On Islam : Muslims and the media / edited by Rosemary Pennington and Hilary E. Kahn. - Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Essays: Prologue: the vision behind Muslim voices / Reflecting on Muslim voices / Shattering the Muslim monolith / So near, yet so far: an academic reflection on the endurance of American Islamophobia -- Peter Gottschalk -- Life as a Muslim in the media / The prisons of paradigm / Unveiling obsessions: Muslims and the trap of representation / How does the British press represent British muslims? frameworks of reporting in a British context / How to write about Muslims / A journalist reflects on covering Muslim communities / Muslims in the media: challenges and rewards of reporting on Muslims / New media and Muslim voices / Muslim voices: Faiz Rahman: understanding will take time -- Sohaib Sultan: what Muslims believe -- Heather Akou: the veil -- Sheida Riahi: Arabic and Persian calligraphy -- Zaineb Istrabadi: the sufi -- Uzma Mirza: the role of women in Islam -- Andre Carson: life as a Muslim politician -- Sarah Thompson: Women in islam, converting -- Daayiee Abdullah: being out and being Muslim -- Aziz Alquraini: mosques: houses of prayer, hearts of communities -- Crash course in islam: The five pillars of Islam -- The six articles of faith -- The profession of faith -- Do Muslims worship Muhammad? -- The will of Allah -- What is jihad? -- What is the meaning of the word "Islam"? -- What is a fatwa? -- The Qurʼan: just a book? -- Ishmael and Islam -- Do Muslims believe in Jesus? -- The crescent moon and Islam -- Muslim prayer: how do Muslims pray? -- Are non-Muslims allowed to go to mosque? -- The Muslim greeting. Hilary Kahn -- Rosemary Pennington -- Arsalan Iftikhar -- Zarqa Nawaz -- Rafia Zakaria -- Nabil Echchaibi -- Elizabeth Poole -- Sobia Ali-Faisal and Krista Riley -- Robert King -- Ammina Kothari -- Rosemary Pennington --



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Islam in mass media.
Muslims--Public opinion.
Islam--Customs and practices.


Electronic Books.

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