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There have been various instances in the media about how the Muslim community are often misrepresented to society, mostly in a way that centers heavily on terrorism, and paints Islam with a very broad brush. This is something that is seen in two major magazines, Newsweek and Time, which have been covering relations between the U.S. and Afghanistan over the last decade. It has been found that both of these publications distributed twenty leading articles that depicted about 57% of negative coverage in regards to current events in Afghanistan, while only around 6% was positive information. This negative content would often consist of excessive mentioning of Al-Qaida and the Taliban, mistreatment of women, the recruitment of terrorists, etc. These are in fact very real occurrences that are present in this part of the world, but primarily focusing on activities of radical groups could lead others to develop a one sided view of Islam. A 2010 Gallup poll has even revealed that about 43% of Americans reported feeling some type of prejudice against Muslims, while the religious group itself makes up one of the smallest populations in the entire country. This indicates that individuals have developed strong opinions about this group of people based on what has been heavily displayed by the media, which has often shown to be negative information. There have also been examples in the film industry in which Muslims are often associated with terrorism, such as in the 1998 movie, The Seige. Some critics of this movie have stated that the manner in which Islam is portrayed in this film only furthers the stereotype that Muslims in are correlated with terrorism and savagery.

Chris Barakakos- Reply to article

The sources were very well listed and there were a lot of statistics included in your response which helps it seem very reliable and credible. The response gave a good general idea of how islamophobia is portrayed in the media. Its also good that you spoke about the effects of what people think when islamophobia is presented in the media. it also fits in very well with the other content existing in the article which is a good way to give a better idea about the topic. It is also a good intro to article because it gives a general idea while the rest of the article is more specific to different ideas.

Donald Trump Against Muslims

http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/20/opinions/obeidallah-trump-anti-muslim/

Donald Trump on Islamophobia
According to Yahoo news, President Donald Trump has said that he is going to consider that all Muslim Americans to be registered into a database. If they are not registered, they must carry an identification card with them at all times which that states they are Muslim. If this were to go into affect, Trump would not require Muslims to wear anything visible indicating their Muslim identity. Along with this, President Trump confirmed that he was open to putting all Muslims under surveillance and to having searching mosques without a warrant. President Trump also stated that he was open to shutting down mosques. California state university devised a report that showed hate crimes against muslims had drastically increased at its peak since the 911 terrorist attacks. People have suggested that this could have been influenced by the view points of President Trump. Trump has also accused the American Muslims of protecting terrorists as well. A Georgetown University study also showed an increase in violence against Muslim Americans throughout the course of the President election campaign. New York resident, Fariha Nizam, had experienced the effects of Trumps election first hand when she was asked to take off her hijab on the bus during her daily commute. Since the election, the amount of hate crimes had increased according to the southern poverty law center. Another Muslim woman located in Ann Arbor was asked to remove her hijab by a white man who had threatened to set her on fire if she did not comply.

Social Media and Islamophobia
In the media, Islamophobia has been more and more spoken about over time. Websites such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram have been directly associated with these media references to islamophobia. According to "The Social Network of Hate: Inside Facebook's Walls of Islamophobia",by Imran Awan, Awan himself had went through 100 different Facebook pages online to which he found 494 posts and comments that were directly appointing hateful words towards muslim individuals. These posts and comments consisted of racial slurs and negative comments towards the Muslim religion. With such a large community that exists on these social media websites, it is hard to not see hateful words spoken towards individual groups or people. In 2016 in Europe, Facebook had created a new code of conduct that specified to decrease the hateful speech being used on the website. The head leader of public policy in Europe operating twitter known as Karen White, stated that “Hateful conduct has no place on Twitter and we will continue to tackle this issue head on alongside our partners in industry and civil society. We remain committed to letting the tweets flow. However, there is a clear distinction between freedom of expression and conduct that incites violence and hate.” The most common comments and words that were found during the Facebook investigation were ones discriminating against the clothing of Muslims, and also directed to how people believe they should be deported. The President of the United States also has taken a standpoint in the views of Islamophobia in the media as well. It is alleged that President Trump could be implementing an identification system for Muslim individuals. A study that was conducted at Georgetown University showed that there has been an increase in violence against Muslim Americans throughout of the course of the Presidential election campaign. New York resident, Fariha Nizam, had experienced a series of incidents of public discrimination during her daily bus ride commute.

http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/social-network-hate-inside-facebooks-walls-islamophobia-1723501542

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/may/31/facebook-youtube-twitter-microsoft-eu-hate-speech-code

How the united states and the media spend a great deal of time talking about islamophobia. The people looks past how much time is spent talking about the topic meanwhile if that time was put towards other things such as gun control or other problems in the states, it could potentially help the united states.

''[Chris: This is a good topic to discuss. I looked at the article you link to above and this looks like it is an opinion piece, as is indicated at the bottom of the article where it says "The views expressed in this article belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial policy of Middle East Eye." You are free to use this article but as is stated in Wikipedia's guidelines for identifying reliable sources and the article on achieving balance through a neutral point of view you should seek to incorporate other articles that discuss this topic and present additional views and any opposing viewpoints that you find. - Prof. Gregory]''

Islamophobia Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you? For the most part everything in the article is relevant to the topic and the background of it. Although at some points the information could be jumping around in terms of different dates, it isn't hard to follow. At some points the article does ramble on a bit like when they spoke about the fox five news. In a general sense, the article does speak about islam but just not about islamophobia at some points. One thing that is also a bit irrelevant to the article is the section titled "pushback". In my opinion this didn't have much contribution to the history of islamophobia and rather just a point of view from an author about the topic in general.

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