I knew going to DISCREDIT

the all too common rhetoric 

of "the poor women in Islam".

Def: to give peoplereason to stopbelieving 

someone or to doubt thetruth of something

(dictionary.cambridge.org)

The intended purpose of my research and writing is

not to say the is a complete absence of injustice in Islamic countries,

but rather that is not a reflection of Islam and that portrait of Muslim women is

the product of EXAGGERATIONS to further political agendas

Def: The fact of making something seemlarger, 

more important,better, or worse than it really is

(dictionary.cambridge.org)

Cultural practises in Muslim societies

must be differentiated from Islamic

principles to understand how the 

media CONVEYS a misguided and

calculated picture of Muslim women

Def: to communicate or express something,

with or without using words

(lONGMAN DICTIONRY)

During the downfall of Islamic Civilization

those who professed to be Muslim did not strictly

ADHERE to the teachings

Def: to stick or be attachedfirmly to a surface

(DICTIONARY.CAMBRIDGE.ORG)

There are undeniable MONSTROSITIES that are 

not permitted from the standpoint of any religion,

let alone Islam

Def: something large and ugly, especially a building

(lONGMAN DICTIONARY)

The fact that many Muslim countries

sit on a significant portion of the globe's

oil reserves no doubt influences the

DEMONIZATION of Islam

Def: to try to make someone or a group of

 people seem as if they areevil

(dictionary.cambridge.com)

In both scenarios Muslim women

become DISTANT and dissimilar 

to the audience, and the public

is easier to persuade

Def: Far away in space or time (longman dic)

During the Cold War propaganda

and SMEAR-TACTICS were used to

discredit and alienate Communism, its leadres, and its followers

Def: Smare- to tell an untrue story about someone important in order to make people lose respect for them - used especially in newspapers (longman)

Tactic-a method that you use to achieve something (longman)

During the Cold War propaganda

and smear-tactics were used to

discredit and ALIENATE Communism,

its leadres, and its followers

Def: to do something that makes someone unfriendly 

or unwilling to support you (longman)

There has been a rise in hate crimes

toward Muslims around the world

in the last decade including the DESECRATION

of many mosques

Def: To spoil or damage something 

holy or respected (longman dic)

The depiction of women in Islam as victims

of cruel Sharia (Islamic) Law is instrumental in

WIDENING the gap between Islamic and 

Western Countries

Def: to become larger in degree or range,

or to make something do this (longman dic)

Once people have the mindset that unjust Muslim men oppress women in Islam, it is easier to cinvience the audience that there is a need to go to war with this foreign and unpredictable ideology

Def: To treat a group of people unfairly or cruelly, and prevent them from having the same rights that other people in society have (longman dic)