Media as “mercenary poets”
The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Understanding Islam Part 3, Chapter 14, page 170: Virtually all muslims now feel that the modern western media have taken on the role of the …
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Media Smarts on Islam
www.mediasmarts.ca The American-led ‘War on Terrorism’ led to an increase in Islamophobia (fear or hatred of Islam) across the globe. This increase in Islamophobia was in turn reflected in the …
Jihad as social activism
The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Understanding Islam Part 3, Chapter 14, page 167: There are many levels of jihad. An important part of our daily life as Muslims is to …
More about jihad
The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Understanding Islam Part 3, Chapter 14, page 166: However, the word jihad is most often associated with the act of physically confronting evil and wrongdoing; …
Jihad, definition, Complete Idiot’s Guide
The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Understanding Islam Yahiya J.A. Emerick, A Pearson Education Company, 2002 Google book The word jihad literally means to struggle or strive or to work for …
Interesting example of narrative and headlines
https://twitter.com/TheFoundingSon/status/800348907716935680
Islam for Dummies, definition of jihad
Islam for Dummies, A Reference for the Rest of US!, Malcolm Clark, Wiley Publishing 2003 Page 141: Go, team, go! What about jihad? Jihad, typically translated as “holy war” in …
Cool magazines
http://rrj.ca/contact/ https://this.org/ https://articlemag.ca/ http://gutsmagazine.ca/about/
Much needed critical media on Islam
Canadian media sucks at representing Muslims in Canada Amira Elghawaby on the unflattering, unrelenting media spotlight on Muslims in Canada—and why journalists must do better @AmiraElghawaby These Islamophobic themes in …
A few helpful links on jihad
Wikipedia entry for jihad. Islamic Supreme Council on misunderstandings of the concept of jihad. http://islamicsupremecouncil.org/understanding-islam/legal-rulings/5-jihad-a-misunderstood-concept-from-islam.html http://islamicsupremecouncil.org/understanding-islam/legal-rulings/5-jihad-a-misunderstood-concept-from-islam.html?showall=1 Oprah Winfrey: http://www.oprah.com/belief/Oprah-Winfrey-Presents-Belief https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgP_OSOS3IA Jihad: one of the most misunderstood concepts in Islam by …
Research on Islamophobia from the Center for Race and Gender
Islamophobia Research & Documentation Project Definition of Islamophobia IRDP Report (PDF): Confronting Fear, Islamophobia and its impact in the US
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding Islam
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding Islam by Yahiya Emerick 2002 | Appendix D Glossary Jihad “To struggle, strive or exert.” Often mistranslated as holy war, this term can apply …
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Holy war? Or just war? Or self-improvement?
Jihad is commonly, and incorrectly, translated as holy war. It has a much broader meaning. Even in the context of conflict, jihad is probably better translated as just war – …
Some helpful resources for journalism about Islam
http://about.poynter.org/about-us/press-room/online-course-reporters-covering-islam-launched-wsu%E2%80%99s-murrow-college-and-poynter https://islamforjournalists.wordpress.com/ https://www.rjionline.org/downloads/islam-for-journalists https://pintak.com/ https://www.rjionline.org/downloads/newsbooks Islam for Journalists, Lawrence Pintak, Stephen Franklin (PDF) https://rsf.org/en/news/one-year-charlie-rsf-publishes-jihad-against-journalists https://rsf.org/sites/default/files/rapport_daech_en_web.pdf
So-called Climategate would make an interesting case study in failed journalism
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cif-green/2010/jul/07/russell-inquiry-i-was-wrong http://www.cbc.ca/news/climate-change-science-or-politics-1.859967 http://www.ombudsman.cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/complaint-reviews/2010/rex-murphy-on-climategate/ http://www.ombudsman.cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/complaint-reviews/2010/climategate/ http://www.ombudsman.cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/complaint-reviews/2010/rex-murphy-on-climategate/ http://abs.sagepub.com/content/57/6/818.short http://ro.uow.edu.au/apme/vol1/iss20/20/ http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08821127.2013.767693?journalCode=uamj20 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v467/n7312/full/467157a.html