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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”.

The mournful CNN anchor apparently did what the sitting President of the United States hasn't or -- as some critics predict -- won't.

Throughout the years there have been several hate crimes or laws put in place to put down the muslim community, two of the most recent and most controversial examples of discrimination towards the muslim community would be president donald j. Trumps attempt to pass both a muslim registry and a ban on all muslims coming in the U.S. thankfully the bills weren't passed, this however does show the level in which some americans are willing to go to in order to remove a “threat to society” this also show the change in americans psychi making racism and discrimination socially acceptable more and more when even the government is making it seem acceptable to discriminate thus increasing the amount of hate crimes towards

Violence has sadly become a large part of our society, as have hate crimes. Since the Paris attacks, there has been a huge incline of hate crimes against Muslims Americans and mosques. “The spike includes assaults on hijab-wearing students; arsons and vandalism at mosques at mosques; and shootings and death threats at Islamic-owned businesses […]” (Lichtblau). These attacks are bitter and cruel, but it is not the end of what has recently been happening to Muslims . This past December, there were multiple accounts of hate crimes against Muslims. On December 5th/6th, “A Muslim woman wearing a hijab said a man cut her off and threw stones at her car while she was driving away from a mosque…” (MacNeal). On December 10th, “A Muslim family in Plano, Texas, said that they had the windows on their home smashed two days in a row -- just six weeks after they moved to the area…” (MacNeal). Not only is this a horrible crime, but someone, maybe a child, could have been by that window. This act could have been fatal, and it shows how evil some people are. On December 13, two southern California mosques were vandalized. In the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Baitus-Salaam Mosque located in Hawthorne, California, a plastic replica of a hand grenade was found. This is a very serious way of threatening people, and about the same level of threat as a phone call saying someone was going to come in with a gun and kill people. To add to this, the fence surrounding the mosque of the Islamic Center of Hawthorne had the word “Jesus” spray-painted on it (MacNeal). Not only was this vandalization, but it took away someone’s right to religious freedom and knowing there was somewhere to pray without being judged, stereotyped, told it was wrong, or told they should be a different religion. Lastly, in “2013 Hate Crime Statistics” the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reported that

The latest hot topic when it comes to the Republican candidates for the presidential election is Muslims. From Donald Trump saying we have a “Muslim problem”, to Ben Carson saying Muslims are unfit for office, the attack on Muslims has been a big subject. In this New York Times editorial “The Republican Attack on Muslims”, the author talks about how recently the Republicans were not the nicest when it comes to the Muslim community. Recently, Donald Trump has hinted towards his dislike for Muslims. In a recent interview, the interviewer stated that “we have a problem in this country, it’s called Muslims”, and that our President (who is an American-born Christian) is also a Muslim. When the interviewer asked Mr. Trump when we would get rid of them, he said “We’re going to be looking into that.” Donald Trump has also stated that he thinks Muslims were behind the World Trade Center attacks, which is not true.

Trump’s highly anticipated speech was both emotional and controversial, thus making it a memorable speech. Although his speech is less poetic compared to his predecessors, Trump’s point was to attempt unifying Congress in order to make his vision of America into a reality. I think that Trump ultimately said what people wanted to hear. The fact that he used a conversational tone and not an overly formal tone speaks volumes. Although his stance is firm in key aspects of his campaign such as securing the country’s borders and repealing obamacare, there were certainly some statements that took me by surprise. By far one of the most astounding declaration was when Trump revealed, “My administration wants to work with members in both parties to

Many Americans had begun targeting mosques and religious centres along with violence and other forms of hate-crimes against Muslims. Attacks on mosques and religious centres included arson, breaking of glass, cutting phone lines, spray painting swastikas and nazi symbols as well as rocks being thrown through windows during prayer. In the span of November of 2001 to September of 2002, there had been a total of 5 reported attacks on mosques and islamic schools, some were throwing rocks through windows and in the early days after 9/11, a man and two teenage boys were charged with suspicion of a second degree arson charge for setting a mosque a blaze. The violence and hatred continued and many Muslims were directly affected and often, other minorities were mistaken for being Muslim and attacked. The attackers would usually pursue men and women of Arab descent, wearing headscarves as well as turbans. Direct violence and hatred started as early as the day of September, 11, 2001. These violations included firing shots, holding at gunpoint, anti-muslim graffiti, physical assault, death-threats via internet and phones, stabbings, e.t.c. Over 28 known hate-crimes and acts of assault were committed just by the end of 2001 starting from the day of the assailment in New

In conclusion, with the example of the Chapel Hill shooting, we can see that Islamophobia is a real and extremely threatening hatred that is spreading throughout America and to other countries as well. People will always hate, but it is our jobs as Americans to show that we truly are the land of the free, by letting everyone of different races, ethnicities, religions, etc. into our free

Considering the hate crimes for American Muslims, 2015 has been the deadliest year on record with about 63 recorded attacks on mosques. The previous high was seen in 2010, with 53 attacks focusing mostly on Islamic worship centers. 17 of those attacks took place in November. Which is as many as four times as many Mosque attacks when taken into comparison to last year. In 2014, Muslims were being targeted of 154 hate crimes. The number for 2015 hasn’t yet been calculated, although this year’s hate crime number is expected to beat the 2014 total. An incident took place whereby Naveed Afzal Haq shot six women at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle in July 2006, killing one of them. He was sentenced to life without liberation in 2009, plus 120 years. Moreover, In April 2014, three people were brutally shot at two Jewish centers in Kansas. (Newton,

Trump announced, at a rally in Mount Pleasant, S.C. during his run for the Republican nomination, that he would call for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims" in the United States and compared his plan, favorably, with the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. He also claimed he would send Syrian refugees already accepted into the U.S. back to Syria if made President, saying “I 'm putting the people on notice that are coming here from Syria as part of this mass migration, that if I win, if I win, they 're going back" (Obeidallah, 2015). Trump has also made statements that he would consider requiring Muslim-Americans to register with a government database and order them to carry special identification that denotes their faith (Obeidallah, 2015).

Donald Trump delivered a speech in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 21, 2016 upon his nomination as the Republican presidential candidate at the Republican National Convention. In the speech, Trump discussed domestic crime and violence; illegal immigration; and American foreign relations, among other topics. Trump’s speech is persuasive and its purpose is to put forth ideas that support his political agenda as a prospective president. Trump’s speech at the RNC had many similarities to Former President of the United States Richard Nixon’s address accepting his nomination at the 1968 Republican National Convention in 1968. The inspiration, in part, behind Donald Trump’s speech at the RNC was Nixon’s speech, and his borrowing from the speech is evident throughout the address in his use of similar talking points and appealing to fear.

My reaction to Trump's statement was dissatisfaction. When you read the statement, it seems as if he might actually be concerned. When you watch the statement, you hear the lack of empathy in his voice, the lack of emotion in general. My reaction to the situation itself was heartache. School shootings have become so normalized, which makes it even more tragic. The fact that the AR-15 used was purchased legally is disturbing. Donald Trump barely discusses what will be done to prevent this from happening again. He claims that schools will be made safer, but doesn't say how. Trump states that the "difficult issue of mental health" will be resolved. Is this man planning on curing my depression? What does he mean it will be tackled? Of course mental

Reality star and businessman Donald Trump announced his candidacy for President of The United States on June 16, 2015. “Sadly the American dream is dead,” Trump said. “But if I get elected president I will bring it back bigger and better and stronger than ever before (qtd in “Donald Trump Jumps In”). Trump plans to do so with campaign slogan ‘Make America Great Again’ (TRUMP MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!) America will be great again with Trump as President for these reasons. He is pro-life, against gun-control, and supports illegal immigrants returning to their countries (Project Vote Smart). These issues are important to me and my reasoning as to why I back Donald Trump.

As a result of Islamophobia; there were a lot of reports of assaults, attacks on mosques and other hate crimes against Muslims last years, . Muslims have been shot and killed, execution-style, in their living room, and outside of their mosques. They have

The connection between Islam and terrorism was not intensified until the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center that pushed the Islamic faith into the national and international spotlight (Smith, 2013). As Smith (2013) articulated, “Many Americans who had never given Islam a second thought before 9/11 now had to figure out how to make sense of these events and relate to the faith tradition that ostensibly inspired them” (p. 1). One way in which people made sense of these events was through the media channels that influenced their overall opinions by shaping a framework of censored ideas (Yusof, Hassan, Hassan & Osman, 2013). In a survey conducted by Pew Forum (2012), 32% of people reported that their opinions of Muslims were greatly influenced by the media’s portrayal of Islam that depicted violent pictorials and fundamentalist Muslims. Such constant negative depiction is likely to lead to the inevitable—prejudice and hate crime. For instance, in 2002 alone there were approximately 481 hate crimes that were carried out against Muslims (Smith, 2013). Ever since the 9/11 attacks Muslim people have been the target of “suspicion, harassment and discrimination” (Talal, n.d., p. 9).