Arab culture often embraces Islam and they make use of the Arabic language. Arabs have various views regarding terrorism as a way to express their sovereignty. Arab Americans have contributed in the fields of labor, health, social justice, law, cultural awareness and community development by putting their own interest aside and working for the betterment of all. The terrorist attacks of September 11th not only brought Arabs to public attention, but also put them at risk and in danger of discrimination and prejudice. Still to this day discrimination is present throughout the U.S. many Arabs dress differently than do other Americans; their cuisine is drastically different and their traditions are different.
Muslims and Arabs are often confused to be one in the same, in some cases, this statement may be true however, one is an adherent of religion and the other is an ethnic group of people. An Arab is on who can be identified as a person originating from the realms of the Middle East, such as Algeria, Iraq, Yemen and Saudi Arabia to name a few. Muslims are devotees of the religion of Islam. Although Arabs are often connected to the Islam religion not all are Muslim. Actually, Arabs are also known to follow Christian, Judaism or Druze religions.
U.S. President Harry Truman’s decision to help Israel become a sovereign country has many pros and cons. Nazis had oppressed Jews for several years, and when they were finally liberated, the U.N. felt they deserved to have a country of their own. The president’s studies of the Bible influenced him to believe that the Jews should immigrate to Palestine and divide it so that the surviving Jews can have their own sovereign country, Israel. However, this choice has advantages and disadvantages, as one might expect. One disadvantage to Truman’s decision to support Israel in becoming a sovereign country is that U.S. relations with the Arabs can be affected.
He also explains why people should not judge a book by its cover. Although he is an Arab American, Hamud is a very modernized Muslim, does not speak Arabic and possess many mainstream American qualities. I wholeheartedly agree with Hamud’s claims. We live in a world with many different races, nationalities and skin colors. Just because Arabs were responsible for September 11th does not make every single one of them worthy of being targets for persecution.
“Overzealous officials” grill suspicious foreigners “to the point of near panic” (Khan 559). In worst cases, death has occurred Haitians seeking refuge, a man was not allowed to keep his medication while he was put in Krome (Danticant 569). The profiling does not only happen with officials, but many Americans often profile foreigners. Americans heightened suspicion on not only non-Americans, but on Americans with Middle Eastern traits. Americans know “racial profiling is both morally wrong and ineffective”, but they rather be safe than sorry (Chavez 563).
Survival or Discrimination? Two articles that demonstrate opposing views on the responses to terrorism post 9/11 are Michelle Malkin’s article, “Racial Profiling: A Matter of Survival” and Arsalan Iftikhar’s web site piece, “Losing Liberties.” Malkin’s and Iftikhar’s articles present two diverse points of view involving the treatment of Muslims in America post September 11, 2001. These writers’ views also lead them to argue the United States’ Justice System and fundamental American values. While Malkin believes that racial profiling is acceptable when our national security is at risk, Iftikhar argues that racial profiling is never tolerable. Malkin cites an example of the FBI agency being accused of “ethnic profiling” for questioning Muslims
Sikh males usually wear turbans, which are stereotypically associated with Muslims by many Westerners. Being an American myself I could level and understand why other Americans were outraged and upset in result of the 9/11 attacks but I find it disgusting and ignorant that innocent people with mid eastern decent were being targeted and discriminated because of there ethnicity. I feel as though this proves that we are no better than Al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups who fight fire with fire. Instead of actually making a difference and being a positive influence for your country and the new
Yes, it seems that Orientalism does cause the mistaken belief that both groups are the same. Where the Arabs are an ethnic group and Muslims is a religious group. A lot of it is not the right kind information that is truthful about those two groups and other ethnicity we have studied. 7.) What role does the media play on how these groups are
But, just because a few Muslim extremists committed a heinous crime the name Muslim has been forever tainted. Polls have shown that 93% of Muslims don’t support extremist views on terrorism and a rising number of Muslims have been actively speaking out against terrorism – something our media fails to mention. The thing is, we didn't really give Muslims a second thought until a select few deeply affected us. Now the reputation of all Muslims is forever negative because a few ill-minded people happened to be born
From massive borders to disobedient citizens, the United States government is unable to enforce their own policies of immigration. With the inability to enforce the law, the United States and its citizens endure several negative effects of illegal immigration. One of the most significant problems caused by illegal immigration is the issue of national security. As previously established, the United States has borders that stretch over thousands of miles and lacks the capacity to fully observe and protect every corner of its territory. As a result of this, thousands of illegal immigrants cross the American border virtually undetected.