Thursday, 19 January 2012

Apostate Britain: Another attempt at challenging stereotypes by reinforcing them

UK's first course in women, Islam and the media launched

University of East Anglia degree module will cover topics including veil wearing, 'honour' crimes and arranged marriages

Atakav said the course would be an important way of changing perceptions of Islam. Study materials include films and TV programmes from around the world, including Iran, the US, Turkey and China. "We will look at how the media talk about 'honour'-based violence, for example. If it's a Middle Eastern woman who happens also to be a Muslim woman it's called an 'honour crime'. But if it's a British woman who was killed because her husband was jealous because she was having an affair with another man, it's called murder.
More of the same at The Guardian