Jihad as just war, not “holy war”
The Complete Idiot’s Guide has a section called Islam on War.1 Peace on Earth is the ideal that the …
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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 …
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. …
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 …
More about jihad
The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Understanding Islam Part 3, Chapter 14, page 166: However, the word jihad is most often …
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 …
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! …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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 …
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