Fatihah Argument Analysis

While reading the news an article had caught my attention, this was a story written by Sean Murphy in The National Post: “Muslim army reservist suing Oklahoma gun range for refusing him service after learning his religion”, 18 February 2016 (http://bit.ly/1Lod7FZ). This article focuses on a 29-year-old man, Raja’ee Fatihah who is an employee of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services who was denied access to a gun range because of his Muslim belief. Fatihah has filed a lawsuit, because of the business emphasizing Anti-Islamic belief as depicted with a sign posted on the business windows illustrating the establishment as a “Muslim-free” zone. Brady Hendersen the legal director has said, “Whether the sign in question says ’no Muslims’ …show more content…
It is difficult to understand especially within the United States that an ordinary Muslim is being labelled as a threat to the well-being of the country, however what the owner fails to recognize is that the Islamic people who may be a threat are radical Jihadists and the ordinary humble Muslims such as Fatihah are paying for this by essentially getting their rights not only taken away from utilizing the gun range, but several other places. It is becoming more prevalent in the United States that there are more and more signs being hung up on local businesses prohibiting Muslims to either enter or utilize the services being offered by the business. I understand that there is freedom of speech for everyone, but when it is only to target one race because a small portion of radical Muslims (ISIS) have done acts that are against the true Muslim religion it seems like an inhumane thing to do. Coming from a Sikh background, which is a minority, but slowly growing within Canada, I can sort of understand why Fatihah is disappointed in these businesses being uneducated and has decided to file a lawsuit. If there is no lawsuit filed, the prevalence of these signs will keep