Modes of meaning expression go beyond verbal articulation to comprise other means of representation. Visual representation of still images can convey extensive realms of connotations and interpretations. The present paper investigates the semiotic resources of 12 images representing Muslims on the covers of western print media in the period post 9/11 events until the present time. The analysis is conducted textually and visually. Muslims depiction is probed using multimodal discourse analysis (MDA) comprising two models; the textual one using Halliady's (2004) systemic functional grammar (SFG) and the visual one using Kress and van Leeuwen's (2006) visual grammar (VG). The ideational, interpersonal and textual meanings of the cover titles and cover lines are investigated on the one hand. While the representational, interactive and compositional meanings of the cover images are investigated on the other hand. The MDA model proves to be quite practical and well designed to reveal the pervasive ideas and recursive ideologies of covers of print media which have effectual impact upon the readers and viewers, and thus enticing certain actions or stances. The presumed appalling, atrocious image of Muslims as savage terrorists spreading abhorrence and fright, is not the only pervading image in the western print media. Muslims are also illustrated as positive models of accomplishment, fulfillment and completion. Parameters of transitivity, mood and theme systems combine on the textual level to realize certain ideological frames either positive or negative. Parameters of representation, image act, social distance, perspective, modality, information value, salience and framing join on the visual level to communicate the same schematic impressions