Issues on Muslim Discourse: A Thematic Review

Abstract

Muslims worldwide have captured their multi-layered roles, whether at familial, organisational, societal, or global levels. Made up almost one-fourth of the world population, analyses of their discourse, whether in spoken or written form, are mushrooming in today’s research. However, with enormous online data available, there is no particular paper discussing the trends of Muslim discourse. Hence, this review aims to identify the patterns of issues in this discourse from 2019 to 2023 by using ATLAS.ti 23. A keyword search and filtering process from SCOPUS and Mendeley databases resulted in 156 searches. Nevertheless, only 85 articles were identified for final review. As a result, there were 33 initial codes of Muslim portrayals in these articles, which were categorised into five themes: identity, religious value, stereotype, power, and preaching. This study hopes to benefit future research on any topic related to Muslim and Islam, especially on meagre themes covered in this paper.