Media plays a major role in molding US public opinions about Muslims. This paper assesses the effect of 9/11 events on the US media's framing of the Muslim nonprofit sector. Overall it finds that the press was more likely to represent the Muslim nonprofit negatively post 9/11. However, post 9/11, the media framing of Muslim nonprofits was mixed. While the media was more likely to associate Muslim nonprofits and terrorism, they were also more likely to represent Muslim nonprofits as organizations that faced persecution because of Islamophobia, government scrutiny, or hate attacks against them. These media frames may have contributed to public perceptions that Muslim organizations support terrorism while also raising the alarm amongst various stakeholders that the government and the general public are persecuting the Muslim nonprofit sector.

媒体在塑造美国对穆斯林的公众舆论中起着重要作用。本文评估了9/11事件对美国媒体对穆斯林非营利组织构成的影响。总的来说，它发现新闻界更有可能在9/11之后负面地代表穆斯林非营利组织。但是，在9/11之后，穆斯林非营利组织的媒体框架是喜忧参半。尽管媒体更有可能将穆斯林非营利组织与恐怖主义联系起来，但他们也更有可能代表穆斯林非营利组织作为由于伊斯兰恐惧症，政府审查或仇恨他们而遭受迫害的组织。这些媒体框架可能促使公众认识到穆斯林组织支持恐怖主义，同时也引起各利益相关方的警觉，即政府和公众正在迫害穆斯林非营利部门。