Islamophobia Chapter 1 Summary

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In chapter 15 of McCloud’s book, they discuss the topics of terrorism, Islamophobia, and the Media. This is a sensitive topic and I makes sense to why they left it to the end of the book to speak about these issues. They wanted the reads to be properly educated regarding the religion of Islam to have them pick their stand on the topics of terrorism and Islamophobia. We understand that Islamophobia did not began with the 9/11 incident. The tension between the western and eastern society has always existed. American media has always portrayed negatively about Islamic and Muslims. Islamophobia was created due to multiple events like the tension during the Cold War and the Iranian Revolution during the 1970s to the 1980s. The topics of Islamophobia