More than 1,150 American films have defamed Muslims and Arabs.
Evidence
Jack Shaheen, an expert on the portrayal of Muslims and Arabs in Hollywood films, claimed that American movies in recent decades “regularly link the Islamic faith with male supremacy, holy war, and acts of terror, depicting Arabs and Muslims as hostile alien intruders, and as lecherous, oily sheikhs intent on using nuclear weapons.” 39 He also estimated that, as of 2008, there were more than 1,150 films that defame Muslims and Arabs. — Asena Karipek, Portrayals of Jihad, 49
Categorization
- QUESTION: The numbered footnotes (39, 40) are referenced but not resolved here; worth chasing the original Shaheen source.
- XREF: connects to: Hollywood has produced over 1,150 films maligning Muslims and Arabs since 1896 — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 541; There are also traces of terrorism in American film, going back as far as 1926 with Old Ironsides. Jack Shaheen, an expert on the portrayal of Muslims and Arabs in Hollywood films, claimed that American movies in recent decades ‘regularly link the Islamic faith with male supremacy, holy war, and acts of terror, depicting Arabs and Muslims as hostile alien intruders, and as lecherous, oily sheikhs intent on using nuclear weapons.’ He also estimated that, as of 2008, there were more than 1,150 films that defame Muslims and Arabs. A very clear example of the misrepresentation of jihad in American film is Rules of Engagement (2000)… The movie portrays all Muslims in the crowd, even children, as anti-American terrorists motivated by religious extremism.; Arab and Muslim representation in American film has been persistently vilifying — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 674 (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Arab and Muslim representation in American film has been persistently vilifying
#corroborates(0.80) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 674 - American media conflated Iranians, Arabs, Sunnis, and Shiites into one Muslim menace.
#expands(0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 254 - The Arab stereotype in cinema morphed from harem-keeping greed to the Muslim terrorist
#expands(0.55) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 129 - Sympathetic Muslim film portrayals exist but remain a minority trend.
#qualifies(0.50) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 558