Muslims As Harmful People In America

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From the video, I agreed with the speaker Dalia Mogahed’s personal comments about how society discriminate towards Muslims. Muslims can also be considered Americans if they live in America and respect others. However, that’s not always the solution since many disrespect Muslims and label them as terrorists. I think that’s very wrong as lots of Muslims are being racially profiled as suspects. I can also disagree against the media since they use propaganda to make Muslims look bad, and make the public afraid towards Muslims. By doing public manipulation, society will label Muslims as harmful people in America, however, “The choices don't make sense, because it's the wrong question. Muslims, like all other Americans, aren't a tumor in the body

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