Thread: Towards seeking knowledge

Women, Islam and the media are topics often found in close conjunction, and not always in the happiest of circumstances. So in a canny move, the University of East Anglia (UEA), which often gives better-known institutions a run for their money in terms of column inches, has developed a course entitled exactly that.

The 12-week module, which the university claims is the first of its kind in the UK, will cover the often inflammatory topics of veil wearing, arranged marriage and "honour" crimes – looking at how they are portrayed in contemporary film, TV and other media, and how this reflects cultural biases in both the east and west. It launches this week and 18 third-year students have enrolled. Roughly equal numbers of men and women have signed up.

The course was developed by Dr Eylem Atakav, a graduate of Ankara University and lecturer at UEA. "Lots of people have written about women and Islam, lots of people have written about Islam and media or women and media, but they haven't been brought together before," she said.

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. These crimes happen everywhere in the world, it's not just a Muslim, or just a Middle Eastern thing."

Journalist and broadcaster Nabila Ramdani agrees there is a need to challenge stereotypes. "The media caricatures [Muslim women]. It is the same kind of media treatment which sees Muslim men portrayed as swarthy types with beards or – at worst – potential terrorists."

Atakav said the course had added relevance in the light of the Arab spring and new forms of political activism by women.

Guardian, 19 January 2012

Originally Posted by Bwana_Mutungi

Women, Islam and the media are topics often found in close conjunction, and not always in the happiest of circumstances. So in a canny move, the University of East Anglia (UEA), which often gives better-known institutions a run for their money in terms of column inches, has developed a course entitled exactly that.

The 12-week module, which the university claims is the first of its kind in the UK, will cover the often inflammatory topics of veil wearing, arranged marriage and "honour" crimes – looking at how they are portrayed in contemporary film, TV and other media, and how this reflects cultural biases in both the east and west. It launches this week and 18 third-year students have enrolled. Roughly equal numbers of men and women have signed up.

The course was developed by Dr Eylem Atakav, a graduate of Ankara University and lecturer at UEA. "Lots of people have written about women and Islam, lots of people have written about Islam and media or women and media, but they haven't been brought together before," she said.

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. These crimes happen everywhere in the world, it's not just a Muslim, or just a Middle Eastern thing."

Journalist and broadcaster Nabila Ramdani agrees there is a need to challenge stereotypes. "The media caricatures [Muslim women]. It is the same kind of media treatment which sees Muslim men portrayed as swarthy types with beards or – at worst – potential terrorists."

Atakav said the course had added relevance in the light of the Arab spring and new forms of political activism by women.

Guardian, 19 January 2012

It may well be that sometimes a British man kills his wife out of jealousy and even rarer his daughter because of her behaviour. However, such cases do not usually involve the agreement, co-operation and assistance of other members the family as is usual in Muslim honour killings.

Nor are such killings condoned,justified or excused in any religious book except the Koran.

And if you want others to respect Muslim women, you could start with respecting them yourselves and giving them equality of worship and allow them into the thousands of mosques they are banned from. Unless of course your god only wants women's total obedience to their husbands as a sign of their worship.

I am totally confused and my question is addressed only for seeking knowledge from those who know , not with any criticism towards any of those denominations.

because something you see it is right today but it will be ridiculous tomorrow , that will make people confused perhaps !

Originally Posted by AngeliaEdelmanm

there seems to be a very thin line between whats considered chat and knowledge seeking.
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