Download or read book Muslims and Media Images written by At̤har Fārūqī and published by Oxford India Paperbacks. This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines media representations of Indian Muslims in the wake of global Islamic radicalism and its repercussions - 9/11, the 2005 terrorist attack on the London underground, the 2006 Mumbai train bombings, and the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. It draws from the understandingthat Muslims form an intrinsic part of the democratic civil society in India yet continue to carry the baggage of history, especially Partition. The book looks at both facets of the issue - the reach of jihadi pan - Islamism in the popular Indian Muslim consciousness and how the community copes withmedia distortions of a nuanced issue; as well as the politics of representation and the subsequent stereotyping of Muslims. The essays are extremely topical in the context of the ongoing debates on the media's accountability and its commercialization, as well as the status of ordinary Muslims inrelation to international Islamic terrorism.