Where is the "Muslim World"? Professor Tony McEnery

"What is the Muslim world? At TEDxLancasterU, linguist Tony McEnery argues that this phrase, which was used 11,000 times in articles discussing Islam written from 1998 to 2009 by the British press, highlights an unsettling trend in the media -- using language that characterizes Muslims as violent and unusual -- a trend that, as he shows, has a long history and he asks us to change...."


On the same shelf (British media):

• New report highlights abuse of Muslim women

• Giving and campaigning in the Muslim charitable sector by Mohammad Zaman

• The evolution of British Islamic activism, by Sadek Hamid

• Muslim chaplains in British public life, by Sophie Gilliat-Ray

• Challenging supremacist ideology in Islam, by Tehmina Kazi

• The case of True Religion v. truereligion.com: Muslim website owner says he has faith court will protect him

• Atheists challenge churches’ free parking permits