Analysis Of Lila Abu-Lughod's Article Attitudes Toward Muslim Women

Post 9/11 negative stereotypes and attitudes toward Muslims intensified in many Western societies. “The FBI recorded a sixteen-fold increase in hate crimes (e.g., acts of arson, aggravated assault, property crimes) against Muslim Americans from 2001 to 2002” (Rodriguez Mosquera & Khan & Selya, 2013). All of this goes to show that Non-Muslim Americans were taking out their emotions on innocent Muslims. Not only was all this going on, but the U.S. Congress’ response to the attacks was the USA Patriot Act. The USA Patriot Act gave, “the government investigative powers to fight against terrorism and subsequently targeted those in the Arab, Muslim, and South Asian communities with not just prejudices against these communities, but blatant racism toward innocent people, just because they appear to look like they “identify” with those who have made terrorist threats” (Akiyama, 2008). The discrimination post 9/11 was awful. The hijab which was seen as a prideful garment for Muslims became a target for discrimination. In the article, “9/11 Ten Years Later: Muslim Women, Organizations Work to Fight Discrimination, Patel talks about a woman, Wasan Mohamad. Mohamad talks about how she and her friends/family were discriminated against ten years after 9/11. Her daughter in class got told that her people were responsible for 9/11. Her friend changed his name from

Racism goes a long way down the American history. It came as a result of slavery which began in 1619 when African slaves were brought to Jamestown, Virginia, which was an American colony in the North, to help in producing crops such as tobacco. Slavery was then a common practice in all American colonies through the 17th and 18th centuries, where African slaves helped in building the economic foundations of the now American nation. Slavery was then spread to the South in 1793, with the new invention of the cotton gin. About halfway through the 19th century, there was immense westward expansion in America, together with the spreading abolition movement in the North,

The Koran is a book following the religion of the Muslim people. In it, many aspects of their ways of life and their attitudes towards different people are addressed. It mentions the strong feelings of the true believers towards Jews and Christians, however it gives a view of women that is taken two ways. A major part of their religion is the way women should be treated. This idea is a controversial topic as seen from a person that is not a true believer, or a Muslim. Conventional thinking brought out by the media have led non-Muslim people to perceive the treatment of women as suppressive. The Koran shows the reader both sides of the coin, and therefore, the reader must form an opinion of the

This research will demonstrate the concept of Quebec majority versus the ones that are considered "other" or minority, specifically Muslim women. The methodologies and surrounding utilized by the print media along with the specific scope of specific issues created polarization amongst minority and greater part gathers. This research will summon an Orientalist focal point to show how racializing talks are portrayed in a monitored subtext over and the news print to support the protection of Quebec character. The strategy that is utilized is the basic analysis of two newspaper articles that are reflected from Gazette and Lap Presse. This examination aims to identify the importance of the representations of Muslim women in the specific recorded understanding of Quebecois in their particular dialect and culture. This essay will reveal that portion of the media procedures within the Quebec context. This will exhibit that Muslim women are minimized and victimized on the premise of their race, sexual orientation and social character. Revealing that the news print media makes harming depictions of Muslim women. The end goal is to counter these negative depictions. Individuals must be instructed how to think fundamentally about the media and build up the fitting media education ways so that they can comprehend what social value are implied.

unequally in marriage, in court, and in society. Difficulty through marriage for Muslim women can come from age, divorce, and having to be subservient to their husbands. Not only is there difficulty in marriage, but also in the unequal treatment in the islamic justice systems, such as when “evidence given by a female witness counts for half that given by a man” (Dargie 22). Although the societies of major Islamic countries differ, it is clear that women are not represented equally to men in any of them, for example having to dress and act certain ways so as not to attract any attention from men. However, there are Islamic women who are willing to change how their religion views females by speaking out and encouraging others to do the same.

Mogahed, a Muslim woman living in America at the time of the terrorist attack on 9/11, speaks about her experience with white America after the attack. She talked about what made her attracted to the Islam religion and how her friends reacted when she started wearing the Hijab. Her young friends asked her why she would willingly subject herself to the oppression that Americans see in Islam, she told them that wearing the Hijab is actually a feminist act. After 9/11 she faced strange looks, profanity shouted at her on the street, and the fear of what might happen if she didn't listen to the news. Muslims were told to stay indoors and not

Racism is something that is taught and passed down from generation to generation. If slave owners always thought of African Americans as property and that they are inferior, then their ancestors would only be taught the same thing. It is hard to break generational teachings if someone is taught it. For example, if their parents taught them that all African Americans are dangerous then they will grow up believing that we are dangerous. If you take a look at members of the Ku Klux Klan a lot of the members are generational members that have been taught that white people are inferior and no other race is as great as they are. In actuality, everyone is created even. According to Slavery in America (2009), “slave owners sought to make their slaves completely dependent on them, and a system of restrictive codes governed life among slaves” (2009). Also,

Racism comes from the thought and teachings that people are less than human. It is a thought that plagues minds

History plays a big role in how racism came to be. The years of slavery in America has set a picture in people’s mind of how African Americans are seen and portrayed. Slavery has taught people how to treat African Americans horribly. People are encouraged by this event which ha happened ages to teach their peers and their kids that it is acceptable to treat others differently according to the color of their skin/race.

Racism is as old as history that’s because it was known in history everyone was divided by race. This division had caused trouble because of how they treated each other or how the powerful treated the others. There are plenty of examples of this, but only one of them stands out in my book .The biggest most memorable discrimination is the one between the Americans and the African Americans. The African Americans were placed in the lower and below class by the Americans. Their relationship if there was any was known as master and slave, owner and property, and exterminator and vermin. Basically, life for them was the hard knock more like the eternity in hell.

The themes that I thought connect to the texts and videos we have expanded on in class are Identity and Boundaries (barriers). In this essay I will group the readings and videos and explore the theme in each and relate it back to Identity and Boundaries. Then how we can perhaps use related topics to illustrate my point.

Racism has been around since the beginning of time, whether it was between the Egyptians and Israelites, the Spaniards and the Native Americans, or the people of the United States and Africans. The latter group of people were enslaved by the former, and while that does not exist anymore, racism still exists. Slavery has been abolished since 1865 in the United States, but there are still people in our country that do not believe that minorities are equal. For that reason, their lives are still different than the lives of the people in the majority race. Whether they are African American, Hispanic, Middle Eastern, etc., their lives are usually much different than those of European descent. Growing up with an African American father and mother

With the American people showing ever increasing interest in Muslims since the attacks on America, it was inevitable that this would change the way Muslims would be viewed in the United States. The 9/11 attacks - carried out by nineteen Islamic extremists - have no doubt changed how Muslim-Americans are perceived in this country, and those feelings have simmered for 15 years now. Even though a stigma against the Muslim American community had been growing in the US because of wars and conflicts, the attacks on the world trade centers in New york marked an era that ushered in mass stereotypes and disenfranchisement for Muslim Americans (Bakalian, Anny, and Mehdi Bozorgmehr). According to Mehdi Bozorgmehr and Anny Bakalian, an Associate Director and Mehdi Bozorgmehr is Co-Director of the Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center at the Graduate Center, immigrants from the Middle East are familiar with stereotypes and discrimination in the United States. In backlash 9 ⁄ 11, they examined the harassment, discrimination, and hate crimes committed by individuals against members of the targeted communities or people who look ‘‘Middle Eastern.’’Islam has established a niche in America. Estimates vary, but there are about 4 million Muslims in the United States and Canada. Although a major portion of this community is made up of immigrants, there has been a steady increase in the number of Americans accepting Islam (History of Islam). According to Karine Walther, an Assistant

Racism is the discrimination towards a group of people that are not like you. It has been living on the world for years and years and sadly still lives on within a minority of people. However, racism is not forced upon the people, it is teached and it is also their decision. Many hate groups like the Nazi or the KKK did influence many people to believe race was the problem. However, the people have a decision to believe that or think otherwise. In addition, many people choose to fit in with the majority of the people’s opinions if it’s about racism or not. They did this in order to not be the outcast so they wouldn’t be looked down upon. Furthermore, racism has been alive for a long time which allowed

          The role of woman, her position and status in society, and her nature have been issues of debate and discussion informed by religion, tradition and culture, misogyny, feminism and - many times - downright ignorance and bigotry.