Skapandet av ?den andre? En kvalitativ undersökning av hur muslimer framställs i det offentliga rummet
This essay aims to determine how Muslims are produced in the public domain in Swedishcontemporary time. My study is based on three different materials; Hot mot demokrati ochvärdegrund ? en lägesbild från Malmö investigating Islamist radicalism and extremism inRosengård, articles on Omar Mustafa and his resignation from the Social Democratic Partyand Gun Holmertz article Islamismen får allt större fäste i Hjällbo and the following debate.The method used is discourse analysis as the purpose of the study is to examine howMuslims are produced within the prevailing discourse. Theoretical points have beenPostcolonial theory, Orientalism, Islamophobia and ?us? and ?them?.The results of the study confirm the results of earlier studies, namely that Muslims are not produced in a beneficial way. Consistently for all materials is how Muslims are produced in a homogenizing way but also that Muslims are not allowed to represent themselves. The stereotype of a Muslim is that he is violent and oppressive ofwomen, and that the Muslim women are oppressed. Muslims are also often represented, they are not given the opportunity to speak for themselves, resulting in Muslims themselves mustnever speak about their own position. Muslims are portrayed as "the other", those who arevery different from ?us?.