The Positive Effects Of Negative Stereotypes On Muslims

Muslim Americans are people whose religious belief is Islam, but they were born in America. Before September 11, 2001, Muslim Americans were rarely a discussion or a problem. However after September 11, 2001, Muslim Americans were the main topic. Even though Islam is a religious belief, people are fearful of anything associated with it. Some people discriminate against people who resemble those who are practice the religion. Even though it is not relevant to race, the difference between racism; and religious discrimination is often unclear to people. People believe that terrorists are Muslim activists, but that’s wrong because not all terrorists are Muslims.

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

Ever since the infamous day of September 11th Americans have been constantly stereotyping Muslims. Due to the fact that the attacks caused on the Twin Towers were caused by a group of Muslim extremists, it is now a popular stereotype that all Muslims must be extremists. Even Patel, who worked on making peaceful connections between religions, was categorized as a Muslim terrorist or an extremist on a series of Anti-Muslim blogs. I believe that most people aren’t well informed when it comes to Muslims and those who practice Islam and have just learned to associate those terms with terrible things. Most people portray Islam as an angry and violent religion while in reality it is quite the opposite. Many would be surprised to see the amount of similarities between the Qu’ ran and the Bible. Followers of Islam and Muslims are for the most part a peaceful group of

Century after century religions have contained sects, experienced trials and tribulations (some bigger than others), and continue to recruit, but most of all religions have offered culture, belief systems, status, and customs within the religious communities; this is also true of the Islam religion. As a whole the Islam religion can be broken into a number of sects, and below the sects are more sects, with more breakouts based on how, when, and where people practice that sect, of a sect, of a religion. The point being, there is no one face to a religion, including the Islam religion. At one point American Muslims led relatively private lives, but a number of things started to shine negative attention on the Islam religion including the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The media had a negative feeding frenzy with the Islamic culture and the U.S started to

Prior to the attacks of September 11, 2001 most Americans knew very little to nothing about Muslims nor had an opinions towards them. The lack of knowledge quickly changed due to a combination of factors. Terrorist attacks against America have unfortunately persisted for years, the attacks of 9/11 were fundamentally different. Such attacks evoke a response and the response has evolved and transformed Americans attitude. Non-economic factors, such as prejudicial stereotypes, place a significant role in shaping intergroup relations and in influencing public attitudes. Negative treatment of Muslim Americans in the United States after 9/11 was not caused by the 9/11 attacks alone, but by pre existing social constructions that configured them as

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

This is due to the attacks of 9/1, which was caused by Al Qaeda, an Islamic extremist group. 9/11 has changed the mind of Americans on what they think of Muslims. According to Elaine C. Hagopian of Haymarket Books, “Muslims and Arab-Americans are increasingly under attack as a result of the U.S ‘war on terror’- at home as well was abroad. Since the tragic events of September 11, Arabs and Muslims have faced major assault on their civil liberties.” The 9/11 attacks have damaged the reputation of Muslims. The Muslims are not viewed as everybody else to most people, but something bad. They are being blamed on the actions of other people on a different continent! Additionally, by Christopher Ingraham, “If the incident does turn out to be motivated by anti-Islamic sentiment, it would be one of dozens of such events that happen each year, according to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports program. Prior to the 9/11 attacks, the program typically recorded between 20 and 30 anti-Muslim hate crimes per year. But in 2001 that number rose more than tenfold to nearly 500. In the years since, annual hate crimes against Muslims have consistently hovered in the 100-150 range, roughly five times higher than the pre-9/11 rate.” Since September 11, more and more people are hating on innocent Muslims because they have the same religion as the group behind 9/11. People are assuming that bad and deserve to be harshly treated. The strive of destroying the Muslim faith has become a problem caused by American grudge against Al

If one were to survey Americans about what they think a terrorist looks like, it is not surprising what the most common description would be. The majority of people would likely describe a bearded, turban-clad middle eastern man waving around an AK-47 while shouting, “allahu akbar!” Although there is nothing inherently frightening about bearded men and practicing religion, somehow being middle eastern and practicing Islam became one of the dirtiest crimes in the United States. After 9/11 it seems that almost overnight, America developed an irrational phobia of anyone who remotely looks middle eastern, and has since systematically oppressed and mistreated innocent

Century after century religions have been made up of sects, have trials and tribulations (some bigger then others), and continue to recruiting but most of all religions have offered culture, belief systems, status, and customs within the religious communities; this is also true for the Islam religion. As a whole it can be broken into a number of sects, and below the sects are more sects, with additional breakouts of how, when, and where people practice this sect, of a sect, of a religion. The point being there is no one face to a religion, including Islam. At one point the Islamic follows lead relatively private lives in the U.S. but a number of things stated to reveal some negative attention including 9/11. The media had a negative feeding frenzy on the Islamic culture and the U.S started to listen and learn. “The terrorist attacks on U.S. soil dramatically increased the

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.

Nowadays , people are being classified based on their ethnicity . A great example would be the Islamophobia or fear of / for Islam or Muslims . Often times , Muslims are being judged quickly as terrorist because of some issues today like the Paris terror attack which is caused by group of ISIS . Muslims are being affected on how people see them as a threat especially those who are unaware of the certain issues . The reason for this kind of concern is because of how media portrays the matter . In this issue , some people care and some don't . This is not only happening to Canada but around the world . As a student studying sociology , this stereotyping is a bad news to hear . It is a big concern to society more importantly to Muslims , as they

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 have been labeled with various stereotypes. It is under the assumption that Muslim women are oppressed, Muslims have a low tolerance of other beliefs, or a “Jihadist” automatically assumed to bring terror against Americans. Where are they getting this information from? The media has given the nation false and exaggerating propaganda against Muslims. Instead of educating oneself on Muslim culture and Islam, Americans run and digest a lot of outlandish stories and create these stereotypes against a group of people. On September 18, 2015 at a Donald Trump town hall event in New Hampshire, and unidentified man made a statement and asked the prospective presidential candidate, “We have a problem in this county. It’s called Muslims, you know our current president is one. You know he’s not even an American. Anyway, we have training camps growing where they want to kill us. When can we get rid of them (Schleifer)?” This kind of narrow minded thinking breathes hatred and discrimination against a class of people. Islam isn’t a religion that is used to undermine other beliefs, but it is a way of life. In addition, Muslims live their lives with the exclusion of secular interference, but in accordance to the Quran to become a better

After 9/11 has induced negative attitudes towards Muslim peoples who tend to be strongly associated with any act of terrorism. The media has played a colossal role in developing such negative association wherein it constantly portrays Muslim people in combination with violent terrorist acts. It does so in a way that they both go hand-and-hand. In other words, it has made it as though the Islamic religion is synonymous with terrorism. The media has perpetuated Muslim stereotypes over the years that followed the 9/11 incident. Because of this, society has developed, and still has developed, this prejudiced mindset about the Islamic religion and the Muslim communities around the world. People immediately assume that any violent act being

Before coming to the United States, I never knew that Muslims were seen as terrorist and they were so much prejudice, hate and dislike toward Muslims. My family is really religious, at a young age I started learning the Qur’an, how to accomplish the five prayers and the importance that it has in my life. Until the maturity age you dot not understand everything that you are studying as it is in Arabic and it helps avoid misinterpretation. Sometimes people do know understand that the things you read in the Qur’an do not mean what you think they mean, there are books that give you the real interpretation. As a Muslim I believe that sometimes, people do not really see me for who I am in part because of the influence of the media, it created lots of stereotype not only toward Muslim and the problem is that those stereotypes do not allow us to see people for who they really are. Muslim and Arabs are stereotyped to belong to the same group. Muslim are people who believe in Islam and Arabs are people who speak Arabic language and can embrace whatever faith or religion that cause. One of the reasons why the two terms Arabs and Muslim create confusion is because of the that Islam was born in the Middle East and the prophet Mohammed is from Saudi Arabia. On top of that lot of Arabs live in the Middle East and can practice any religion.