Because there is so little scholarly information on hate speech and Islamophobia, I had a hard time finding a second article despite tireless efforts. Which has given me even more reason to study the language of Islamophobia. Despite centuries of negative stereotypes of Islamic people, no one has really studied it. So, I have taken it upon myself to look at the language and the nonverbal cues of Bridgitte Gabrielle.
This is just a teaser clip, but it doesn't take long to realize how controlling both verbally and nonverbally Ms. Gabrielle is. Enjoy!
Friday, May 6, 2011
Taking a look at the language Islamophobia
Mohideen, H. & Mohideen. S. (2008) The language of Islamophobia in internet articles. Intellectual Discourse: 16 (1), pp. 73-87.
This articleis about the language that is used for the fear and hatred of Muslim people. Despite meaning "peace" in Arabic, the Western World seems bent on painting a linguistic picture on all Muslim people being terrorists. This article covers terms like Islamic Terrorism, Fanatacism, Extremists and other negatively stereotyping phrases that are commonly used in both life and the internet.
My research being on the negative outlook Brigitte Gabriel gives to the Western world, she often uses many of the terms talked about in this article. Her use of extremist, radicals, nazis and even Barbarians are loaded with Islamophobia, which helps her to spread negative stereotypes.
In one interview, Ms. Gabrielle will deny her generalization of all Muslim people and in the next she'll barely differentiate between the two. In another she'll say that there is only one Islam (not radical and/or moderate.) Her sometimes confusing use of hate speak can make it very difficult to get any differentiation , but one will get the picture that she is in fact spreading nothing but hate.
Her use of language is very useful along with this article, because Mohideen and Mohideen (2008) talk about nearly any term that she uses to call Muslims.
Has anyone else caught on to how little she differentiates between radical and moderate Muslims???
This articleis about the language that is used for the fear and hatred of Muslim people. Despite meaning "peace" in Arabic, the Western World seems bent on painting a linguistic picture on all Muslim people being terrorists. This article covers terms like Islamic Terrorism, Fanatacism, Extremists and other negatively stereotyping phrases that are commonly used in both life and the internet.
My research being on the negative outlook Brigitte Gabriel gives to the Western world, she often uses many of the terms talked about in this article. Her use of extremist, radicals, nazis and even Barbarians are loaded with Islamophobia, which helps her to spread negative stereotypes.
In one interview, Ms. Gabrielle will deny her generalization of all Muslim people and in the next she'll barely differentiate between the two. In another she'll say that there is only one Islam (not radical and/or moderate.) Her sometimes confusing use of hate speak can make it very difficult to get any differentiation , but one will get the picture that she is in fact spreading nothing but hate.
Her use of language is very useful along with this article, because Mohideen and Mohideen (2008) talk about nearly any term that she uses to call Muslims.
Has anyone else caught on to how little she differentiates between radical and moderate Muslims???
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