muslims in general in the past thirty years- in cartoons and films- has reached Nazi like proportions (see fig 1.1). In 1996 the Miami Herald pictured a bearded ape creature with the word Islam tatoed on his turban saying “we bomb innocent women and children to smithereens” ;( Hurley 127-28). Greedy, hook-nosed, vicious, violent, rapacious, and turbaned or kaffyiehed […] Arabs have replaced the cartoon Jews of Volkischer Beobacher (a Nazi newspaper that…