Orientalism
Md. Harisur Rahman, JU
Edward Said, the great scholar, was adept in holding a mirror up to western attitudes toward Islam. His thought provoking argument on western imperialistic project; 'Orientalism' is yet to be complete. In 'Covering Islam' he skilfully traced the origins of western misinformation about this religion. Said stated that newspaper and television news programmes depict Muslims as potential terrorists and/or religious fundamentalists. Western media have frequently simplified and caricatured the Islamic world. The latest cartoon controversy is nothing better than part of the 'Orientalist project'. Mr. Huntington's prediction, 'the clash of civilisation' is now making sense to the western world as well as oriental world. It seems to me that the west will play the game deliberately.
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