Muslims and Islam in Indian English Press: Exploring the Islamophobic Discourse

Sumra, Azhar ul Hassan

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Ansar, M. (2013). Islamophobia and the Muslim Civil Rights Crisis. Retrieved from: www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2013/01/29/3678693.htm
Ashish, N. (2003). Indian English Medias Biased Reporting on Gujarat Riots. Retrieved from http://india.indymedia.org/en/2003/02/3068.shtml
Das, V. (1995). Critical Events: An Anthropological Perspective on Contemporary India (Vol. 7). Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Ekman, M. (2015). Online Islamophobia and the politics of fear: manufacturing the green scare. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38(11), 1986–2002.
Ekvani SH. (2010). Islamophobia: discourse fundamentals and its strategic principles. Journal of Philosophy and Speech, 70(4), 14–21 (in Persian).
Fair, C. (2005). Demographics and security: the contrasting cases of Pakistan and Bangladesh. Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, 28(4), 53–76.
Fazal, T. (2013). Millennium development goals and Muslims of India. Oxfam India Working Papers Series. India: Oxfam India.
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Narayana, U., & Kapur, P. (2011). Indian media framing of the image of Muslims: an analysis of news coverage of Muslims in English newspapers of India. Media Asia, 38(3), 153–162.
Ouis, Pernilla & Roald, Anne Sofie (2003) Muslim i Sverige. Stockholm: Wahlström & Wikstrand
Padgaonkar, Dilip. (2007). Personal interview with the author at the National Commission for Minorities in New Delhi.
Poole, E. (2002). Reporting Islam: Media Representations and British Muslims. London: IB Tauris.
Pratt, D. (2015). Islamophobia as reactive co-radicalization. Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, 26(2), 205–218.
Prot, S., Anderson, C. A., Gentile, D. A., Warburton, W., Saleem, M., Groves, C. L., & Brown, S. C. (2015). Media as agents of socialization. In J. E. Grusec, & P. D. Hastings (eds.), Handbook of Socialization: Theory and Research (pp. 276–300). New York: Guilford Press.
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Safi, L. M. (1996). Islam and the global challenge: dealing with distortion of the image of Islam by global media. Islamic Studies, 35(2), 191–202.
Schiffer, S., & Wagner, C. (2011). Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia-new enemies, old patterns. Race & Class, 52(3), 77–84.
Sikand, Y. (2010). Indian mass media: prejudices against dalits and Muslims. Hope India Publication.
Springer, D. R. (2009). Islamic Radicalism and Global Jihad. Georgetown: Georgetown University Press.
Zimmerman, J. C. (2008). A review of: “Hillel Schenker and Ziad Abu-Zayyad. Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism”. Terrorism and Political Violence, 20(3), 454–456.

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[1] Abbas, T. (2004). After 9/11: British south Asian Muslims, Islamophobia, multiculturalism, and the state. American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, 21(3), 26–38.

[2] Ansar, M. (2013). Islamophobia and the Muslim Civil Rights Crisis. Retrieved from: www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2013/01/29/3678693.htm

[3] Ashish, N. (2003). Indian English Medias Biased Reporting on Gujarat Riots. Retrieved from http://india.indymedia.org/en/2003/02/3068.shtml

[4] Das, V. (1995). Critical Events: An Anthropological Perspective on Contemporary India (Vol. 7). Delhi: Oxford University Press.

[5] Ekman, M. (2015). Online Islamophobia and the politics of fear: manufacturing the green scare. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38(11), 1986–2002.

[6] Ekvani SH. (2010). Islamophobia: discourse fundamentals and its strategic principles. Journal of Philosophy and Speech, 70(4), 14–21 (in Persian).

[7] Fair, C. (2005). Demographics and security: the contrasting cases of Pakistan and Bangladesh. Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, 28(4), 53–76.

[8] Fazal, T. (2013). Millennium development goals and Muslims of India. Oxfam India Working Papers Series. India: Oxfam India.

[9] Herrchen, N. L. (2016). Pride and Prejudice: the proliferation of nationalism and islamophobia in the context of the European refugee crisis: a discourse analysis of national online media in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and the United States between September 2015 and March 2016. Unpublished bachelor thesis. Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences. European Public Administration. University of Twente, Enschede.

[10] Holsti, O. R. (1969). Content Analysis for the Social Sciences and Humanities. Reading. MA: Addison-Wesley (content analysis). California London, Ontario. I35–141.

[11] Katju, Markandey (2011). Media Deliberately Dividing People: PCI Chief. Retrieved from http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mediadeliberately-dividing-people-pci-chief/197593-3.html

[12] Kumar, A. (2011). Mass media and Muslims in India: Representation or subversion. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 31(1), 59–77.

[13] Mahizhnan, A. (2002). Media Proliferation: Bane or boon: Has media proliferation in Asia contributed to the understanding and/or confusion about terrorism and ethnic conflict? Media Asia, 29(3), 141–145.

[14] Moore, K., Mason, P., & Lewis, J. M. W. (2008). Images of Islam in the UK: The representation of British Muslims in the national print news media 2000–2008. Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, 1–41. Retrieved from http://orca.cf.ac.uk/53005/1/08channel4-dispatches.pdf

[15] Murthy, C. S. H. N., Ramakrishna, C., & Melkote, S. R. (2010). Trends in first page priorities of Indian print media reporting: a content analysis of four English Language newspapers. Journal of Media and Communication Studies, 2(2), 039–053.

[16] Narayana, U., & Kapur, P. (2011). Indian media framing of the image of Muslims: an analysis of news coverage of Muslims in English newspapers of India. Media Asia, 38(3), 153–162.

[17] Ouis, Pernilla & Roald, Anne Sofie (2003) Muslim i Sverige. Stockholm: Wahlström & Wikstrand

[18] Padgaonkar, Dilip. (2007). Personal interview with the author at the National Commission for Minorities in New Delhi.

[19] Poole, E. (2002). Reporting Islam: Media Representations and British Muslims. London: IB Tauris.

[20] Pratt, D. (2015). Islamophobia as reactive co-radicalization. Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations, 26(2), 205–218.

[21] Prot, S., Anderson, C. A., Gentile, D. A., Warburton, W., Saleem, M., Groves, C. L., & Brown, S. C. (2015). Media as agents of socialization. In J. E. Grusec, & P. D. Hastings (eds.), Handbook of Socialization: Theory and Research (pp. 276–300). New York: Guilford Press.

[22] Rajasekhar, S., & Venkataraghavan, M. (2013). Portrayal of the Muslim Community and Islam by Indian Cinema Post 9/11: An Analysis. Journal of Media Studies, 28(1).

[23] Runnymede Trust. (1997). Islamophobia: A Challenge for us All: Report of the Runnymede Trust Commission on British Muslims and Islamophobia. Runnymede Trust.

[24] Safi, L. M. (1996). Islam and the global challenge: dealing with distortion of the image of Islam by global media. Islamic Studies, 35(2), 191–202.

[25] Schiffer, S., & Wagner, C. (2011). Anti-Semitism and Islamophobia-new enemies, old patterns. Race & Class, 52(3), 77–84.

[26] Sikand, Y. (2010). Indian mass media: prejudices against dalits and Muslims. Hope India Publication.

[27] Springer, D. R. (2009). Islamic Radicalism and Global Jihad. Georgetown: Georgetown University Press.

[28] Zimmerman, J. C. (2008). A review of: “Hillel Schenker and Ziad Abu-Zayyad. Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism”. Terrorism and Political Violence, 20(3), 454–456.