The Muslim community remains poles apart from the media industry in post-9/11 America, where a severely negative image about Islam and Muslims is being projected by many media outlets in the absence of a clear Muslim media voice. American Muslims are always blamed by the anti-Muslim and anti-Islam media commentators as well as right-wing religious and political leaders that they are not condemning the so-called ‘Islamic terrorism’. Ibrahim Hooper, Communication Director at the Council on American Muslim relations (CAIR), said they advise their community on how to respond to media misrepresentation. American Muslim media professionals believe their community has not learnt to use the media as a powerful tool to project their own image away from the stereotypes currently being propagated about them and their religion by many.
US MUSLIMS AND MEDIA
US MUSLIMS AND MEDIA