Islam Stereotype in the Western Ideology and Its Impact on the Frequent Labels of the Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him)، a Study of the Sources and Origins

Abstract

This study investigated the Islam stereotype in general and the prophet Mohammad (peace be upon Him) in particular in the traditional، modern and contemporary western ideology. It illustrated the impact of the repeated misrepresentations for the Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon Him) through refuting the content of these misrepresentations، focusing on the dogmatic، religious، ideological، political، cultural، and historical factors that contributed to shaping its components and intrenched them in the collective western minds in an attempt to reach the frameworks and institutions that stand behind them. It also worked on reproduce and circulate them in the past and now. In a way that this misrepresentation has been the essential start point to form the western awareness about the Islam in general and the prophet Mohammad (peace be upon Him) in particular.