'This has been a big year for Islam
and Islamic law in American media. As politicians vied for local and national
office, anti-sharia messages -- and sometimes overtly anti-Islam messages --
were broadcast across the media, at times functioning to normalize anti-Islam
discourse. Turmoil in places like Egypt and Mali ensured that there were plenty
of stories with "sharia" in the forefront, but little
contextualization for the average reader to give a sense of what Islamic law
means in those places. As we look back at media coverage in 2012, a number of
trends emerge, ranging from regional and national hotspots like Tennessee and
Egypt; in specific areas, such as gender and Islamophobia; and in wider issues
of how Islamic law was covered and who was cited by the media as an authority....'
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