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Monthly Compndium Page | 1 Centre for Research on Islam and Global Media (CRIGM) Department of Media and Communication Studies Faculty of Social Sciences International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI), Sector H-10, Islamabad, Pakistan. [email protected] For Contact: +92-51-9019743, +92-51-9019520 ISSN: 2520-3215 Executive Editor: Patron in Chief Professor Dr. Fazal Rahim Khan Qasuria Prof. Dr. Ahmad Yousif A. Al-Draiweesh Director Centre for Research on Islam and Global Media (CRIGM) President, International Islamic University Faculty of Social Sciences Islamabad (IIUI), Sector H-10 Department of Media and Communication Studies Islamabad, Pakistan. International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI), Sector H-10, For Contact: +92-51-9258064 Islamabad, Pakistan. [email protected] For Contact: +92-51-9019743, [email protected] Email: [email protected] Editor: Professor Dr. Zafar Iqbal Baloch Chairman, Department of Media and Communication Studies Faculty of Social Sciences International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI), Sector H-10, Islamabad, Pakistan. For Contact: +92-51-9019743, +92-51-9019520 [email protected] Email: [email protected] Centre for Research on Islam and Global Media (CRIGM), Team: Advisory Board Hassan Shahzad Dr. Shabbir Hussain Member of Editorial Commettee, CRIGM Assistant Professor, DMCS Muhammad Tariq Awan Assistant Director, CRIGM Yasar Arafat Syed Inaam ur Rehman Research Associate, CRIGM Assistant Professor, DMCS Qamar Abbas Rooh-ul-Amin Khan Research Associate, CRIGM Assistant Professor, DMCS Abid Zafar Muhammad Atif Shahzad Rsearch Associate & Social Media Promoter, CRIGM Lecturer, DMCS Nauman Riaz Sial Muhammad Junaid Ghauri Research Associate & Designer, CRIGM Lecturer, DMCS Waqar Ahmed Mrs. Amrat Haq Research Associate, CRIGM Assistant Professor-DMCS Female Tahir Mehmood Malik Mrs. Qurrat ul Ain Co-ordinator, CRIGM Assistant Professor-DMCS Female Printed by IRI Press, Faisal Mosque Building, Old Campus, International Islamic University Islamabad-Pakistan. 15th August 2017 Page | 2 Monthly Media Watch Islam and Muslims in the Global Media July 2017 Centre for Research on Islam and Global Media (CRIGM) Department of Media and Communication Studies International Islamic University Islamabad-Pakistan Page | 3 Table of Contents Page No. 1. About the compendium 5 2. Editorial 6 3. Introduction 7 4. How to read it 8 5. Methodology of Data Collection 9 6. Summary Analysis of the US Print Media Contents Against 10 Islam and Muslims (July 2017) 7. Summary Analysis of the European Media Contents Against 11 Islam and Muslims (July 2017) 8. Highlights of Negative Contents from Western Media (July 12 2017) 9. United States: News Stories Published in United States & 32 North American Print Media Containing Islamophobic Contents 10. Europe: News Stories Published in European Print Media 96 Containing Islamophobic Contents 11. Australia: News Stories Published in Austalian Print Media 143 Containing Islamophobic Contents 12 Social Media: Islamophobic trends in Social Media 157 Page | 4 About the Compendium This is a monthly compendium of news reports and judgement pieces published in the Western media during July 2017 on issues related to Islam and Muslims. The Western media is generally found to be painting Islam and Muslims as a global threat and danger for the world peace. It has launched an unethical smear campaign against Islam and Muslims, which is becoming intense by the day and from the standpoint of the Western media audience such an unfair portrayal of Islam is likely to be highly Islamophobic and conflictual. To monitor and catalogue the ever-increasing frequency of the Western media’s negative packaging of Islam and Muslims, the Centre for Research on Islam and Global Media (CRIGM) collects within two covers the news stories and leading articles carried in the Western press every month. The articles are culled based on the known indicators of Islamophobia, and found abundant negative contents, highlighted, and published them in a bound form. CRIGM is not only observing western media on issues concerning Islam and Muslim societies but has an eye out for the entire array of the Western media including the electronic, broadcast, online and the social media as well. Shortly, we shall start publishing separate medium-specific reports as well. Page | 5 Editorial Many would believe that once Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric was just an electioneering trick, and once he is in White House, he, being the president of the most powerful country, would act wise. No. Nada. Nothing has happened since November 8 last, the day an overwhelming majority of Americans voted the Republican’s nominee into power. Negativity, or one must say outright hatred, towards the Muslim is trending upward by the member of the public and opinion makers in the US, the land which would boast its principles above faith and creed. Islamophobia gets an official credence when the head of the State is indulged in inflammatory actions and words. He tried to ban the entry of Muslims to the US, which thankfully was thwarted by the courts. Courts may ban the presidential actions, being deemed anti-America’s great foundations, but they may not nip the trend, which is not confined to America now. On July 9, a bag stamped with a swastika and containing a pig’s head was thrown at an Islamic school in Brisbane, Australia. Of course, America, being the world leader, sets in the trends the world over. Though leaving a pig head at the mosque might be disgusting and provoking, incidences of anti-Muslim harassment, such as arson and vandalism at mosques and bullying at schools have become an order of the day. A Pew survey found that half of the Muslims in the US say that in 2016, they have faced some discrimination, such as being treated with distrust, threatened or called an offensive name. The number is likely to increase this year. Sixty- four percent of those with a more distinct Muslim identity said they had recently faced some type of discrimination. In these trying times, if one thinks so, the role of the US mass media is very important. It seems the US media is not taking anti-Muslim harassment and violence a top news. The media at times is is hogged with anti-Semitism maters while hate speech against Muslims is very conveniently shelved or downplayed. In its 2015 "hate crime" statistics, the FBI reported some 664 anti-Semitic incidents and 257 anti-Muslim incidents. Those are crimes, not speeches, as Northern Wyoming Daily News wrote on July 29, 2017. The sorry state of Islamphobic cannot be blamed on the whole world, as the extremist Muslims have also chipped in a large share in the hate trends. The game changer 9/11 was all planned, executed and claimed by the Muslim militants. The emergence of the so called Islamic State in Iraq, Syria and parts of Europe will only flame sentiments against the Muslims. The problem is not likely to go away very soon. Its growth, however, can be stemmed by taking appropriate and instant measures. All faiths need to start finding common grounds among religion and promote acceptance and respect of the differences. The biggest responsibilities, however, lies with the Trump administration. It needs to take corrective measures and embrace the Muslims living in the US. The gesture will have its far-reaching impacts on the world over. Page | 6 Introduction Centre for Research on Islam and Global Media (CRIGM) at Department of Media and Communication Studies (DMCS), International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI), Pakistan, publishes its monthly report on western media’s negative portrayal of Islam and Muslims entitled “Islam and Muslims in the Global Media”. This compendium, 7th edition, presents the recent Islamophobic contents traced through western Media and sheds light on leading articles and media reports identified as anti-Islam and anti-Muslims from different US, European and Australian publications. It highlights the polemical approaches and negativities by presenting them in the form of bold in text. These reports and opinion pieces were retrieved from LexisNexis database and websites of various news organizations during the month of July 2017. The search (key) words were ‘Islam’ and ‘Muslims’ and media from United States & North America, Europe & United Kingdom and Australia & New Zealand were selected for data retrieval. Out of more than 4,000 pages of published news reports and articles retrieved as a result of search on the key words, some of the reports being highly negative in nature are documented in the present compendium. The previous editions of this compendium have covered many Islamophobic contents since the day President Donald Trump started his election campaign and found media helping in spreading hatred of Muslims across the world and particularly in the western societies. Media were often found fueling the flame to further strengthen the Islamophobic attitudes among non-Muslims in Western parts of the world. Islamophobia in the West particularly United States is touching the peak of hate against Islam and Muslims and has increased anti-Muslims hate crimes such as burning the worship places (Mosques), snatching the hijabs, throwing dead animals in holy places, wall chalking against Islam and Muslims, killing innocent and peaceful citizens, naming the men with beard as terrorists, stabbing students, acid attacks on innocent Muslim girls, hitting the cars to Muslim worshippers and blowing up the houses of Muslims, have recently become very common in western societies. Hate crimes involving racial and religious discrimination have soared at an unprecedented rate. A British newspaper – The Independent – reports a prompting warning that minority groups in the UK feel "more vulnerable than ever". Similarly, hate crimes against regional police forces also rose considerably particularly after EU referendum. Some incidents reported in media also include; a Muslim woman being dragged along the pavement by her hijab, two Polish men being attacked in the street, killing one of them, and a Muslim man and woman being squirted with acid, leaving them with life-changing injuries.
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