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    Muslims Social Justice

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    and the legislature have broken this law. Why are the Muslims linked to many terrorist activities? Why is terrorism involving Muslims more aired in the media than those attacks involving non-Muslims? These are the questions that need answers because stereotyping a religion is social justice. Recently, the US president banned immigration from seven major Muslim countries including Iraq, Libya,

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    The Issue Of Muslim Women

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    the topic of Muslim women. Islamic women have been in the shadows for years, hidden by their spouses, therefore resulting in the reason why so many of them have been the subject of abuse. The devastating incident that led to many deaths on September 11th of 2001, could possibly be the most recent event that has sparked interest with the Muslim population (Daba-Buzoianu et.al 148). Even then, however, Americans were more concerned for their own safety rather than the safety of Muslim women. In the

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    Framing Muslim Women

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    These are just a few of the conditions imposed on Muslim women. What is potentially even more harmful is Islam’s obsession with (female) sexual morality."(Pg no 62) Peter Morey and Amina yaqin in their book Framing Muslims also have pointed out the ways by which Muslims are being sterotyped. Ahmed,Sidrah(2014) in his research paper tries to investigate the representation of muslim women's rights and integration by swestern media.Spencer,R and Chesler,P in their book remarked that in Islam the

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    9/11 On Muslims

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    America’s viewpoint on the Muslim group of people was significantly prejudiced by post 9/11. The entire Muslim community was vision negatively as of the events that was taken by Al Qaeda an international terrorist group formed by Osama Bin Laden. Soon, subsequent to the bombing of the twin towers, primary awareness of Muslims habitually originated from labels relating to the Middle East as a whole. According to “Affective Politics after 9/11” Todd Hall proposed that 9/11 was a sensitively prominent

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    globally. One example is how many news outlets are portraying Muslims. They are often described as anti-gay, anti-female, anti-human rights, barbaric, uncivilized, etc. By describing the Muslim community in such harsh terms the media is allowing Muslims to become “Others” and monsters. While terrorism is a huge and scary issue facing this world, we can’t fully blame all Muslims for this. However, with the way the media is describing Muslim communities it can almost be easier to view them as monsters

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    The Muslim women were meeting at an old warehouse in Chicago that was being used for a makeshift mosque on a night to do their daily prayers. On this night Dr.Ingrid Mattson was there and the women were talking about their experiences living here in the United States. She noticed on the way here there was a Muslim school located in an industrial zone. This school was located in this zone because of zoning laws and how the city won't allow the buildings to be built or where they are built. In this

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    was a Muslim name. Then she said, 'Muslim? Oh, you guys are terrorists.'" (Mehnaz Mahmood). U.S citizens who are muslim face great discrimination. These citizens are often called terrorist based on their appearance and heritage. Muslims in the U.S are often mistreated,mistaken, and are threatened by many. Just because they are muslim they are immediately accused of being terrorist. In extreme cases they are removed from airports because they are simply Muslim. The discrimination against Muslims is not

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    Being a Muslim in an American country is a struggle and ever since, 9/11 effects took a turn for Muslims. Ever since Trump was elected president, the discrimination against Muslims has grown stronger. People need to be educated about Muslim culture and eliminate the perception that every Muslim is a “terrorist”. The community I am looking towards on the University of Kentucky campus is the MSA. The MSA is the Muslim student association and their goal is to promote Islam and teach us all about how

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    about how many Muslims are discriminated on a day to day basis? On account of discrimination, it’s a prejudiced or prejudicial outlook, action or treatment and this is based on the Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. Discrimination against Muslims majorly happens in the MDC’s and core countries in the Northern hemisphere. Those Countries are predominantly a Christian based nations and so they consider Muslims violent based on past experience and start discriminating all Muslims even though only

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    world. Today, Islam is one of the most significant religions in the world by attracting millions of followers who continue to adhere to the ancient practices outlined in the Qur’an. Unfortunately, these practices are often looked down upon by non-Muslim people and considered to be symbolic of terrorism or of the fundamentalist side of the religion. This instance can be observed largely in France as a result of secularism that has been deeply rooted in the country for generations. The most controversial

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