Explores the impact of Western encounters with Islam and how they influenced the lives of Arab Muslims
Analyses a number of controversial political debates that occurred in the Muslim world

Addresses the topic from a non-Western perspective

Autorentext

Ahmed K. Al-Rawi is Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication Studies of Concordia University in Canada and a research fellow at the Media and Communication Department of Erasmus University in the Netherlands.

Zusammenfassung
In the concluding chapter, social network and sentiment analyses are presented in order to investigate all the collected comments and videos, while a critical discussion of freedom of expression and hate speech is offered, with special regards to the growing online influence of far right groups and their role in on-going YouTube debates.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. The Muhammed's Cartoons.- 3. Buring the Quran.- 4. Fitna.- 5. Innocence of Muslims.- 7. Conclusion.