After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the attention of several countries – mainly Western – has focused on the Middle East, considering the region as the cradle of terrorism. The events that have taken place since that date onwards show a marked tendency toward the production of ideas that have demonized the region by creating a link between political Islam and terrorism, which have been inevitably influenced by media manipulation. Indeed, terrorism is used by various Islamic movements as a strategy to satisfy their own purposes; nonetheless, it‟s not appropriate to establish a generalization that embraces all of these associations. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to demonstrate that there is no direct relationship between political Isl...