The Demonstrations of Muslims in Western Countries: Semiotic Study

Abstract

Western countries believe that Islam is a negative and bad religion. It is a fundamental source of terrorism, violence, racism, and extremism. Muslims in western countries protest against this wrong idea about Islam carrying posters that express that. The purpose of this paper to prove the idea of Islam is a good and positive religion in western countries. To demonstrate the positive idea of Islam, the posters of the protestations should be analyzed semiotically according to Barthes’ theory of denotation and connotation to get the aim of this paper. Seven photographs are analysed to prove that because they have effective strong evidence about Islam and Muslims. It is concluded that Islam is a good and positive religion. It is a religion of peace, safety, sincerity, and tolerance. It doesn’t come to kill people or restrict their freedom as western countries’ people think.