Article Title
Abstract
The article examines jihad within what is loosely referred to as “the Western imagination.” Through the analysis of both popular stereotypes and the broader historical context of religious antagonism and (neo)colonialism, the paper discusses both contemporary political rhetoric and a pair of liberal post September-11 political cartoons. While European and North American political leaders have often stereotyped Muslims in order to justify various “axis of evil” bandwagons and further political and economic interests throughout the Islamic Crescent, I argue here that the liberal media's critiques also often rely on fallacious embodied stereotypes. The pervasiveness of such representations has important implications for the lived realities and human rights of both Muslims and non-Muslims globally because these stereotypes mask Muslim's legitimate concerns regarding (neo)colonialism and because of the human rights abuses that result from Islamophobia.
DOI
101163/187188609X12492771031573
Recommended Citation
Tagg.
2009.
"Jihad, Race and Western Media, Post-September 11."
Societies Without Borders
4 (3):
317-342.
Available at:
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/swb/vol4/iss3/3