Lensa: Kajian Kebahasaan, Kesusastraan, dan Budaya p-ISSN: 2086-6100 Vol. 12 No. 2, July-December 2022, Page 249-262 http://jurnal.unimus.ac.id/index.php/lensa e-ISSN: 2503-328X Representation of 'Muslim' in Jakarta… Titania Sari, Ai Yeni Yuliyanti, Ponia Mega Septiana DOI: https://doi.org/10.26714/lensa.12.2.2022.249-262 249 Representation of 'Muslim' in Jakarta Governor Election 2017 in The Washington Post: A Critical Discourse Analysis Titania Sari 1* , Ai Yeni Yuliyanti 2 , Ponia Mega Septiana 3 1 Sekolah Tinggi Teknologi Bandung, 2 UIN Sunan Gunung Djati, 3 Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi STAN Indonesia Mandiri Indonesia *titaniasari@sttbandung.ac.id Article History: Submitted on 21 st July 2022; Revised on 17 th December 2022: Accepted on 18 th December 2022; Published on 31 st December 2022 ABSTRACT This research explores how The Washington Post online newspaper represents Muslims and non-Muslims in the Jakarta governor election in 2017. The researcher obtained the data from the article in The Washington Post on May 5, 2017. This qualitative research used Norman Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis Theory (2003) approaches in the textual and social practice analysis dimensions. The textual analysis dimension is analyzed using Halliday's transitivity theory (2014), focusing on process type at representational meanings. The researcher collects, classifies, and explores the data. The findings show that the most apparent in the sentences of articles are mental and verbal processes, and there is no behavioral process. The result shows that the Washington Post represents Muslims primarily negatively. Muslims is represented as conflict maker and a winner in the event because of the non-Muslim candidate's offense. The Muslim society is represented as having conflict, and hard-line Muslim communities want to apply Islamic law to the Indonesian government. Keywords: critical discourse analysis, muslim, representation, transitivity INTRODUCTION The representation of Muslims in the US became an interesting issue, especially after the WTC building attacks in 2001. Trevino, et al. (2010) claimed that there are still many misconceptions about this religion and its adherents in the United States due to media portrayals, language barriers and