Abstract

This article examines Al Jazeera English s framing of the French authorities domestic response to the November 2015 Paris attacks The objective of the paper was to analyze the way Al Jazeera English framed the French government s domestic response to the attacks using qualitative textual analysis method of the selected news articles The findings show Al Jazeera English s critical stance towards the domestic reaction of French authorities to the attacks The network voicing the opinions of French Muslim minority groups in its framing contests the anti-terror operation and the state of emergency which occurred in the aftermath of the attacks Its framing highlights a further marginalization and exclusion of French Muslim minorities who are already suffering from Islamophobia since the 9 11 attacks and after Charlie Hebdo attack The article concludes that the network in its framings voices the views of the French Muslim minorities in its frames