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This article is relevant due to the fact that the word "Jihadis" was never mentioned in the original survey (questions above) and the questions which were used were phrases in an emotive way. This emotive wording of "young Muslims" urges the interviewed party to feel sorry and sympathy for the vulnerable young Muslim youth. The result of this misleading article is the growth of hatred for Muslims throughout the Western world as they are now associated with sympathy for terrorists.
Charlie Hebdo
The following satirical comics were created by Charlie Hebdo magazine in an attempt to critique the immigration crisis facing both the Eastern and Western world.
The above image features the text "Welcome migrants, So Close but" as well as "Promotion 2 children's meals for the price of 1". The aim of the above image and encoded message was to raise awareness of the dangers of immigration specially after a young migrant washed up dead on a beach in Greece. The Mc Donalds sign features in an attempt to critique the heartless consumerism in the Western world in the face of the atrocities faced by many in other countries. The bright coloration of the sign also highlights the fact that the Western world is the hope which the migrants are attempting to reach in order to start a new life. Sadly due to the deep levels of satirical humour the image has been consumed by the public and decoded as an attack on migrants and a display of Orientalism and the idea that the West are superior to the Eastern nations whom are seen as less civilised and more barbaric according to Orientalism.
The above image is more shocking as it blatantly focuses on race an religion opposed to the migrant crisis. The image states "Proof that Europe is Christian, Christians walk on water, Muslim children sink". This is an offensive message for a number of reasons firstly it erases non-Christian people who live in Europe and secondly it makes light of the death of a young muslim child who was trying to make a better life for himself in Europe. The encoded meaning of this piece would be to make satirical joke however when decoded by the public it comes across as offensive and cruel.
Charlie Hebdo to Chapel Hill
This is an example of the erasure of hate crimes against Muslims by White American's due to the fact that they do not wish to make folk devils of themselves.
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