This paper is intended to be a brief comparison of some of the Western and non-Western media coverage of Islamic movements, Muslim countries and individual Muslims, with particular emphasis on the post 9-11 era. This is a broad subject, which I hope to bring some justice to. I come at this subject from a rather unique perspective, personally and professionally. Firstly, I am a practicing Muslim. I took my shahada at a mosque outside my hometown, Detroit, Michigan, nearly 30 years ago. I am an Orthodox Muslim, as some of you may have guessed from my first name. I am also an African-American Muslim, but I am not now, nor have I ever been, a member of the so-called Nation of Islam.
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