An Inquiry into Media Islamophobia

Through mass media and in association with some events and special incidents, the people in the west have known Islam and Islamic culture. The lack of paying little attention to these incidents, is one of the weaknesses of the studies and comments regarding Islamophobia, especially media Islamophobia. Having a vague idea about the past of the western media to Islam is the other weakness in these studies. Therefore, in order to gain an accurate understanding of representing Islam in western Media, we must pay complete attention to the historical background of presenting this topic. The current study aims at dealing with critical eras that Islam and media Islamophobia have been in the center of attention in the form of three consecutive phenomena especially the Eleventh of September incident.