Edmund Burke 9/11 Research Paper

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Edmund Burke has said that Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it. After Pearl Harbor in World War II, nearly 120,000 Japanese-Americans were stripped of their belongings, property, and businesses very similarly to the Jews being put into the ghetto by the Germans. Since the Iranian Hostage Situation, the 1993 World Trade Center and the 9/11 attacks, Muslim and Arabian Men, Women, and Children were against based on their religion and ethnicity. Some have even been arrested unfairly and deported. America obviously does not know their own history and are repeating it.
The Internment camps were places where the supposedly “Suspicious” people were forced to go to during World War II in America. President Roosevelt signed order 9066
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1,200 non-citizen Muslims were detained, arrested, and deported or released on bail based upon unsubstantiated tips from neighbors or coworkers and upon their religion, ethnicity and gender (Paul 1). However, none of these people were charged with any acts of terrorism after being held for 80 days. The detainees Were often not told what they were held for, did not have attorneys and could not communicate to their families. The practice of racial profiling picked up significantly after 9/11 with Muslims. Often after being pulled out of line for a “Random” Screening based upon ethnic appearance, Muslims had to leave the plane because the other passengers did not feel safe with a person they considered harmful based solely upon their appearance and names.(Paul 2). The government has also been destroying philanthropic organizations supporting Muslims. The Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development had its assets frozen after sending funds to Hamas apparently supporting terrorist schools. However, the HLF has been around since 1989 and only after 9/11 does the U.S. Government find something wrong with it. This also happened with the Global Relief Foundation and the Benevolent International Foundation (Bozorgmehr 1). The Islamic Practice of Zakat was disrupted because the Muslim Americans often wanted to contribute to their home country and now most organizations to do that have been shut down. The U.S.A. after

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