Essay On Opposing Views

Opposing views is usually a great way to discuss the critical values of society. Of course, the importance of discourse can never be understated but there are topics of extreme sensitivity. My conception of religion will forever be transformed from my interaction with the muslim community. I won’t tell a fable; I was an islamophobe. Growing up in an Indian background that is in constant encounters with the Pakistani made religion a major factor of influence. Not to mention, my American neighborhood is composed of affluent white middle-class citizens. These factors didn’t help but strengthen the illusionment that imprisoned my first impressions. The idea that Islam was a religion of hate and only hate was a very easy scapegoat at the underlying problem of a power struggle and as a result millions of people took the blame for an extremist actions of few when 9/11 took place. Even now with ISIS and the growing anti-muslim backlash it is a puerile assumption to say that the …show more content…
Only after I asked her in Principles of Health Science whether she was Hindu did she answer with a bullet, no. After taking this numbing blow to the mind, that such a compassionate person could be of such a radical culture, I had to consider the basis of my deep-rooted hatred. I saw her wear a hijab for the first time since I met her the next class. Once again, I felt animosity towards a phenomena I failed to comprehend. I asked her the purpose of the hijab. Of course, in a derogatory sense, whether it was a signal of her terrorist intent. The following statement is one that I would retract if I could. Are you going to blow up the room? The room fell silent and there were glares of hatred. That moment, I realized that I was in the wrong. Unfortunately, as a hormonal teen I stormed off into the hallway and the teacher failed to reprimand my decision. In my rage and hatred I was too blind to see the tears I had