Representation of Islam through Western Media and Its Impact on Contemporary World

Dr. Muhammad Tahir Mustafa, Dr. Ihsan ur Rehman Ghauri and Saima Mushtaq
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Dr. Muhammad Tahir Mustafa: Chairman ITC Department, UMT Lahore, Pakistan
Dr. Ihsan ur Rehman Ghauri: Institute of Islamic Studies, The University of Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Saima Mushtaq: Assistant Professor H. Ayesha Degree College, Lahore and Ph.D. Scholar UMT, Lahore, Pakistan

Journal of Policy Research (JPR), 2021, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: World has seen the power full effects of media in the world. Today media is touching every aspect of our life. Today western media is considered as fulfilling the agendas of the western world. West, with little understanding of Islamic history, values social system and core of social system has identified a new enemy, radical Islam, a stereotype common to Western thought, portraying Muslims as fundamentalists and terrorists. The relationship of Islam and violence is a common false impression that the western community has developed about Islam. Western community gets their information from media, so media is presenting a dark side of Muslims around the world.

Keywords: Islam; violence; western community; fundamentalists; terrorists (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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