Muslim Discrimination Pros And Cons

Studies found that some Muslim American women reacted negatively and some positive. An example of a negative reaction on how 9/11 changed women’s lives as a Muslim Americans is with Shauna Ainslie. Ainslie was a newly converted Muslim. This one act of terrorism evolved her relationship with and to Islam for thirteen years. She talks about how she stopped looking up because there were FBI agents everywhere. Ainslie was afraid to go outside because she was scared of breaking any law and getting into more trouble just because she was Muslim. She changed the way she dressed and hid her headscarf in her purse. A friend would always walk with her during the day because she was scared of violence on her campus. Basically Ainslie changed her everyday routine because she was scared of what would happen if people found out she was Muslim. Paranoia was always with her. It got so bad that she hid all evidence that she was Arab or Muslim, even in her own home. One thing that she said that really got to me was that she, “learned how to be invisible” (Ainslie, 2015). What started out as proud practice of a religion turned to a scared and shamed Muslim American

It is time to end the hating and labeling of all Arab Americans for what was done by a few individuals. One person’s race, religion, and activities do not mirror a population. With all the hate crimes, it seems that regular Americans can be considered terrorists, as well.

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”.

Historically, the United States of America has a long history of shaping its ideology from a series of significant events that hold unspeakable brutality. This leads Americans to draw conclusions, which often leads to denouncing a particular body of people. For example, the enslavement of African Americans, the decimation of Native Americans, and the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Currently, while enduring several years in the U.S., Muslim Americans face similar difficulties as a human being would. However, these hardships differ because they include U.S. discrimination triggered by 9/11, current terrorist events, and negative reinforcement from the media and the general public. Muslim Americans experience the harmful effects of terrorism because acts of terrorism influence the way the U.S. views and thinks about Muslims.

Just like the Red Scare, people were protective over themselves avoiding any Muslim. They thought, “any muslim could be a terrorist spy.” People grew suspicious of muslims. The attack changed many people’s minds about how they saw Muslims. The were no longer the peaceful human beings. Most non-Muslim Americans saw them as a threat. Many innocent Muslims faced discrimination along with harassment and physical injuries. Angry Americans, who’ve probably lost someone in the attack of September 11th,2001, took out their frustration on the unimpeachable Muslims. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 481 hate crimes committed in 2001 were found to be anti-Islamic. Later years, that number increased. The first anti-Islamic hate crime was committed to Balbir Singh Sodhi only four days after the September 11th attack. The sad part of it is that Sodhi is not Muslim, he is a Sikh. He was mistaken to be a Muslim. Laila Alawa shared her experience as a Muslim aftermath of the September 11th attack, saying that “ ...being a Muslim kid in upstate New York meant being alienated and isolated without understanding why.” The discrimination is still going on today but very slowly, it is

Americans fear that the terrorists would some days attack their country, and kill them. This fear is vastly increased after the 2001 attack in New York City. Since then, most Muslims in America have been investigated by spying their phone talks, screening their profiles and so on . Although everybody knows that Muslim extremists are the only cause, they tend to relate it to all other innocent Muslims and discriminate them. It is not only affected Muslim adults but also their kids. They wanted to quit from schools because they were consistently called murderers. Worse than this, they received violent acts such as kicking, bullying just because they are born Muslims. The racism today is obviously shown in President Donald Trump’s traveling ban on seven Muslim countries which is later changed to six by excluding Iraq. It prevents all Muslims from these countries to travel to the US (Henderson & Graham). Even though the President wants to strengthen the security and makes Americans safe, the ban do affect thousands Muslims who do not involve in terrorism, and shows the discrimination against this

Since 9/11, people seem to always associate Muslims with terrorists. More importantly, when people hear Muslim terrorists they never assume that they are from any other areas except from the Middle Eastern. Being young and not knowing the real reasoning behind the attacks of 9/11, I had always looked at Muslims as terrorists. To be specific, I thought they were mainly Middle Eastern Muslims. I was oblivious to the fact that there are other types of Muslims because all I have ever saw in the media were those types. It didn’t hit me that I was starting to become a victim of discrimination until I was on the bus and I saw a white male dressed up in a turban thinking that he was going to harm the passengers on the bus. I knew then that I had to alter my opinions about this because I knew that I wouldn’t like it if someone thought I was

Today, there are close to six million Muslims living in the United States. In the video Flying While Muslim: Racial Profiling Post 9/11 (2007), it is clear to see that ever since

After 9/11, Americans had immediately started to stereotype Muslims to being terrorists. Ever since the planes hit, the media had portrayed the Islamic culture as if they were all terrorists. This makes it to where all Americans become fueled to become a stereotype culture towards the Islamic religion (Jolls). There was a guy by the name of Aziz Ahsan he is a Muslim that was in the event of 9/11. He says that “Muslims died and Muslims survived 9/11”. He also said that “People just automatically assume that Muslims were not the survivors."(Frumin). With this the Muslims will not be able to ever come out and live a normal American life without the antagonism of

Instead of punishing only the terrorist Muslims, the American government punishes all of them. "Today the government uses both political repression and cultural fearmonging against Arabs and Muslims in the United States" ("Arab). A year after 9/11, Special Registration began and it required not only the interviewing and fingerprinting of more than 170,000 Muslim-country originated men, but also the deportation of 14,000 people ("Arab"). Muslim-Americans are the most oppressed minority in the United States. Muslim women can't wear traditional garments without recieveing a venomus glare. In a country that is engulfed in christiananity, the Muslim faith isn't widely accepted by the tyrannical nation. However, the government has made attempts

Since Islam is a religion that promotes peace and kindness, one could ask where the stereotype that all Muslims are terrorists originated. Following the tragedies of September 11, 2001, Arabs and Muslims have been presented as potential terrorists. This idea stemmed from the theory that, “media bias increases when a specific ethnic, religious, or racial group is seen as a threat to national security.” (Stiffler, 2013). Since the attacks on September 11, 2001 Muslims and Arabs have been “hyper-visible” in the media as potential terrorists. Due to the negative media attention and failure of most media platforms to

Muslims faced tremendous amounts of prejudice after the September 11th attacks. The September 11th attacks were four coordinated attacks perpetrated by the terrorist group known as Al Qaeda. These attacks killed 2,996 people and injured more than 6,000 innocent people. These terrorist attacks also contributed to the fear that we now know as Islamophobia.

A muslim committing a crime is equal to terrorism, but a white man committing a crime is equal to insanity. These are foundations our society has laid out due to propagated news and media. The attacks of September 11, 2001 have set off major prejudices and scrutinizing towards lots of innocent arab and muslim communities. Such stereotypes reverberated through muslims because they feel wronged on these accusations. Recognizing arabs and muslims as terrorist is harmful because it leaves society hating, acting violently, and close-minded. If society can be open-minded and receptive, we can be propelled from thinking all arabs and muslims are terrorist.

Ever since the start of September 11, 2001, Muslims around the world and in the United States have been targeted, taken to war, murdered,

Racism is the belief that one race is superior to another. Discrimination has been going on for generations among generations. Many years ago people of different races were divided from each other. Public places were segregated, colored people had to use specific water fountains, schools were segregated, and blacks had to sit at the back of the buses. If they were to disobey, then there would be consequences and repercussions. Equality was a figment of imagination, a dream the minority groups had. Throughout the years racism has decreased and many things pertaining to racism were made illegal, but that doesn’t mean racism disappeared. If people were to resume racist behaviors, that can lead the world back to the days of inequality.