Muslims after 9/11 events and the influence of the media - Research Paper Example

The fact that militant organizations like Al Qaeda and Taliban consist, primarily, of Muslims aggravates the call of people against Islam and Muslims. However media of all forms, all across the world, has moved on to intentionally target the Muslim population and generalize the perception of Muslims, akin to these violent black sheep, by using derogatory terms such as ‘Islam-O-Phobia’, ‘Islamist Terrorists’, ‘Muslim Terrorists’, ‘Extremists’ and so forth (Ghazali). Ironically, the term most commonly used as a synonym for Muslim terrorism, i.e. ‘Jihad’, is the Arabic word for struggling, or striving.

The misinterpretation of this term, however, is very common not only among non Muslims but Muslims themselves (Ghazali) Thesis of the Paper:- This paper shall analyze the authenticity of such content emerging from the media, the state of Muslims across the world, specifically the USA and the tactics used by the media to achieve the objective of marginalizing this community. We shall also discuss latest discourse on the subject that has deviated from the past and takes a slightly more holistic approach when explaining issues (Yenigun).

The argument put forward is that the western media has been deliberately targeting Muslims and vilifying them post 9/11 through the use of several tactics. Thorough investigation and blunt confessions point out that Al Qaeda (A Muslim dominated militant organization) was responsible for the 9/11 attacks. This fact itself plants a negative first impression of Muslims for the observer. The inhumane attack by the Al Qaeda, however, was followed by the controversial invasion of Afghanistan, which led to the killing of hundreds of thousands of Muslims.

Situation between Muslims and the west exacerbated when the United States invaded Iraq on the pretext of weapons of mass destruction, which led to killing of a huge number of Muslims and alienated the Muslim worth from the West even further. This, along with the