There are many similarities between Islam and Christianity in regards to their belief system. Both believe that There is only one God. He is the Creator and Sustainer of the universe and sent prophets. Followers of the faiths believe that people should follow the Ten Commandments and the moral teachings of the prophets and in return will be rewarded on the Day of Judgement where people will be judged. Islam and Christianity believe that there is hell as well as heaven where the good will be rewarded and the bad will be punished.
Since the 9/11 attacks in America media representations on Islam have changed drastically due to the media coverage on the Islamic followers. The view from the Western world on Islamic people is extremely negative as all Muslims are grouped as Jihadis and terrorists. Following the attacks there was a significant influx in Islamophobia where the media controversially debated the topic in a negative. This therefore caused stereotypes and generalisations to be formed on the whole religion based on only the minority which are claimed to be Muslim.These include that the religion condones and also promotes violence. This causes racism from the majority of supporters of Christianity in the western world to increase due to the representations presented by the media. The media creates these stereotypes and views by relating activities carried out by small minorities and the generalising the whole religion to be this way and therefore creating a very negative representation. These views are portrayed in a very bias fashion as well being heavily mediated as they do not take into account the vast majority of Muslims who are innocent and respectable followers of their faith, rejecting any form of this stereotype. As the 9/11 attacks was so horrific and significant in the US, it received a lot of media coverage where only the negatives of the religion a presented.
This topic can be considered to relate to aspects of Toderov's theory of equilibrium. This is because prior to the attacks, the state of the subject can be compared to the equilibrium of the theory. This is because the conflict between Islam and the western world was minimal and relaxed. Then when the attacks took place the disequilibrium was caused due to the disruption and chaos. However, this state is still ongoing which means that the new equilibrium has still not been achieved so therefore these events do not completely conform to Toderov's theory.
Since the 9/11 attacks in America media representations on Islam have changed drastically due to the media coverage on the Islamic followers. The view from the Western world on Islamic people is extremely negative as all Muslims are grouped as Jihadis and terrorists. Following the attacks there was a significant influx in Islamophobia where the media controversially debated the topic in a negative. This therefore caused stereotypes and generalisations to be formed on the whole religion based on only the minority which are claimed to be Muslim.These include that the religion condones and also promotes violence. This causes racism from the majority of supporters of Christianity in the western world to increase due to the representations presented by the media. The media creates these stereotypes and views by relating activities carried out by small minorities and the generalising the whole religion to be this way and therefore creating a very negative representation. These views are portrayed in a very bias fashion as well being heavily mediated as they do not take into account the vast majority of Muslims who are innocent and respectable followers of their faith, rejecting any form of this stereotype. As the 9/11 attacks was so horrific and significant in the US, it received a lot of media coverage where only the negatives of the religion a presented.
This topic can be considered to relate to aspects of Toderov's theory of equilibrium. This is because prior to the attacks, the state of the subject can be compared to the equilibrium of the theory. This is because the conflict between Islam and the western world was minimal and relaxed. Then when the attacks took place the disequilibrium was caused due to the disruption and chaos. However, this state is still ongoing which means that the new equilibrium has still not been achieved so therefore these events do not completely conform to Toderov's theory.
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