The Veiled Woman is the Realization of

Abstract

The labeling of veiled women as a form of radicalism in Indonesia was shaped by mass media after Bali bombing in 2002. In this study "labeling radicalism" cannot be separated from the role of mass media. The media has an important position to determine the direction of messages containing the theme of sensitive and provocative issues concerning the depiction of Islam. this research uses semiotic method. The results showed that the form of mass media labeling of women veiled as a manifestation of radicalism post-bomb Bali in 2002 that is: dressed in black, face-closing, fanatic, terrorist wife, blurred identity, closed and extreme. The labeling of radicalism by the mass media to veiled women is generally applicable and significant. The media relayed the news with certain alibis because of this the research became an affirmation to the public that veiled women were not separated into labeling objects. These labels stem from part of the veiled women's social life and are internalized by Mass Media as the ambiguity of Islam.