In the past decade, there have been numerous accounts of vicious attacks against Muslims men and women, who are being specifically targeted because of their faith. These ethnic and religious tensions have been brewing in the United States primarily since the large influx of immigrants in the 1980s and 1990s, but were severely heightened after the events occurring on September 11, 2001. Every man wearing a turban or every woman wearing a hijab was merely perceived as a menacing terrorist rather than a human being, as their religion was associated with the actions of Al-Qaeda. However, more recently there has been another major event broadcasting the still present Islamophobia around the world, even fourteen years after the 9/11 attacks. On January
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Women in Salem are accused of performing witchcraft because they have been rumored to participate in or cause certain supernatural events. Eventually gossip of even the purest women, such as Rebecca Nurse, being witches circulates within Salem, forcing many to go on trial. Consequently, almost every woman is viewed to be a witch scheming with Satan, just as countless people with Islamophobia view all Muslims to have relations with terrorist groups. Intolerance within society contributes a great deal to these aggressive sentiments, which Miller effectively illustrates in The Crucible. The theocracy established in Salem encourages no sort of deviation from societal norms, and thus anything out of the ordinary is immediately classified as witchcraft in the play. Restoration of purity is the main purpose of the “witch” hangings and burnings since the Puritans want to extinguish any new practices women have adapted and revert back to society before these changes. Similarly, many people today are not accepting of new cultural practices, especially those involving Islam, as they see it as a threat to their previously established traditions. This fear of change emerges significant hostility against those who are simply choosing the religion they wish to
Women in Salem are accused of performing witchcraft because they have been rumored to participate in or cause certain supernatural events. Eventually gossip of even the purest women, such as Rebecca Nurse, being witches circulates within Salem, forcing many to go on trial. Consequently, almost every woman is viewed to be a witch scheming with Satan, just as countless people with Islamophobia view all Muslims to have relations with terrorist groups. Intolerance within society contributes a great deal to these aggressive sentiments, which Miller effectively illustrates in The Crucible. The theocracy established in Salem encourages no sort of deviation from societal norms, and thus anything out of the ordinary is immediately classified as witchcraft in the play. Restoration of purity is the main purpose of the “witch” hangings and burnings since the Puritans want to extinguish any new practices women have adapted and revert back to society before these changes. Similarly, many people today are not accepting of new cultural practices, especially those involving Islam, as they see it as a threat to their previously established traditions. This fear of change emerges significant hostility against those who are simply choosing the religion they wish to