In recent years, many Muslims are being discriminated due to the actions of ISIS. ISIS is a terror group whose religious makeup is mainly Muslim. This terror group has caused a lot of fear and chaos across the world lately. ISIS has been setting its sights on major cities and populous areas and attacking them with gunmen, suicide bombers, and other methods. Some of these places that have already been attacked are San Bernardino, Nice, Brussels, and Paris. These attacks have caused mass hysteria across the world and many people are blaming the Muslim community for it. These attacks have also left hundreds of people dead and thousands injured. ON the small side, the San Bernardino attack left 14 dead, and 22 other wounded after a mass
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With all of these attacks going on, many people are blaming Muslims and starting to feel the animosity they felt after the 9/11 attacks. The aftermath of the Paris attacks in France sparked religious conflicts and conflicts between the French and Muslim communities. The Huffington Post reported that animosity towards Muslims in France is on the rise after these bombings in Paris. “Amid longstanding claims from Islamic groups of growing hostility toward Muslims in France, January’s Charlie Hebdo attack caused a spike in anti-Muslim sentiment, with over 55 anti-Muslim incidents and threats reported to police in the weeks immediately following the killings” (Huffington Post). The discrimination towards Muslims that has occurred because of ISIS seems somewhat similar to the discrimination Muslims received after the 9/11 attacks. Many people have made the claim that they will never trust Muslims and that we should deport them back to where they came from. Many advocates however have claimed that we cannot be so hostile towards Muslims and base our actions towards them because of what ISIS has done. They have also said that change is needed and the discrimination needs to stop, but changing the minds of these people would be a very challenging task that would …show more content…
Listening to other people’s stories and the experiences that they have gone through will mean a lot to that person. No one likes to be ignored and no one should be ignored. It’s possible that by listening to someone else’s story, someone may develop connections with that other individual that may not have developed otherwise. These two steps are a lot harder than they seem. The majority of people will find it very hard to go out of their comfort zone and meet someone new especially if that person is someone whom they are stereotyping. However, there is hope for discrimination in America. According to ProQuest, the Muslims in the United States over the past nine years have been successful in showing that they do not advocate terrorism. “For nine years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, many U.S. Muslims made concerted efforts to build relationships with non-Muslims, to make it clear that they abhor terrorism, to educate people about Islam and to participate in interfaith service projects. They took satisfaction in the observations by many scholars that Muslims in the United States were more successful and assimilated than Muslims in Europe” (ProQuest). This shows us that Muslims are trying to show that they are good people and that they don’t want to be treated poorly or feared by other. Muslims are already taking steps in the right direction. Now it’s up to the people of the United States to answer and
With all of these attacks going on, many people are blaming Muslims and starting to feel the animosity they felt after the 9/11 attacks. The aftermath of the Paris attacks in France sparked religious conflicts and conflicts between the French and Muslim communities. The Huffington Post reported that animosity towards Muslims in France is on the rise after these bombings in Paris. “Amid longstanding claims from Islamic groups of growing hostility toward Muslims in France, January’s Charlie Hebdo attack caused a spike in anti-Muslim sentiment, with over 55 anti-Muslim incidents and threats reported to police in the weeks immediately following the killings” (Huffington Post). The discrimination towards Muslims that has occurred because of ISIS seems somewhat similar to the discrimination Muslims received after the 9/11 attacks. Many people have made the claim that they will never trust Muslims and that we should deport them back to where they came from. Many advocates however have claimed that we cannot be so hostile towards Muslims and base our actions towards them because of what ISIS has done. They have also said that change is needed and the discrimination needs to stop, but changing the minds of these people would be a very challenging task that would …show more content…
Listening to other people’s stories and the experiences that they have gone through will mean a lot to that person. No one likes to be ignored and no one should be ignored. It’s possible that by listening to someone else’s story, someone may develop connections with that other individual that may not have developed otherwise. These two steps are a lot harder than they seem. The majority of people will find it very hard to go out of their comfort zone and meet someone new especially if that person is someone whom they are stereotyping. However, there is hope for discrimination in America. According to ProQuest, the Muslims in the United States over the past nine years have been successful in showing that they do not advocate terrorism. “For nine years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, many U.S. Muslims made concerted efforts to build relationships with non-Muslims, to make it clear that they abhor terrorism, to educate people about Islam and to participate in interfaith service projects. They took satisfaction in the observations by many scholars that Muslims in the United States were more successful and assimilated than Muslims in Europe” (ProQuest). This shows us that Muslims are trying to show that they are good people and that they don’t want to be treated poorly or feared by other. Muslims are already taking steps in the right direction. Now it’s up to the people of the United States to answer and