Islamophobia is the term used to refer to the fear of and prejudice against the religion of Islam and Muslims. This is a trendy hate and discrimination that currently threatens multitude of Muslims Americans residing in the United States. Islamophobia was not always popular in the United States. According to journalist Ujifusa Andrew, Americans developed extreme fear in 2001 when multiple terrorist attacks were carried out on the United States by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda. When Andrew says “the term Islamophobia acquired popularity in the United State after September 11, 2001 when many innocent Americans lost their lives from the attacks of al-Qaeda...”, which means Americans unfolded enormous agitation towards Islamic devotees following
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Racial profiling is the use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense. Muslims are frequent victims of racial profiling. In today’s society, law enforcement officers are frequently guilty of racial profiling. This was proven in a article that states “When officers use the ethnicity of people without using other identifying factors, they are guilty of racial profiling” (“Racial Profiling”), which means law enforcement officers rely strongly on racial profiling to identify criminals. This is problematic because it only applies to Muslims. They are habitually faced with fictitious suspicions which sometimes leads to further controversies. These controversies includes bullying and harassment. In schools all around the United States, muslim Americans are frequently picked on because of their ethnicity. This was proven in a news article when the author says, “Racial profiling is marginalizing for children and will only exacerbate the bullying and profiling of Middle Eastern and Muslim students” (Andrew), which means racial profiling intensifies existing tyrannizes faced by Muslim children. This subsidize with the other factor of islamophobia; religious
Racial profiling is the use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense. Muslims are frequent victims of racial profiling. In today’s society, law enforcement officers are frequently guilty of racial profiling. This was proven in a article that states “When officers use the ethnicity of people without using other identifying factors, they are guilty of racial profiling” (“Racial Profiling”), which means law enforcement officers rely strongly on racial profiling to identify criminals. This is problematic because it only applies to Muslims. They are habitually faced with fictitious suspicions which sometimes leads to further controversies. These controversies includes bullying and harassment. In schools all around the United States, muslim Americans are frequently picked on because of their ethnicity. This was proven in a news article when the author says, “Racial profiling is marginalizing for children and will only exacerbate the bullying and profiling of Middle Eastern and Muslim students” (Andrew), which means racial profiling intensifies existing tyrannizes faced by Muslim children. This subsidize with the other factor of islamophobia; religious