Rise Of Islamophobia In The United States

With the recent influx of Muslim immigrants seeking shelter and safety, Europe’s response to this problem, and also that of the United States of America, have highlighted the recent rise of Islamophobia that is spreading across the western globe. Islamophobia a fairly recent word, being inducted into the Oxford English Dictionary in 1997 (Sheridan:1), is the specify dislike or hatred of the religion of Islam and the Muslim people. The explanation of the recent rise of this bigotry is the direct result of the recent conflicts with the Middle East. This sociologic topic is specifically interesting because, where you are seeing a lot of the prejudice is some of the most developed countries. While Germany has recently announced it would be opening its borders for all refuges seeking asylum, many other world powers have lagged. Popular leaders in European and America have publically said racist and harmful things. Donald Trump, the United States front running republic candidate has recently stated “they could be Isis” (Guardian 1). This hatred can also be seen displayed by the public as well. Recently there was a viral video that saw a Hungarian newswomen trip fleeing …show more content…
Most of these articles were published fairly recently, the oldest article being from 1999. The articles that I chose to look into is; first “Islamophobia Pre– and Post–September 11th, 2001” by Lorraine P. Sheridan, second “The resistible rise of Islamophobia Anti-Muslim racism in the UK and Australia before 11 September 2001” by Scott Poynting and Victoria Mason, third “Racism and Islamophobia: The Representation of Islam and Muslims in the Media” by Amir Saeed , fourth “Multicultural Nationalism: Islamophobia, Anglophobia, and Devolution” by Asifa M. Hussain & William L. Miller, and last Multiculturalism, and “Islam and the clash of civilizations theory: rethinking Islamophobia” by Gabriele