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AHMEDS JOURNEY INTO ISLAM A CRITICAL RESPONSE TO THE STEREOTYPICAL REPRESENTATION OF MUSLIM WOMEN AND ISLAMIC ATTIRES IN WESTERN DISCOURSE

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).30      10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).30      Published : Jun 2021

Ahmed's Journey into Islam: A Critical Response to the Stereotypical Representation of Muslim Women and Islamic Attires in Western Discourse

Abstract

    Muslim women in western literary and non-literary discourse have been portrayed stereo typically as uneducated, submissive, family-bound, segregated, confined to the harem, doubly marginalized and a threat for western ideology. Akbar Ahmed's Journey into Islam demonstrates Muslim women and their roles in Muslim societies based on different geographical contexts. This article attempts to highlight and challenge the stereotypical representation of Muslim women and the distortion of their social attire,such as the veil in media and academic representations. The veil is interpreted as a fundamentalist practice which is, from a Muslim perspective, a defensive mechanism and an empowering gesture. This article explores the true picture of Muslim women and their active roles in various walks of life.

    Islam, Misrepresentation, Muslim Women, Veil, Stereotypes

    (1) Muhammad Ijaz
    Lecturer in English, Department of Humanities and Linguistics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Ghulam Murtaza
    Associate Professor, Department of English, GC University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Atha Adrees
    Lecturer in English, Department of Humanities and Linguistics, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
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APA

    APA : Ijaz, M., Murtaza, G., & Adrees, A. (2021). Ahmed's Journey into Islam: A Critical Response to the Stereotypical Representation of Muslim Women and Islamic Attires in Western Discourse. Global Language Review, VI(II), 288-294. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).30

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Ijaz, Muhammad, Ghulam Murtaza, and Atha Adrees. 2021. "Ahmed's Journey into Islam: A Critical Response to the Stereotypical Representation of Muslim Women and Islamic Attires in Western Discourse." Global Language Review, VI (II): 288-294 doi: 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).30

HARVARD

    HARVARD : IJAZ, M., MURTAZA, G. & ADREES, A. 2021. Ahmed's Journey into Islam: A Critical Response to the Stereotypical Representation of Muslim Women and Islamic Attires in Western Discourse. Global Language Review, VI, 288-294.

MHRA

    MHRA : Ijaz, Muhammad, Ghulam Murtaza, and Atha Adrees. 2021. "Ahmed's Journey into Islam: A Critical Response to the Stereotypical Representation of Muslim Women and Islamic Attires in Western Discourse." Global Language Review, VI: 288-294

MLA

    MLA : Ijaz, Muhammad, Ghulam Murtaza, and Atha Adrees. "Ahmed's Journey into Islam: A Critical Response to the Stereotypical Representation of Muslim Women and Islamic Attires in Western Discourse." Global Language Review, VI.II (2021): 288-294 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Ijaz, Muhammad, Murtaza, Ghulam, and Adrees, Atha (2021), "Ahmed's Journey into Islam: A Critical Response to the Stereotypical Representation of Muslim Women and Islamic Attires in Western Discourse", Global Language Review, VI (II), 288-294

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Ijaz, Muhammad, Ghulam Murtaza, and Atha Adrees. "Ahmed's Journey into Islam: A Critical Response to the Stereotypical Representation of Muslim Women and Islamic Attires in Western Discourse." Global Language Review VI, no. II (2021): 288-294. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-II).30