Fazlullah: The Use Of Propaganda In The Modern World

According to Webster’s College Dictionary, propaganda is “information or ideas methodically spread to promote or injure a cause, movement, nation etc, and the deliberate spread of such information or ideas” (Vidal). "The word “propaganda” comes from the Vatican. The phrase “congregatio de propaganda fide” (The congregation for the propagation of the faith) was used to support the catholic faith in response to the Protestant Reformation"(Vidal). Propaganda was a tool used to persuade the people to remain in their church. They would write, sing, and draw about the other churches having the devil in them. In this time the Catholics used the most common propaganda, "manicheanism which is portraying one side as good and demonizing the other as
A key militant leader named Fazlullah, born in 1974, emerged in the early 2000’s (“Who Is Fazlullah”)." Fazlullah spent his teenage years selling wooden shuttering and doing odd jobs selling items off pushcarts"(Hashim). Then, he established his own parallel Islamist government, “with the support of more than 4000 fighters” (“Who Is Fazlullah”). Fazlullah nicknamed, Radio Mullah, after he used FM broadcasts to push his jihadist sermons. He preferred topics of “major sources of sin” such as music, TV and computers, as well as polio vaccination drive, which he claimed was a conspiracy to control the Muslim population (Who Is Fazlullah). He was a major contributor to the propaganda by winning the hearts of many people who listened to the radio. "Off air, 'They praised Fazlullah and talked about his long hair, the way he rode a horse and behaved like the Prophet'"( “Who Is
In everyday life smaller scale persuasion is used in commercials, movies and even persuading parents. Commercials use pathos to make the audience feel that the product will change the world for the better. This is a different technique of propaganda than the war; there is no opposing side which allows a more passive approach to manipulation. Movies can indirectly influence a thought or action, which again is a differing concept that can make an emotion appear that wouldn't have been there otherwise. There is a unique way that movies portray their message, take real world events, exaggerate and intensify it, and the message is subtly delivered. Convincing parents is a whole new ball park; pathos may be used in an effort to persuade using emotional weakness, similar to propaganda, and how it plays on people’s