Argumentative Essay On Christianity And Islam

Christianity and Islam are the largest religious populations in the world, and the most harassed faiths. According to CNSNews.com, Christianity is the highest persecuted religion worldwide. Among all of the religions in the United States, Muslims were ranked lowest on a scale of ‘warmness’, or most comfortable with. The Islam religion is the most persecuted in the United States due to the recent Muslim extremist group’s terrorist attacks; however, not all Muslims are responsible for these actions. America’s perspective of Muslims is unfavorable nowadays, for various reasons. Recent Muslim extremists have made it difficult for all Muslims to be trusted because of their terrorist attacks. Three weeks after the attacks on 9/11, and ABC news poll found that Americans had an added unfavorable view of Islam, (47% unfavorable, 39% favorable). During this time half of Americans still narrated they had a positive outlook on Muslims. Another study exhibited that 67% of Democrats have a positive view of Muslims, while 41% of Republicans have a positive view of Muslims. Muslims were rated lower than Atheists on a scale of ‘warmness’ in the United States. On a scale of ‘warmest to …show more content…
Some Americans fear Muslims because they are equated with being terrorists. Thus, we cannot tell a violent extremist from a mainstream Muslim, and we cannot distinguish a Christian from a member of the Ku Klux Klan. It is not acceptable to judge everyone based on their religion as a result of groups affiliated with the religion that have been known as dangerous as well as harsh. While not all Muslims or Christians are innocent, it’s not civil for everyone to accept the blame. Believe it or not, the number one killer of Americans in the past year was not Muslims. The moreover killer would be another Christian, since America is still 70%