Master's thesis from 2007 in the field of Politics - International Politics - Region: Middle East, Grade: 1.65, University of Augsburg, 65 sources in the bibliography, Language: German. Abstract: The position of women in Islam - what image do we, the members of Western civilization, associate with it? The most common assessments are likely to be rather negative, with the position of women in Islam sometimes viewed as an affront to human rights. Recently, images of Islam and the Islamic world have proliferated: terrorist attacks, war, hostage-taking, the hunt for Bin Laden, or outraged Muslims marching through the streets, shaking their fists and burning flags in protest against the Western denigration of the Prophet. The increased media coverage since 9/11, the Iraq War, and the perceived heightened threat of terrorism.