December 20 2019
Coaching Meeting with Yasmine Taan
Check the book:
The war on terror:The abu ghreib photos
By W.T.J. Mitchell
What do pictures want? Picture theory
Be careful with orientalist approach
Propaganda of islamophobia: authors support “Islam = terror” sells
The masked, faceless fighter evokes an intimidating sight, which projects strength, mystery, violence and anonymity (Ostovar 2017, 96).
Society of the spectacle:
Foucault
Guy Debord
Practices of Looking : visual culture
The circulation of images
I think you need an introduction in which you present Islam = positive After all this is a scientific study, right? no biases
IS = Koo kloox clan and other terrorist/fundamentalist groups (like the Nazis)
Islam not religion but political
Look up Zeina Maasri
Promises for the after life
Semiotics of the image
Aesthetics
Who sees the photos?
Who are they intended for?
The magazines in Arabic? What is the content? What does it address? Young? Old? Women? Etc.
In the introduction: define IS as equivalent to similar terrorist groups in Europe and the US who use similar strategies…Nazis and kkk.
portraits that contradict the Islamic State’s narratives?
what about the content? The article?
Why written in English?
Education of the mujahid?
That is why you need to read authors like Mitchell, who are not bias and will will explain how terrorism was born , prompted, instigated by the US politics.
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Appropriating Islam
I am sorry to come in late with serious concerns re-bias and one sided view
Which does not establish your research as scientific.
You have to be very clear that Islamic intellectuals , an
Radical Islam and progressive Islam.
Like any religion: you have practicing, liberal thinkers and fundamentalists
Islam is a religion: the essence is to make
an ideology institution to encourage humans to treat each other with good intentions
An important message here:
Islamic studies program in the US and Europe that will find your study bias.
Introduce Islam as a religious faith with followers etc.
Introduce this groups as terrorist group (British) who are trying to appropriate Islam
For the purpose of their own agendas
Of war etc.
Swiss context: ? limited understanding of Islam (Tarek Ramadan)
Islam is very diverse/ practiced in different ways in different places in the world: morocco, Tunisia, indonesia, (drink and pray 5 times a day, go out , dress up), Egypt?
Iran, Saudi arabia, etc.
Liberal islam: homosexuality etc.
Sexual discourses etc.
Queer islam : postmodern
Do IS read Arabic? Did IS read the Quran?
Large communities of Muslims who memorize the Quran without understanding the content.
They don't read Arabic?
Portraying Muslims (in general) as jihadis and oppressive to women is bias