Media links terrorism, Islam, and perverse sexuality while ignoring political conditions.

Evidence

The reason behind selecting these newspapers is that, these newspapers were chosen because, in the past and present, the media did not discuss terrorist activities or government policies pertaining to them; instead, they simply covered Muslim-related terrorism matters when they occurred. Six electronic news channels were chosen for this study because people would rather watch television than read a newspaper and turn to television for exclusive and breaking news and reporting. In order to gather information for this research, LexisNexis an online data service provider, searched news articles for mentions of the words ‘’Islam’’, ‘’Muslims’’ from 2014 to 2017. — Muhammad Asad Latif, The Identity of Religion Always Comes Up, 50 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Media commentators framed Muslim soldiers as programmed by religion, ignoring war-complicity motives. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 609; Media shifts terrorism’s cause from religion to sexual-psychological deviance yet keeps Islam as enabler.; Disproportionate media coverage reifies fear and mistrust of Muslims — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 240 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Western news coverage links Muslims to terrorism while ignoring policy context #corroborates (0.95) — Muhammad Asad Latif, The Identity of Religion Always Comes Up, 50