Many Muslims, and Arab citizens in general, are treated unfairly for the idiotic notion that all Muslims are terrorists. In 2011 a survey was taken determining how certain countries view Muslims. 57% of Italy’s population respect Muslims, while 28% don’t. In contrast to that, only 40% of the United States of America population respect them and 52% do not(Islamophobia: Understanding Anti-Muslim Sentiment in the West). “In 2001, a 1600% increase in hate crimes toward muslim people was seen as 481 hate crimes were reported in a single year, compared to only 28 the year before,” (Social Change: 9/11). Since the attacks on September 11, hate crimes and racial profiling have gone up in the United States.
The second of the most significant changes
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An example being how fear causes people to overthink and to panic. The most recent case of this is the Brussels attack in Belgium weeks ago. In the midst of all the pandemonium, the people of Belgium are confused and asking why they were targeted. Most survivors are still too much of in a state of shock to remember anything.
Some survivors may even feel as if they remember too much. After the explosion, many families sat by waiting for them to count up the dead remains of thirty people and clear out 230 wounded. They wait worrying that someone they knew and loved was there when the bombs went off.
Physical reactions, meaning the way the psychological impact of an event affects their physical state, are almost always easy to observe. In the Oklahoma City Bombing in April 1995, over one third of the survivors of this catastrophic incident reported having had developed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD is the most common thing to develope from a traumatic event. This may cause victims and survivors to be tormented by flashbacks, nightmares, insomnia, or severe anxiety. It may also cause them to be hypervigilant, hostile, or
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In 2013, research on terrorism revealed that 35.4% of terrorists attacks happen in Iraq (The 10 Countries Where Terrorist Attacks Kill the Most People). Living in a state of constant terrorism causes many interpersonal reactions. It causes tension among everyone in a community, not knowing who to trust. In such a nerve-racking environment, there is hardly any room for friends.
With terrorists groups scattered out everywhere in the region, anyone could be someone involved in one. Therefore, everyone becomes more withdrawn from the public. They must also be careful about what they say out in public. This creates a lot of isolation among their society.
The third of the most major changes of terrorism is the economic impact it can leave on a nation. Meaning how it affects the economic activity in a certain area of the world. Depending on how a country has been hurt by an attack, they might not be able to sell their crops that year. It could affect manufacturing businesses. Either the businesses supplies having been harmed or the business itself. Different types of economics changes caused by terrorism are cost distinction, tourism, trade influence, and lastly the financial
In conclusion, terrorism affects a lot of people's lives. The effects I stated are people think the U.S is weak, makes people feel unprotected, and leaves people in a bad mood. Hopefully, we can find a way to prevent these attacks and live a more happier
Terrorism has had a profound affect on the world, as it has inspired fear and despair in the hearts of millions of people. Specifically in the United States, where in certain circumstances U.S. citizens will carry out acts of terror to further their own cause. Domestic terrorism has taken roots in many aspects of society through certain ideological groups, radicalization through media, and by acts of terror that cause immense civil unrest.
Terrorism is not isolated to foreign places thousands of miles from the United States. If history has taught us anything we have been targeted and victimized here in the United States as well. From New York to Boston to California. These heinous criminal acts of death and destruction have stretched the span of our coasts from East to West. Terrorism can create fear in any community in the world. Terrorism can strike anywhere at any time and often without any prior notice. As such it is now more important than ever to be vigilant and prepared in fighting terrorism. An example of a city that has been progressive in their approach to fighting terrorism is Las Vegas, Nevada.
Terrorism which usually rarely ever used to happen has recently happened to spike in targets for terror over the past few decades.From the more recent attacks in Berlin to the various assassination attempts on US presidents.It can already be seen as something that cannot be taken very lightly.As a result many terror attacks keep on increasing over the decades. In the past the major figures for terrorism were Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda. Even though Bin Laden died terrorism still continues and it can even be said some terrorists could see Bin Laden as martyr for his horrendous terrorist attacks upon the US.
Wherever anyone goes, anyone is vulnerable to Terrorism. Terrorism exists as an incredibly horrific and violent act, and it affects everyone that goes through it and people watching news and reading newspapers. The effects of terrorism can be extremely dangerous; sometimes it can even be deadly. “In the last of a couple of years around 50 terrorist attacks have been in the United States and Around 200 in the world” (Barrett), just last week there was an attack on the London bridge. ISIS even has claimed that they planned the attack. For anybody that doesn't know who ISIS is they are a terrorist organization that people say " They are upon extreme than Al-Qaida or any other terrorist group in the world"(Tran). Terrorism affects the world in so many ways, and it isn't pretty. As People that travel a lot read the
Stereotypes is a fixed, over generalized belief about a particular group or class of people (Cardwell, 1966). Stereotypes are used to making interactions with new people easier. However, it also means people forget differences of individuals and assumes based on generalization. Stereotypes eventually leads to social categorization which creates prejudice towards groups. Racial stereotypes such as described in “Look, Mohammed the Terrorist is Coming!” by Nadine Naber, they describe the stereotypical “Mohammed”, an Arab or Middle Eastern Muslim man with a beard and brown or dark complexion that usually fits the profile of a terrorist. It’s not only Muslims who becomes victims of this stereotype, majority of Middle Easterners, including Christians, Muslims, and even atheists, and majority South Asians, including Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs.
Currently, the anti-Muslim and anti-immigration political party is gaining more and more support all over the world, making it the third largest political group worldwide under the pre-text that “It isn’t Islamophobia when they ARE trying to kill you (barenakedislam).” While activists spread misleading information about Muslims to help protect their nation and culture, the public needs to stop accepting most media about Muslims as truth because it causes prejudice towards immigrants of middle-Eastern origin, it creates a fear of terror in our society, and it contributes to violence based on misinformation.
Although the United States has been involved in the Global War on Terrorism for nearly 15 years, it is nowhere close to being over; however, it has changed our society in many ways. Our daily lives have changed, whether we are travelling on holiday, talking about budget increases, or just looking at someone and stereotyping them. While we’ve all adjusted to these changes, we can’t ignore the fact that they are there, or the reason why they took
Almmond, I’d previously considered the impact the media played on the citizenry as it pertained to the feeling of victimization or the fear of victimization, but I’d failed to consider the impact it had on those who were angry and susceptible to committing similar acts themselves. I’d suspect that the likelihood of this occurring is minimal as well, given the overall population and the extremely low percentage of this population that commit acts of terror under the previously accepted definitions. However, when you put all of these together, I believe it creates the perfect storm that leads to these increased fears of horrible acts that are highly unlikely to happen. My feeling is that although it’s unlikely to happen to me, each terrorist
Most people assume that because the Islamic prophet Muhammad is Arab, that all or most Muslims are Arab. This is however not true. Arab and Muslim are not synonymous. This perception comes from false stereotypes of the religion and people. Islam was first created in the Arabian Desert, now know as Saudi Arabia, and its first practitioners were Arab. This is a key factor as to why people believe this.
Discrimination of all sorts is known as one of the most controversial problems we have in our world. Humans want to see people who are like to them, it's natural instinct to focus on racial groups, religion, sex, and color. They are some countries in the world that are more free than others, such as the United States of America. Unfortunately, there are still certain groups of people who don't show respect to minorities and immigrants. It is essential to respect each person, and that every individual can be given the same opportunities. Despite efforts to combat discrimination, the act still manages to exist through prejudice and stereotypes in schools, workplaces, and daily life.
Terrorism has four groups that small groups pursue which are, ideological, ethnic, religious exclusion and persecution. There are also groups of terrorist which is the left wing, right wing, ethnonationality and sacred. All of these groups relate to a historical phoneme, left wing intertwines with communist theories, right wing relates to fascism, ethnonationality goes back to the wave of decolonization and sacred is the most significant group in modern times because it relates
Islamophobia existed against Muslims before the traumatic event on September 11, 2001 in America. Around the world, the Muslim community has been under scrutiny and members of society blame the whole religion of Islam for preaching violence, which led to a growing hatred towards all Muslims. Additionally, the news media has contributed to spreading Islamophobia by displaying images that portray Arabs as violent and barbaric, showing a correlation between terrorism and Islam. However, Muslims condemn the religious extremism use of violence against innocent lives. Unfortunately, countless individuals have developed negative attitudes, beliefs, hatred, and hostility in addition to a mindset leading to prejudice and discrimination towards Muslims due to the acts of ISIS. In fact, negative stereotypes result in bias and discrimination. Psychologically, fear and anger have created aggression and negative emotions have nourished prejudice against all Muslims. Islamophobia reflects the state of mind of those who feel threatened. More importantly, people have become suspicious, harbor negative attitudes, and express fear in situations where they feel threatened. A prime example is flying on an airplane with Muslims after the 911 attacks. Social anxiety, beliefs, emotions, and the ideas we
The threat of terrorism continues to grow as a global concern within the recent years. It's a very real current issue worldwide from the Middle East to parts of South America, it's beginning to spread and fester more as time rolls along. There are three types of places that terrorism thrives; malfunctioning states, large, chaotic cities; and rugged, remote terrain. All these types of places allow terrorism globally to continue to build up.
In recent events in our society, terrorism has been relevant and obvious in everyday life. It floods through the media, splashing headlines, and is a common topic being debated. There is much debate on whether religion is the cause of the wars we are fighting in this modern day. The most current terrorist group today is ISIS or The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. They are oppressing and destroying their fellow Syrian’s and Iraqi’s and they are spreading alarm and panic across the world with their violence and destruction. ISIS is a Muslim society, which paints a negative picture on the religion, but they are extremists. ISIS does not speak for the Muslim society and people; in fact most Muslims detest them. In these circumstances it is important to not get lost in the big picture, but realize that groups like these are radical and not a fair representation of these religions. Extremism, politics, and interpretation are the face of wars; Religion does not cause war, people do.