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    ISLAM AWERNESS PROJECT Have you ever thought when did Islamophobia start to appear ? It started to appear in 1912 . It caused fear to the citizens of Europe and the Westerns when they started to frighten people of Islam . This had a bad effect on Islamic countries as Islam became hated by most of the countries who felt fear from that thing called "Islamophobia" . Over 15 million Muslims are living in Europe are now suffering from

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    troubles experienced during the disaster. A formal, yet sympathetic tone is used in the book to not only inform the audience about the hardships experienced by Zeitoun, but to also encourage sympathy among the audience. One struggle he focuses on is Islamophobia and how it negatively affects Zeitoun and his family. He shows this through the family’s battles with social and family relations, issues with the New Orleans Police Department, and the negative connotations that come with its stereotypes. One

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    discriminatory paradigms. Therefore, xenophobia and racism in the 1900’s have caused the development of racist ideas in the current day such as Islamophobia and police brutality. Although African Americans and women were being discriminated in the 19th century, in the 21st century, this type of attitude has now transitioned toward a specific religion. Islamophobia, also known as the fear of Islam, has become odiously popular after the despicable 9/11 attacks. Due to terrorists claiming they are of Islamic

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    effort to join the global world, the Czech Republic is self-imposing their own isolationist policies as the Syrian Refugee crisis swarms over Europe, except for the Czech Republic. The Isolation is because of the rise of institutionally pushed Islamophobia within the Czech Republic and also the history that has tied the Czech Republic to a naturally xenophobic culture. The Czech Republic is located in central Europe landlocked, while also strategically located extending across some of more

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    ISLAMOPHOBIA Phobias are a type of a phsycological disorder that occurs in humans, it has several types, classifications and categories.As we all know, phobias are extreme types of fear, usually of unreasonable proportions and of the most ordinary of things. Some phobias are considered to be common phobias that can happen to people often. There are several common types of phobias such as spider phobia, snake phobia, flying phobia germ phobia. We can almost understand why and how a person could be

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    arrow pointed at them is known as Islamophobia, the hatred and prejudice against the religion of Islam. According to a poll conducted by Cornell University, 46 percent of Americans view Islam as violent. If I were to ask someone what they know about Islam, their answer would more than likely be related to terrorism. Due to the fact that most Americans share this negative perspective of the religion, there is not much being done by non-Muslims to combat Islamophobia. Muslims themselves, however, have

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    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. Islamophobia is defined as the "unfounded hostility towards Muslims, and therefore fear or dislike of all or most Muslims." The first time

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    negative stereotypes has been widely accepted since the publication of Orientalism by Edward Said in the late 1970s. It is through this divide that the term Islamophobia was first seen as a distinct term after the 1997 publication of the report “Islamophobia: A Challenge for Us All” by the British Runnymede Trust (1997). Since then, the term Islamophobia has been widely used in a variety of context yet there is still no universal definition of the term, which allows the press, including the British newspapers

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    Third, the issue and event that I found in my preliminary research leads me to an insight of how Islamophobia is type of social inequality in America. The development the fear of Islamophobia was due to the act of nine eleven in America. This was a terrorist attack the took down and collapsed the Twin Towers. In which people in America began to develop detestation for Muslims individuals. This got huge media coverage and develop fear that ever one that follows Islam as a religion must be loathed

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    that marginalize Muslims in New York City, the primary structures are the unfair, political structure and modern and ignorant cultural structure. These structures promote islamophobia. Sinful, political structures are arguably the driving forces behind Islamophobia. Many politicians are being paid out to promote Islamophobia and the “us versus them” mentality. Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, was paid to bash the Islamic practice of Sharia, and say that it threatens

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