Unlike Muslim women, Muslim men are depicted as predators. This can be seen through the Rochdale grooming scandal, were Asian men groomed young white girls for sex. It is true that men convicted of the crimes were Muslim, these nine men do not account for the 2.7 million Muslims living in Britain as some media outlets implied. This can be seen through Daily Mail Journalist Dunn (2016) who, throughout his article, makes reference to the men as Asian and Muslim, he goes on to cites Muslim councillors sympathising with the paedophiles. This could lead readers to believe Muslims permit these types of injustices. In comparison Tufail (2015), found in his research, that in stories relating to white paedophiles race was rarely mentioned. He cites …show more content…
This can be seen through Nick Griffin, leader of the BNP and a Member of the European Parliament who said "The mass street grooming of young girls from the English community is only being carried out by Muslims (citied by Vallely 2012). As seen in the previous paragraph most sex offenders are white, therefore Griffins would be gravely incorrect in saying this. Exploiting of the injustices in the north can also be seen through Ukip leader Nigel Farage. He blames the grooming crimes on Labours multiculturalism. It is completely non-credible to suggest the rise in multiculturalism has lead a rise in paedophilia, making it clear that Farage is using these crimes for political gain. As Petley (2011) Politicians use the media to enforce their views ignoring cultural sensibilities. This leads to the widespread misunderstanding of Muslims as misleading information is distributed about them by those in …show more content…
The media portrays Muslim men as violent and dangerous, whilst Muslim women are shown to be passive aiding men in terrorist activities. This chapter also shows that even though Islam is alienated by western media for discriminatory practices, it is not different from other religions such as Christianity and Judaism. Like the domestic violence identified in chapter three, child abuse is not intrinsic to Muslim culture. Even though Muslims have committed terrorist attacks in Europe, it is the minority of them. This links back Cesari (2010) in the first chapter of western media representation of terrorist attacks causing major misconceptions. As seen in this paragraph these include Muslim men being seen as dangerous and Muslim women being seen as brainwashed and