Debunking Stereotypes: An Exploration of Islam in the Middle East

Instructions: In your group, explore both a common stereotype and frequently-asked question regarding
Islamic culture in the Middle East. You may use the following websites to support your research:
Islamic Networks Group: Education for Cultural Literacy
Southern Poverty Law Center: Teaching Tolerance
Quran Speaks

Stereotype

Women are inferior

Explanation

Many people get the idea of women from Middle East are
inferior from international media. As such passive, weak and

Where did this stereotype begin,

nd why do people believe it to be
ue?

hat is the truth regarding this

reotype, according to your
arch?

always veil. A lot of media shown how women been publicly

executed, women cooked at home and do housework.. People
got the wrong idea of the image they were shown. Which
lead them to this women are inferior.

After some research, some people pointed out the reason

why people might think women in middle east are inferior,
one main reason is because of their religion, women are not
allowed to go outside, they are not able to connect with
people from the outside world, then how is it possible to let
people truly understand them? The other reason is about
the girl schools were burnt, so female lose the opportunity
to learn.
Many women in middle east protested about their own
rights. In Egypt and Tunisia, women carried banners and
placards, requesting an end to dictatorships.
Women wants better life. Such as an event called Women
in Arab Spring which is series of demonstration, protest,
war against their rights.

Research citation

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alayna-ahmad/are-muslim-wome
n-really-s_b_2288337.html
http://fpif.org/women_in_the_middle_east/
https://www.opendemocracy.net/5050/women-and-arab-spring

Question

How serious is religion for Muslim?

Answer

Very serious, but consequences are not supposed to exist if

muslim wants to leave Islam. For some reason, some cultures do
give consequences because of the people and the citizen who are
strict and do in the name of Islam. Some muslims will justify
their actions by using Islam as the source of their reasoning.
The Quran, like a bible, states that There should be no
compulsion in religion and also religion is suppose to be having
peace but people use it in the wrong way, they trust the religion
to much, in which it cause problem toward people. These verses
prove that man is free to choose the religion that makes him
happy, and rejecting Islam is not a crime.

Research citation

https://www.quora.com/Are-there-any-consequences-for-leaving-I
slam
http://www.religionfacts.com/islam