a:18:{s:8:"theTitle";s:35:"Stereotypes of Muslims as the Other";s:12:"thePermalink";s:70:"https://www.islamicity.org/1757/stereotypes-of-muslims-as-the-other-2/";s:13:"theAuthorName";s:14:"Farish A. Noor";s:12:"theThumbnail";s:85:"/global/images/photo/IC-Articles/mindthegap_cs__1200x400.JPG";s:6:"isWhat";s:7:"article";s:7:"theIcon";s:0:"";s:11:"theCategory";s:44:"cannot-retrieve-category-see-cell-part-1.php";s:6:"theTag";s:23:"muslims|/topics/muslims";s:7:"theDate";s:11:"Apr 20 2002";s:11:"theDate_ORG";s:14:"April 20, 2002";s:9:"theAuthor";s:32:"Farish A. Noor|/by/farish-a-noor";s:5:"theID";i:1757;s:14:"theReadingTime";s:6:"8 min.";s:10:"theExcerpt";s:685:"Here was I, a citizen from a developing Muslim country, coming to the 'land of the free and the home of the brave' at the invitation of the citizens of the 'free world' themselves. Yet my entry into the socio-cultural and discursive space of the West was already a 'disabling entry', to quote the words of Edward Said. Even before stepping foot on American soil, my identity was already fixed and pre-judged. I was a Muslim, from a Muslim country, with the unhealthy tendency of traveling to other Muslim countries and talking to other dubious Muslims. A chain of equivalences was set into motion: 'Muslim' equals 'Islam', 'Islam' equals 'terrorism', 'terrorism' equals 'danger'. ";s:12:"theTitle_ORG";s:35:"Stereotypes of Muslims as the Other";s:25:"processRelatedFacetsTitle";s:0:"";s:15:"whereItCameFrom";s:84:"_blp_taxonomy_archives.php & zone12 & tax-query & mostrecent on post_tag=stereotypes";s:8:"theEmbed";s:0:"";}