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......Once more, the tendency is to project American viewpoints and values on to supposed Islamist enemies. The same individuals and groups that are utterly alien to Americas most cherished beliefs are also masters of manipulating Americans views of themselves and of using the media to their own advantage. The idea that Islamist groups might possess some sort of legitimate grievance, or might be railing against actual conditions is dismissed in favor of complex marketing ploys. Terrorism is a product, just like everything else that is promoted on American television and in American newspapers and magazines. The only difference is that the Islamist product is a bad product. Other Western media too have taken up the general theme of Islamic terrorism as but the ultimate expression of Islamic failure to grasp the potentialities of the modern world. As presented in the French Canadian press, the modern Islamic world is an utter failure, still desperately trying to explain its fall from power and influence The Arab-Muslim world, because this is primarily what we are talking about, has still not caught up with the military, economic, scientific, and technological progress the West has made during the last two centuries. [5] Islams violent

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