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=> Orientalism 101

Posted by Tiglath (Guest) - Friday, February 13 2009, 4:48:14 (CET)
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Now let’s do a quick comparison of the two articles that are supposed to be reporting on two separate religions.

The Muslim Imam article word-count shows:

Muslim 12
Islam/Islamic 3

The Christian Pastor article word-count shows:

Christianity/Christian 0

This fits into the Oriental framework in which all 1 billion Muslims worldwide are responsible for the ranting of one illiterate Imam whereas the ranting of a Christian pastor is implied and never explicitly stated dissociating him from the millions of Christians.

The Muslim Imam article had the following foreign words:

mercy (rahma)
zina (adultery)
enticement (igraa)

In order to alienate Muslims and create The Other the authors deliberately leave foreign words in the article reinforcing the cultural and linguistic alienation.
The Christian Pastor article had no foreign words in it portraying the Western world’s cultural affinity with the Pastor.

Falling back on the Orienta; framework the Muslim Imam and all Muslims are portrayed as being anti-women whereas the Christian Pastor is portrayed as being pro-life.

When analysed side-by-side the articles show just how biased the reporting is when it comes to portraying Islam.

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Abortion to blame for fires: Pastor Tiglath - Thursday, February 12 2009, 6:43:49 (CET)
- What if ithad been an Islamic Imam? Tiglath - 02/12 06:59
  - tee hee... pancho - 02/12 20:22
    - Muslim leader blames women for sex attacks Tiglath - 02/13 04:09
      - Orientalism 101 Tiglath - 02/13 04:47
      - Orientalism 101 Tiglath - 02/13 04:48
      - Re: Muslim leader blames women for sex attacks pancho - 02/13 20:01
- Re: Abortion to blame for fires: Pastor AssyrianMuslim - 02/13 01:38

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