The objective of this essay is to determine how inarguably there has been an increasing focus on Islam and Muslims in western media in a negative representation particularly after 9/11. These terror acts perpetrated by a Muslim minority to symbolize the collective ‘Islamic’ jihad by all Muslims on western forms of freedom and democracy have led to regular negative representations of Muslims and Islam. This has led to Islamophobic attitudes towards Muslims as a homogenous group of people and the manifestation
Online Dictionary, discrimination is defined as treating a person or particular group of people differently especially in a worse way from the way in which you treat other people, mainly because of their skin color, sex, sexuality and others. Discrimination is not actually an action of physically harmed an individual only. Trying to distinguish, to single out someone or make a distinction to the way people are usually treated for some arbitrary reason is also called discrimination. To add, according
and roles of women. Without a doubt, during the historical timeline and even presently, women play an imperative role in any society. In today’s society, many individuals believe that Muslim women in Islam are subjects of cruel and harsh treatment because of their religion. Some may argue that their belief are strict, insisting that they must cover their bodies, denied education and stripped of their rights. Unfortunately, this has been a problem for many generations. Islamic women have difficulty
Some of the races that exist in the society might not influence racial discrimination at an extreme level and in order to maintain a balances society, the gender discrimination might be at a low level. In such societies the issues pertaining to gender discrimination are relatively less. For instance the white people might not consider the working of females in corporate level thus encouraging the females to work socially
Islam first came about almost 1400 years ago, and today it is considered the second largest religion in the world with over 1 billion followers. Islam is based on three things, the Qur’an, the Sunnah and the Hadith. The Qur’an is a sacred book, which guides Muslims on the right path and explains the difference between right and wrong deeds. Whereas the Sunnahs and the Hadiths are the sayings or the doings of the Prophet Muhammad, who was the last messenger of God, that people choose to imitate and
the social problems such as violence to women and murders which I see on the news every day. Maybe as the Turkish community, we need to be more informed about the language we used every day. There is an idiom in our culture; “There is a moment of silence
Comparison with other countries that are liberal in Islam. When discussing about liberalism in Islam, there are various nations that can be mentioned which had practiced liberalism, such as Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Tunisia, Turkey, Indonesia, Malaysia, Albania, Iraq, Pakistan, Lebanon and Egypt. Many issues can be advanced regarding the issues of liberalism, such marriage, lifestyle, rights as a Muslim, and trend of dress that is appropriate for women to wear in public. Turkey, Bahrain, Bangladesh
place in life increases the risk of violence and exploitation and endangers their health. Early marriage is an illegal marriage between two individuals under the age of 18. This is contrary to human rights. In Islam, women are full members of the Muslim community. However the role of women was discriminated from ancient times. It is said that women’s area is taboo for visitors. This came from
Converting to Islam or Christianity might likely continue discrimination within in the new community. A social hierarchy is also found within Christianity in India, which sometimes results in conflict. Buddhism allows them to be separated from the Hindu religion, taking a more neutral position
East, and Islam in particular, " was innately and immutably oppressive to women, that the veil and segregation epitomized that oppression, and that these customs were the fundamental reasons for the general and comprehensive backwardness of Islamic societies" (Ahmed, 152).These narratives depicts Oriental woman as “being victimized”.1 In addition, these Western narratives vary: The Oriental woman may contribute in the crime