Unfortunately, it is promoted that people never get together in any common place in the World; furthermore, the mass media and policymakers desire to globalize panic all around the world; moreover, they change the public mood regarding Islam (O’Keeffe, 2005). Islam never teaches retaliation; it is discourages the killing of non- Muslims; jihad does not mean holy war (Nielsen, 2001). Some analysts point out that misunderstanding between Christians and Muslims has existed since the 7th century (Gauch, 2001). There are differences between the tenets of Christianity and Islam. Those differences should not beget yelling at one another (Neilsen , 2001, ¶7). Also, religions are for peace not for violence. For example, a long time ago, Oklahoma was attacked by a terrorist. At first, all media misrepresented the issue to people, such as one newspaper headline read: “In The Name of Islam”. Actually, the media played devils advocate due to the fact that the murder was a US citizen, Timothy McVeigh; as a result, people began to hate one another (Islam- A religion of Terror, 2004, ¶ 14). Those circumstances led people to prejudging one another; in fact, Muslim people who wear beards or scarves on their heads were prejudged as terrorists. It is apparent that people who feed from violence and chaos trigger those issues.
Posted by: mehmetsoyer | November 24, 2007


