{"title":"A Review of Islamophobic Tropes in The Works of Disgruntled Muslim Inside","authors":"Saeed Akhtar, A. Khan, Imtiaz Ahmad","doi":"10.31703/gsssr.2022(vii-ii).12","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The ideas of disgruntled individuals can lead to negative stereotypes and misconceptions about the religion and its followers. However, it is important to note that the actions of a few disgruntled Muslims do not represent the beliefs and practices of an elite religious group. Islam, like any other religion, is a complex belief system with a long history and wide range of interpretations and practices. The following research article examines the ideas of two disgruntled writers, namely Irshad Manji and Aryan Hirsi Ali. Because of their insider credentials, they are taken seriously by their non-Muslim audience in the West. Their presentation of Islam persuades the audience that the western worries with regard to Islam are justified and that Islamic worldview is a real threat to the Western values and freedoms. The article concludes that their oversimplistic and Islamophobic narrative regarding the alleged misogyny, violence and backwardness of Islam is untenable","PeriodicalId":253809,"journal":{"name":"Global Strategic & Securities Studies Review","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Global Strategic & Securities Studies Review","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.31703/gsssr.2022(vii-ii).12","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The ideas of disgruntled individuals can lead to negative stereotypes and misconceptions about the religion and its followers. However, it is important to note that the actions of a few disgruntled Muslims do not represent the beliefs and practices of an elite religious group. Islam, like any other religion, is a complex belief system with a long history and wide range of interpretations and practices. The following research article examines the ideas of two disgruntled writers, namely Irshad Manji and Aryan Hirsi Ali. Because of their insider credentials, they are taken seriously by their non-Muslim audience in the West. Their presentation of Islam persuades the audience that the western worries with regard to Islam are justified and that Islamic worldview is a real threat to the Western values and freedoms. The article concludes that their oversimplistic and Islamophobic narrative regarding the alleged misogyny, violence and backwardness of Islam is untenable