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For this paper, I have chosen to interview an acquaintance of mine who is a devote Muslim and follower of Islam. For the sake of this assignment I will be referring to him under the pseudonym of Jack. I spoke with Jack about some wide-ranging topics discussing things such as, media, bias, stereotypes, and really in general what being a follower of Islam is like in this divided country right now. In our country, today it’s pretty apparent there is a type of fear of Muslims, so much so that 7 heavy populated Muslim countries are not permitted from entering the United States of America. I never had conversations as personal as this with Jack and I feel as if I gained a lot of insight into the types of things minorities, and especially Muslims

In Australia, the Muslim culture is seen as a marginalised group in our society, but for what reasons? Its becoming increasingly difficult and complex with the rise in Islamaphobia and anti-Islamic sentiments that filter through the Australian society and media for Muslims in Australia.

To further this argument, research conducted by Dr Kevin Dunn (Christopher & Deresky 2008) exemplified how ‘marginalised’ the minority of Australian Muslims and people of Middle Eastern origin are in the Australian society. Australians are thought to be of the opinion that people with these cultural and religious backgrounds are the least likely to be able to fit into the culture of Australians (Christopher & Deresky, 2008).

Muslims are one of the most marginalized people in the U.S for their beliefs and their religion but after 9/11 discrimination and hate crimes against them had become even worse.Throughout the U.S people have been “Anti-Islam” and believed that the Muslim’s religion is absurd, want muslims to change their beliefs or, leave the country.According to “Anti-Islman Discourse in the United States in the Decade After 9/11:The Role of Social Conservatives and Cultural Politics”by David D.Belt on page 211-212, talks about how a post on Charisma News with an article title “Why I am Absolutely Islamophobic” was urging at the fact that Muslim-Americans needed to be deported as soon as possible ,or go under sterilization.Also Belt talks about one of Bush’s family friend being,Franklin Graham saying that he thinks the muslim’s religion is “very evil “and “wicked”.One last example a man named Gabriel had said Islam is the real enemy of America and that we supposedly “we will be doomed in war if we don’t realize it”. People are so brainwashed it honestly insane and very ignorant at the things people think about Muslims, its barbaric.They believe what Muslims believe in and their religion is wrong and they should switch to “Christianity” because it is the “American way “ or have them deported because the do not belong there and are “terrorist”.

blight on society rather than a useful addition. Abdul presents controversial ideas and themes such as the discrimination that Muslims face in everyday life, the ‘expectation’ all Muslims are extremist, and that they are seen by some as ‘less than

Fortunately, he found a volunteer work in Allegheny county jail to give anti-drug talk and teach faith-based classes later on. However, the effect of post 9/11 still not over; the county jail took away his security clearance without explanation. Even though, he eventually gets the work back, the process still makes many audiences sad. What if he converts himself as Christian first not Islam? I think he would not have any hardships instead. That’s also the one fact makes this new Muslim not so

The person must also feel unable to return to their country of origin due to the experienced or anticipated persecution.

Being a Muslim-American in post 9/11 America has been turbulent. Like most children, I longed to fit in and be accepted, but I also wanted to preserve my native cultural roots. The odds were against me as I struggled to find balance in a place that could barely tolerate me as a child, and would hold deep seated fear of me as an adult. In an attempt to combat this growing reality, I tried looking to the mosques. However, the local mosques were, instead of religious areas, cultural centers, and when the Afghan community in Chicago is non-existent, I remained confused as a Muslim in and out of the mosque.

The stereotype of a ‘typical Muslim’ is bordering the assumption that ‘they are all the same’ and ‘that Islam poses a very dangerous threat to Britain and ‘its people’. Events this year such as the shootings at Charlie Hebdo and in Tunisia, alongside the brutal beheadings and other atrocities carried out by IS only support this small minded view. Sensational news sells, unfortunately, and so as long as Muslims, Islam and it’s fanatical strain continue to be sensational, so will the claims made by the media. It’s a bitter cycle and I don’t see it ending any time

He found that the bond held between the civilians of the U.S. was equivalent to fellowship found in the Islamic religion, but the bond between the Muslim Brotherhood was something that was more meaningful to him because of his devotion to his religion. The Muslim Brotherhood is an Islamic organization that’s goal is to “build the Muslim individual.” (http://www.ummah.org.uk/ikhwan/) In order to do this they reject any other religious affiliations that do not focus on the Quran or Sunna (http://www.ummah.org.uk/ikhwan/). Because of his connection with the Muslim Brotherhood, many went on to categorize him as an “Islamist.” “An ‘Islamist’ is one who views Islam as the total way of life and desires to have Islamic law implemented in every aspect of life.” (http://www.nwe.ufl.edu/~jdouglas/F02finalart9.pdf)

The face of Islam in western society has changed in light of the recent Paris attacks on November 13, 2015. Muslims in Canada are effectively trying to distance themselves from the extremist group associated with the Paris attacks. Due to the prejudice response to the attacks, Muslim Canadians are speaking up against the extremist group ISIS as written in the article by Sheema Khan in the national newsprint ‘The Globe and Mail’. The title of this article is “In the fight against terrorism, Muslims must own their message”, The Globe and Mail, 18 November 2015 (http://bit.ly/1lNjmYr).

The abrupt public focus on Muslims has changed the significance of being a Muslim American for many people. There were some who wanted to hide their Muslim identity or distance themselves as a result of all the negative attention they were receiving. Muslim Americans were affected by a societal backlash in 9/11, mainly by the war on terror. The suspicion of Muslim terrorist intensified after 9/11 that shifted racial identity amongst citizens, rather than it being a person who follows the religion (religious category) it became a racial identity. However, on the other hand in her research, Ewing has found that, "In some cases, the backlash has also led to an affirmation or strengthening of Muslim identification” (p. 19). Not all post 9/11 community attitudes toward Muslims are negative, in some cases as such it strengthen one’s identity. The importance is how these experiences feed into the process of how one felt before and after the tragic event and how the way Muslim communities and identities have

This is to argue that rather than existing within a Eastern/Western binary, queer Muslims exist in an intersectional space between Eastern and Western politics and social culture that contributes to their oppression. Rahan theoretically presents this idea as ‘queer intersectional identities’ which calls for a focus on experiences of individuals at the most intersections because their experience challenges dominant queer narratives. Raham conducts a qualitative study utilizing their existing data of queer theory. This piece served as my introduction to queer muslim theory, an emerging field. It addresses the alleged ‘impossibility’ of queer muslims existing, what my paper focuses

In the muslim religion we believe that we are suppose to be the best we can be and follow the path of the Allah. It is not fair to the rest of the muslims to be persecuted against because of one crazy man. Another example is with ISIS. The followers of ISIS call themselves muslims even though they don't follow the proper way of the Qur’an.

Khalid’s hate for Islam was stimulated from his fathers and his people’s hate , this hate did not deprive him from thinking about Islam and why those Muslims are defending the new religion with their own soles , He