Analysis of Diane Sawyer's Islam Reporting: Questions and Answers

This report analyzes Diane Sawyer's report on Islam, focusing on questions and answers about the religion. It examines the views of American Muslims, the Quran's teachings, and the issue of Islamophobia. The report highlights the diversity within the Muslim community and the importance of inclusion, mentioning that Muslims come from different professional backgrounds. The report also explores the misconceptions about Islam, the challenges Muslims face in America, and how these experiences shape their opinions. Furthermore, the report discusses the role of Islam in organizational culture and the importance of understanding different viewpoints. The report references ABC News' video which features interviews with American Muslims and non-believers who share their perspectives on Islam.

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Diane Sawyer Reporting: Islam—Questions and Answers
Diane Sawyer, an American Journalist in the channel ABC news, features in this video,
and he displays a range of views about the religion Islam (ABC News, 2010). It begins with the
notion of extremism in Islam, which arises several questions amongst the non-Muslim
population all around the world such as ‘what does the Quran say about violence against non-
believers?’ or the oppression against Muslim women, what is the moderate voice and what is the
fastest-growing religion in the world? It features American Muslims and non-believers who are
answering questions according to their beliefs and the idea of Islam phobia due to certain
activities by the Islamic extremists. This video gives a balanced opinion about the religion,
featuring what is written in the Quran regarding the misconceptions the non-believers have. It
sheds light on the teachings of the Quran that includes the five pillars and certain values a
Muslim should have.
The people featured in this video are the American Muslims who come from different
fields of profession and are educated. They are expressing their point of view about the questions
being thrown at them. The experiences people had in this video differs because the non-believers
believe that Islam is a fanatic religion to thinking that the main notion of Islam is to convert
everyone into this religion. Meanwhile, the believers express that people should get to know
them because they are like everyone else and being a Muslim in America doesn’t make them
different than anyone else. Nearly, three-quarter of American says that they do not know any
Muslims or they have asked anyone what Islam really is. The experiences they have gone
through has framed the opinions they have about Islam.
The topics covered in this video applies to the diversity and inclusion in the
organisational culture because the Muslims who were featured in this video came from different

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classes and professional areas. There are 4 Muslim mayors in the city of Jersey, Miss USA has
been a Muslim, and a study suggests that American Muslims have twice the college degree of the
average with a higher income, including 7,000 of the military troop in the United States are
Muslims. This promotes diversion and inclusion in the organisational culture, as the country has
a mix of ethnicity.

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References
ABC News. (2010). What Is Islam? Questions and Answers [Video]. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTjYLukK_D4