Religion Stereotyping
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This article talks about how a group of Muslim artists
entered into hip-hop music and are going against the stereotype of Muslim women
being not allowed to participate in any male dominant category. The group’s
founder Alia Sharrief told that the objective of her group was to convey the
message that Muslim women belong in hip hop even though it is traditionally a
male dominant category frowned upon conservative corners of Muslim community.
Through their hip hop they want to break the old stereotype of the society that
Muslim women are not supposed to participate in any such activity that exposes
them to the world and is a bad omen towards their religion. Even though Alia
Sharrief’s group writes hip-hop music they make it a point to address current issues
and relate to race and gender along with their rhymes often focused on speaking
up for humanity and having dignity. I have chosen this article since it relates
to the social issue of Religion Stereotyping in my book “Karma” by Cathy
Ostlere through showing people’s beliefs and teachings for each other’s
religion prominently Hinduism and Sikhism. During Amar and Leela’s marriage
Leela’s family called Sikhs as arrogant and lacking in imagination while Amar’s
family called Hindus as un-evolved Sikhs and too romantic in their religious
philosophy. Since this was a common stereotype during that period therefore
every Hindu and Sikh carried the same image for each other in their heads and
beliefs. Amar’s father tried to prevent him from marrying Leela (Hindu) by
telling him that any Sikh attached to Leela cannot escape the cycle of life,
death and rebirth and will be bound to the Wheel of Existences. Also Maya was
always taught that Sikhs were the protectors of Hindus and brought up believing
that only Sikhs were the most courageous of all Indians. The society during
that period made such Religion Stereotypes so that they could make people
believe what they wanted.
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