El-Tawassol التواصل
Volume 28, Numéro 1, Pages 272-283
2022-06-29

British Muslims In The Post-9/11 Era: The Challenge Of Visibility And Media Misrepresentation

Authors : Ali Zoui Mahfoud . Manaa Mahamed .

Abstract

Drawing on the analysis of selected articles from British print media covering news on the growing visibility of Muslims in the country, this paper argues that the press has significantly contributed to the post-9/11 wave of anti-Muslim hatred in Britain. Through propagating the myth of an "imminent Muslim takeover of Britain and Europe", sections of the press nurtured the excessive fears among the public of an extraordinarily rapid growth of 'an alien group with cultural values incompatible with the western way'.

Keywords

British Muslims ; the press ; Visibility ; Islamisation ; Islamophobia