TY - JOUR

T1 - Mass Media, Freethinking and Civic position: From the Middle East to the European Continent

AU - Akhmatshina, Enesh K

AU - Nikonov, Sergey B

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - Contemporary media technologies and quality access to the Internet in the countries of Middle East and North Africa provide regional mass media the possibility to relatively freely express their views, share them with like-minded people, and form groups of followers. The number of so-called Arab atheists among active social network users, as shown by recent studies, has increased. Atheism, along with Islamic feminism, sublimated into various forms of protest media content, is perceived among traditionally religious Arab society as a challenge to the principles and traditions of the Middle Eastern society. The Muslim religious leaders, scholars and thinkers decry the manifestation of this kind of freethinking and see it as a threat to national security in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Migration processes taking place in contemporary Europe are making their ambiguous contribution to the further evolution of the moral and ethical codes of the Muslim society.

AB - Contemporary media technologies and quality access to the Internet in the countries of Middle East and North Africa provide regional mass media the possibility to relatively freely express their views, share them with like-minded people, and form groups of followers. The number of so-called Arab atheists among active social network users, as shown by recent studies, has increased. Atheism, along with Islamic feminism, sublimated into various forms of protest media content, is perceived among traditionally religious Arab society as a challenge to the principles and traditions of the Middle Eastern society. The Muslim religious leaders, scholars and thinkers decry the manifestation of this kind of freethinking and see it as a threat to national security in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Migration processes taking place in contemporary Europe are making their ambiguous contribution to the further evolution of the moral and ethical codes of the Muslim society.

KW - Atheism

KW - Islamic feminism

KW - Freethinking

KW - Arab media

KW - Middle East.

UR - http://www.globalmediajournal.com/open-access/mass-media-freethinking-and-civic-position-from-the-middle-east-to-the-european-continent.php?aid=83244

M3 - Article

JO - Global Media Journal

JF - Global Media Journal

SN - 1550-7521

IS - 14:27.

ER -