Americans know “racial profiling is both morally wrong and ineffective”, but they rather be safe than sorry (Chavez 563). Americans only get the idea that all middle easterners are terrorists because media has taken the role of portraying them in such a way to plants terror in Americans (Spurlock). People have gotten to the point of people being “singled out” because of looking certain way or because people around them feel uncomfortable (Chavez 569).
All Muslims seek to be martyrs. The tern is used to describe this act was important, whereas; suicide bomber implied an impulsive act by a deranged individual. The missions were ones that were deliberately and carefully chosen as part of their religious obligation. Rantisi emphasized “we do not order them to do it, but give them permission for them at certain times”. These acts were only allowed in response to acts of violence brought on by the Israeli side, which frequently affected innocent civilians.
When we first think of Muslims we think of bomb throwing, gun carrying, Taliban crazed murderers, unless you’re a politician then you say the second, more people-pleasing thing that comes to mind. Undeniably, the common belief in America is that all Arabs are Muslims, therefore all Muslims are terrorists, therefore women's rights get thrown out of the window, and thereby the Islamic religion is bad. Yet, Muslim culture and the Islamic religion have some extraordinarily, beautiful traits but are sadly overshadowed by all the negative. Stereotypes bombard us everyday but the most overlying stereotype is that Arabs are all the same, and it has been programmed into our nation’s youth. It’s like the prejudice our parents were raised to have
He has used profound acts of hatred to wage a deadly war against all of Western Civilization in the name of Islam. Through his acts of terrorism, he has not only negatively influenced the United States, but also portrayed a violently abysmal image for all Muslims, and has become a denotation of abhorrence world wide. Osama bin Laden performed many attacks against the United States and
A very strong message that Boko Haram uses to promote false ideologies on their twitter website site by stating, it is okay to hate others and to bomb someone or something is divine. The intent in their message is so powerful and that they have so much hatred for the Western world, their lifestyle and accessibilities, yet they want to still reach out and attract their followers or sympathizers to join their cause through American social media websites. In another example for a way to promote their false ideologies is to reach out to the rich, poor, and troubled youth everywhere around the world. Even promoting false ideologies to children who come from loving and structurally sound environments. (Davis, 2014) mentioned terrorist groups use all governments of the Western world as well in their own region to force their ideologies on those who have really turned against their own country’s government and the system as a whole.
Terrorists are extremists who believe that they are supposed to hurt a certain group of people because their god or someone that they obey and respect told them that this is the right thing to do because that group is a possible threat to themselves or their religion so they want to take them out before the people group can hurt them. There are also more reasons why terrorists attack but this is one of the main reasons. Since 9/11 has happened, these beliefs and practices have not stopped or disappeared. If anything they have strengthened and become more dangerous than they were before. Since this is a great possibility, terrorist extremists may have become more extreme in their tactic than they were before 9/11 happened.
Ethnocentrism can be detrimental to a society, because it can lead to false accusitions about a certain group of people, like the Muslims today. When people think of Muslims, the automatically think they are a terriost. All muslims aren’t terrorist and have a lot to offer this world, but we tend to label them as a terrorist because of the media and society. 3. Define emigration and immigration.
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
Many people believe that racial profiling should be prohibited because it is offensive to American values. Malkin disputes this and insists that, “…the ethnic activists and civil-liberties groups who object most strenuously to the use of racial, ethnic, religious, and nationality classifications during war support the use of similar classifications to ensure ‘diversity’ or ‘parity’ in peacetime.” (493). However, Iftikhar strongly disagrees and believes that, “the most disturbing legal trend in America has been the growing disparity in how American Muslims are treated under the law.” She explains how the reports of civil rights cases, a majority of which were Muslim hate crimes, have increased tremendously since the 9/11 attacks due to racial profiling. Many Muslims were accused of crimes they didn’t do and were treated awful. While Iftikhar understands that America is focused on keeping everyone happy and winning over people abroad, she strongly states in her piece that, “it is high time that the Bush administration try spreading a little American democracy here---while winning the hearts and minds of Americans by treating all people equally under the law.” (497).
As a child, it opened my eyes. I saw the world for what it really was: callous and brutal. As I grew older, I grew more cautious. When it was discovered that al-Qaeda was behind the inexorable acts of terrorism, I unfairly discriminated against Muslims, automatically associating them with terrorism. This, to me, surprises me considering I have Islamic cousins (I definitely have no negative feelings towards anybody because of their race or religion now).