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AHMEDS JOURNEY INTO ISLAM A CRITIQUE OF ESSENTIALIZATION OF ISLAM

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-I).22      10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-I).22      Published : Mar 1

Ahmed's Journey into Islam: A Critique of Essentialization of Islam

Abstract

    Islam in western literary and non-literary discourse has been represented stereo typically as a static, extremist, jihadist, fundamentalist religion of terrorism, a threat to western ideology. Akbar S. Ahmed's Journey into Islam critiques the distorted images of Muslims, Islam and its practices.This article attempts to highlight the stereotypical representation of Islam and Muslims in media and academic representations. The theoretical framework for this research paper is based upon the methodological assumptions derived from Edward Said's Covering Islam (1997). It explores the true picture of Islam as a religion of peace, compassion and harmony and challenges the association of terrorism with Islam.

    Islam, Jihad, Stereotypes, Media, Terrorism, Expansionism

    (1) Muhammad Ijaz
    Lecturer in English, Department of Humanities and Linguistics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Ghulam Murtaza
    Associate Professor, Department of English, Government College University, Faisalabad. Punjab, Pakistan
    (3) Bahadur Ali
    Lecturer in English, Department of Humanities and Linguistics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
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CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Ijaz, Muhammad, Ghulam Murtaza, and Bahadur Ali. 2022. "Ahmed's Journey into Islam: A Critique of Essentialization of Islam." Global Social Sciences Review, VII (I): 223-229 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-I).22

HARVARD

    HARVARD : IJAZ, M., MURTAZA, G. & ALI, B. 2022. Ahmed's Journey into Islam: A Critique of Essentialization of Islam. Global Social Sciences Review, VII, 223-229.

MHRA

    MHRA : Ijaz, Muhammad, Ghulam Murtaza, and Bahadur Ali. 2022. "Ahmed's Journey into Islam: A Critique of Essentialization of Islam." Global Social Sciences Review, VII: 223-229

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    MLA : Ijaz, Muhammad, Ghulam Murtaza, and Bahadur Ali. "Ahmed's Journey into Islam: A Critique of Essentialization of Islam." Global Social Sciences Review, VII.I (2022): 223-229 Print.

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    OXFORD : Ijaz, Muhammad, Murtaza, Ghulam, and Ali, Bahadur (2022), "Ahmed's Journey into Islam: A Critique of Essentialization of Islam", Global Social Sciences Review, VII (I), 223-229

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    TURABIAN : Ijaz, Muhammad, Ghulam Murtaza, and Bahadur Ali. "Ahmed's Journey into Islam: A Critique of Essentialization of Islam." Global Social Sciences Review VII, no. I (2022): 223-229. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2022(VII-I).22