’s book entitled “Muslims in America: A Short History.” This book was written in 2009 in New York City, NY. It analyzes how as Muslims immigrated to North America and as they tried to indulge in the culture, they were judged with prejudice and bias. Because the book was published in 2009,a historian studying post 9/11 American can learn that the author had many years…
No matter what we say or do, Muslims have seen a threat to society. The public should understand there is no common American national culture” (Appiah,50). There are no just Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Muslims. America is a country of no “common culture”, but a sea of diversity and of different…
With a continuous increase of practicing Muslims in the United States than there are American Episcopalians, Jews, or Presbyterians (Yahya, Harun). It certainly does seem inevitable for a religion like Islam not to have an impact on American main stream media, politics, or pop culture. Even though, they represent a smaller portion of the total population in the United States, Muslims over the years have been greatly influential in shaping certain aspects like the sciences, art, and humanities of American society. With some 6 million adherents in the United States, studies have shown that Islam slowly is becoming one of the nation 's fastest-growing religion (Brown). During December 2000, a crescent symbolizing Islam stood along with the Christmas…
I understand that people have a point of view of others and i know that people have opinions about me as well for my race and ethnicity. I am reading an article about being Muslim in America that's relates totally about what Dalia Mogahed has to say about how scared she is of being a Muslim because Americans sees them as a target because of terrorist like isis and feels judge and scared of what can happen to them for being Muslim. When terrorist are the same race then as you then you then become a suspect and a target. “Not only had my country been attacked,…
Muslim American Women Muslim women in America are constantly reminded of their intersectionality on a daily basis. They are marginalized due to their gender, religion, ethnicity, and in addition, Africa-American, Muslim women are also subjected to racism. These Muslim African-Americans are often torn between “relating to their religious brothers and sisters or to their ethnic peers” (Ahmed). Muslim women must also deal with the public’s perception, which often views them as extremists (Mogahed). This erroneous perspective is propagated by the media’s coverage of terrorism and the Muslim religion (Halimah).…
Commonly, because of immigration enforcement practices and unfavorable law enforcement conduct that is carried out publicly on individuals of the Muslim descent, or appearance, many Americans stereotypically racialize the Muslim and Arab community as a threat to society, therefor unethically and wrongfully marginalizing and criminalizing them as a result. Furthermore, “in the case of Arab Americans and Muslim noncitizens, the racialization process draws on interpretations which associate phenotype with religion, resulting in profiles that are based on what a Muslim “looks like”” (Sheikh, 82), creating the stereotype in which infers that all Middle Eastern looking individuals follow the Islamic religion, when in many instances such assumption is not factual. As such, individuals with characteristics that resemble Islamic terrorist, often are falsely detained, deported, or undesirably publicized throughout the media, making the migrant experience far from desirable for many Middle Eastern immigrants as well as many American Muslims. Likewise, “events following 9/11 including the War on Terror, the emergence of Homeland Security, and the Patriot Act, as well as more micro-transformations such as heightened security at airports, have…
A) What is your population of interest? According to Mohamed (2016), as of 2015 the Muslim American population reached 3.3 million and by 2050 the projected total will be 8.1 million. Also, author Chappell (2015) mentions that in 2010, Christianity was the dominant religion totaling 2.2 billion worldwide. Second, was Muslims totaled 1.6 million worldwide.…
This video is supported by the article “You Also Have the Right to Tell a Bigot What You Think” from Leonard Pitts and the acts of kindness and bravery shown in the video are commended in Pitt’s article. From the episode from ABC News called “What Would You Do” . . . A woman named Nohayia Javed helped to conduct the scenario shown in the video to display the discrimination she experiences as a Muslim American on a daily…
The main Challenges that faced by Muslims in America and Europe is to prove to others that they are not terrorist and have no hate toward America or Europe. Many Muslims complain that they get attacked by non-Muslim because many non-Muslims believe that all Muslims are terrorist and should go back to where they came from even though many of these Muslims were raised or born in America or Europe. Another challenge would be the fact that many Muslim women including myself face is the fact that we have less opportunities to get a job and get attacked in many public places because we wear the hijab. sadly my kids are growing up now and they have witnessed people attacking me verbally which at first was shocking to them because they never knew that,…
A piece of cloth placed on my head for the past year representing obedience, honour and dignity. A cloth that depicts the greatest of my struggles but also shows continuous strength. A cloth that is seen as oppression by many, but signifies freedom in my eyes. I feel burdened as I am an automatic representation of all other Muslim women. When I go out in public it is burdening to know that I look slightly different.…
I know it’s a cliché for people to say, but where were you on nine eleven? This question for many brings up the raw emotion of that day. Some were at work, some at school, but most were effected this event for the rest of their life’s. For me, I remember very vaguely eating breakfast at my grandparent’s house.…
The main theme of the on liberty book by John Mill’s is individual and what are the rights of individuals to his liberty. Media in our society creates stereotypes and violent as we saw in the video which we saw in class (The Agenda with Mark Steyn and Islamophobia : America Alone) it hurts and harm people more than it help them. In my essay I will talk about what is limitation and free speeches from John Mill’s opinion, how would Mill respond to the speech issue in this case. Mill in on liberty explained why the freedom of discussion is very important and when this freedom discussion should be limited, in on liberty Mill’s gave us some reasons. Freedom of discussion was accepted even in Mill’s time period , he thought…
Islamophobia, an irrational hatred or fear of Islam and prejudice against Muslims, has been manifesting itself in several parts of the world especially in Europe. This phenomenon dates back to the 1980s, but has been more commonly used after the 9/11 attacks in 2001. Recently, Islamophobes has a perception that Islam has no common values with other cultures, so they have a belief that they are only protecting their values and cultures. The main problem of this perception is that most Europeans lack knowledge of Islam; as a result, Muslims feel that they are unfairly treated. I am intending to discuss the roots of the misunderstandings and stereotypes of Muslims through European eyes; most of these misconceptions stemmed from the 9/11 attacks…
There is no reason for the United States to return to internment camps and segregation with the progress for equality ongoing, but with the rise of terrorism and racial targeting, Muslims are scapegoats in a country that is constantly undergoing change. Islamophobia, or the fear of Islam, is not the reason to justify hate crimes against millions of people attempting to live their lives. Muslims do not have the opportunity to seek justice like the Civil Rights movement groups did as Muslims are already seen as a threat to US society and will be meet with strong resistance from all sides, even among their own people. Exploring how Islam impacts United States culture and society, demonstrating how Islamophobia is spread through social media and…
What is Islamophobia? It seems to be an easy question and yet it troubled most politicians around the Western world. After the September 11 terrorist attack and the subsequent War on Terror launched by the United States, tensions against Muslim in the Western world rose. Scholars have summarized this climate of anti-Muslim situation as Islamophobia. Unfortunately, Islamophobia is becoming more prevalent and socially acceptable in the modern world.…