January 07

Framing Muslims...Depiction (And Self-Depiction) Of Muslims In Western Public Discourses

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Framing Muslims
This is the project homepage of 'Framing Muslims', an AHRC-funded initiative based at the University of East London and led by Dr Peter Morey, Reader in Literature in the School of Social Sciences, Media and Cultural Studies. This international and inter-disciplinary project aims to study the depiction (including self-depiction) of Muslims in political, legal, public and media discourses in the West and how these might be challenged and circumvented in the future. This website contains: information about the project and past and forthcoming events; links to relevant 'Hot Topics'; podcasts; commentaries; and a list of print-based publications on the areas under study. There are also links to the homepages of relevant organisations. A search engine is available. Intute.ac.uk
http://framingmuslims.org/
November 18

Torture And Intelligence In Western Democracies

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Torture and intelligence gathering in Western democracies
This site provides access to the full text of a paper by Calder Walton which was published as History and Policy paper 78 in November 2008. The use of torture during interrogation is a controversial aspect of the 'war against terrorism'. This paper provides an interesting historical perspective on the nature, extent and use of the practice. Topics covered include: British intelligence and the use of torture in the Second World War and the use of toruture against 'communist agents during the Cold War'. Intute.ac.uk
http://www.historyandpolicy.org/papers/policy-paper-78.html
January 24

Relations Between Islam And The West: World Economic Forum

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World Economic Forum Report Ranks Islam and West Relations
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The World Economic Forum, in collaboration with Georgetown University, launched today the Islam and the West: Annual Report on the State of Dialogue. This first of its kind report is a systematic and thorough overview of how Muslim and Western societies perceive and relate to each other at the political, social, economic and cultural levels.

The report which is the result of in-depth research carried out by leading academics and experts in the field, finds that majorities in populations around the world believe that violent conflict between the West and the Muslim world can be avoided, but they also share a great deal of pessimism about the state of the relationship.

Among both Muslim majority and non-Muslim majority nations, the proportion who say they think the “other side” is committed to better relations rarely rises above a minority of 30%. Notwithstanding the prevalent sense of scepticism, majorities of residents in nations around the world say that better interaction between the Muslim and Western worlds is important to them.
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The report features a Gallup Muslim-West Dialogue Index, which is a ranking of countries based on citizens’ degree of optimism about the state of relations between the West and the Muslim world. The Report also presents an analysis of the portrayal of Islam and the West in newspapers and television across 24 countries by Media Tenor; and a survey by Georgetown University of international, national and local efforts to improve Muslim-West relations.

An important finding of the report is the emergence of citizenship and integration as the second most powerful shaper of the state of dialogue after international politics.

+ Full Report (PDF; 2 MB)

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