Islamic Extremism Is Becoming A Global Matter

So they tend to take drastic measure in order to seek change in the world such as killing themselves and others to pursue betterment for humanity. In this paper I will be touching base on race and the Islamic religion and culture and how they are perceived within Capitalist countries and the rest of the world. What is Islamophobia? Islamophobia is a contrived fear or prejudice fomented by the existing Eurocentric and Orientalist global power structure. It is directed at a perceived or real Muslim threat through the maintenance and extension of existing disparities in economic, political, social and cultural relations, while rationalizing the necessity to deploy violence as a tool to achieve "civilizational rehab" of the target communities (Muslims or

Some young Muslims living in the U.S. experience discrimination in schools, public areas, or wherever an Islamophobic is present. Islamophobia is a term that has been described as someone who has hatred or fear of Muslims (University of California, Berkeley). In fact, 70% of American Muslim Youth have reported some form of discrimination due to being Muslim (Ahmed, et al. 161). Society and the media are sometimes the fuel of Islamophobia, which sometimes transmit from adults to younger generations, which spreads even more from that point on. Due to the negative portrayal of Muslims that is mostly spread through the media, many Muslims are discriminated against in schools; as there is often no real knowledge of Islam except the image that Society exhibits. Discrimination has developed

The September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States generated fears across the Earth not previously seen in history. The terrorist group responsible, known as Al-Qaida, ushered high levels of panic, causing millions of people who witnessed the attack or read about it to develop widespread fears of Muslims. The dislike or prejudice against Islam or Muslims has become known as Islamophobia, generating hate crimes and discrimination against Muslim people. Recent researchers have highlighted the effects that 9/11 have on Middle-Eastern people, primarily Muslims. Researchers have studied the increase in discrimination on Muslim people post 9/11. Researchers have also studied how 9/11 impacted the public’s view on immigration. Furthermore, studies

A study was undertaken by the University of South Australia in 2015, with a representative sample of 1000 Australian adults. The study focused on their perceptions of Muslims and other religious and ethnic groups, with a special reference to Islamophobia, social distance and terrorism. The study suggested that 70% of Australian’s have a very low level of Islamophobia, about 20% are undecided, and 10% are highly Islamophobic .

Islam is a monotheistic religion, centered around the teachings of the Qu’ran and serving Allah (meaning God in Arabic). However, this Abrahamic religion has been harshly discriminated against in the United States for years. Most prominently throughout the last twelve years, post September 11th, 2001. Unfortunately, issues such as socialization through the media, power distribution, religious ignorance, stereotyping and visible differences have contributed to the ill attitudes towards Muslims. This paper will examine how Americans have been socialized in islamophobia within the United States.

This paper takes a closer look at Islamophobia in the United States. Islamophobia is defined as irrational fear of Islam and Muslims. Is Islamophobia real or are Muslims, as some suggest, simply taking advantage of the religious freedoms guaranteed in our Constitution and the tradition of pluralism and acceptance. Others say Islamophobia exists because Muslims refuse to integrate into American society. Yet others will say Muslims refuse to integrate because of Islamophobia. “American Islam” and “mainstream Muslim” are both terms that have become highly politicized and must be understood specific to time and place. The media also plays a role in catering to the fear of Islam and Muslims by Americans. In this paper I will go into beliefs, as

Imagine being hated for your skin color or the way you worship God. Imagine that you live in a world where people persecute you for a crime that you did not commit. For many people, a life that we cannot even begin to fathom is their reality. Millions of believers of Islam and people of Middle Eastern origin are unjustly stereotyped, harassed, and killed over the belief that they are evil. Innocent men, women, and children are held to this type of prejudice in the United States for their faith being wrongly used by extremists. In America, we pride ourselves on being the “Land of Opportunity”, yet many Muslim-Americans are denied that very thing. The subliminal racism that we have towards Muslims because of these radicals prevents us from moving forward as a nation and as human beings. America’s embrace of Islamophobia is more prominent than ever and we need to stop it now.

Xenophobia has long been an important and damaging social issue; presently, we see more displays of Islamophobia within television. Muslims are experiencing increased levels of Islamophobia as a result of mainstream news’ portrayal of Islam and terrorism. Americans who do not further educate themselves view these false representations of Islamic culture as factual. Zafar Iqbal, an academic in Muslim studies, enlarges upon the media’s influence, “…Media create stereotypes and shape perceptions and understanding of social groups… the distance or proximity between different social groups is what the media portray. This seems to be true in the case of Islamophobia” (96). Americans are heavily influenced by social messages provided by the media. False beliefs and prejudice are fueled by mainstream news perpetuating false representations and stereotypes of Islamic culture. Media sensationalism is cause for unnecessary separation and panic within America. Americans are being fed a limited view of Islam— a view that sells, but what are the consequences? Pnina Webner explains the overwhelming social implications, “…Media images…demonize Muslims and their religion… a displaced figure of collective anxieties and fears… an arbitrary scapegoat embodying racist paranoid convictions that only cultural, ethnic and racial purity can stem the breakdown of social order and the collapse of

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

Islamophobia as an ideological complexity has its roots in very older traditions of hostility toward Muslims and during centuries these traditions have formed the Latin Christianity and European identity in fundamental ways. The temporal depth, enduring tropes, and political tenacity of these traditions are the bedrock on which contemporary Islamophobia is built on, even cultural trends of these traditions. that are clearly Islamophilic and in fact endorse a supportive, congenial and affable relationship to Islam and Muslims ,are colored by this legacy. (Tomaž Mastnak, Indiana

The word ‘Islamophobia’ refers to the fear, dislike, suspicion, or hatred of Muslims. As irrational prejudices go, this one is a fairly new phenomenon. It became most prominent after the September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, but certainly existed prior to that (Sheridan 2006). Islamophobia is nourished by a number of misconceptions which are related to but distinct from these attacks. The so-called ‘War on Terror’ is sometimes perceived as a war on Islam. Muslims are depicted in the media and by the United States’ government as ‘hating freedom’, though as we will see this idea does not make any sense. The present paper is a discussion of the sources of, and irrationalities involved in, Islamophobia.

A current cultural conflict taking place in America today is religious. Many Americans discriminate against the Islamic faith and there have been countless acts of mistreatment of Muslims in the work place, at school, in public, and in the media. Negative feelings and acts toward Muslims have become so prevalent that in 1991 the Runnymede Trust Report coined a term for it. The report defined the “unfounded hostility toward Muslims, and therefore fear or dislike of all or most Muslims” as “Islamophobia” (Defining “Islamophobia”). There has always been some religious cultural conflict with Muslims in the United States, but since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, conflict has escalated significantly.

From a historical perspective, Grosfoguel and Mielants (2006) states that Islamophobia echoes a turning point in history that witnessed the ‘reconquest’ of Spain (Al-Andalus) 1492. Since then, a dehumanizing and demonizing sentiment aroused towards the ‘other’ or the Muslims and the Jews by the Christian Patriarchal establishment. They maintain that “The first marker of “otherness” in the “European/Euro-American Christian-Centric Capitalist/Patriarchal World-System” was around religious identity. Jews and Arabs were characterized as “people with the wrong religion.” (p. 2-3) In the past few decades

Although the 1997 Runnymede Trust report has its limitations due to the diverse and sometimes clashing perspectives, it gives the term a relatively honed sense. It labels Islamophobia as “a useful shorthand way of referring to dread or hatred of Islam—and, therefore, to fear or dislike of all or most Muslims” (Runnymede Trust 1997, 1), but makes the distinction between disagreeing with Islamic doctrine and practices of Muslim states, which it deems as “legitimate criticism” and true Islamophobia, which it defines as “unfounded prejudice and hostility” (p. 4). The report not only sees Islamophobia as a collection of negative sentiments but also extends it to “the practical consequences of such hostility in unfair discrimination against Muslim individuals and

In contemporary, Islamophobia has been stimulated by public stress over immigration and the assimilation of Muslim minorities taken with majority cultures in Europe. These stresses have been intensifying by the consequences of the economic crash of 2007 and the get higher of famous nationalist politicians. They have also been offense by high report terrorist attacks done by Muslim extremists.