According to the article there are about six million Muslims in the United States of America. However, despite the common misbelieve they have very few things in common, one is their religion and two is their experience in a new country. Muslims have different perceptions of how the religion must be practiced, just as Christians have different perceptions of how to practice,…
The thesis must be explicit and based on the documents. It must deal with BOTH a comparison of the attitudes of Christianity and Islam and the change in the attitudes of each over time. The thesis may appear in any location, and the comparative and change over time components may be split and appear in different places. It may not only be attitudes simple rewording of the question.…
The author of a Why I Am a Muslim: An American Odyssey discusses their viewpoint as an American Muslim female in the article. Asma Gull Hasan is an American born child of Pakistani immigrants who grew up in California and was attending liberal college courses during the Oklahoma City bombing, she uses these experiences in the article. Hasan opens the article with a hypothetical question, encouraging readers to think of the stereotypes placed on Muslims. The author points out the racial diversity of Muslims in America with useful statistics. The author shows an understanding of Muslims are capable of terrorism, however points out that the religion in based on peace and not war. The author expresses their opinion on the next step to progress in America, open conversations and education. Also discussed is media bias and the understandable affect it has on American’s perceptions of the religious group.…
(MIP-1) Due to terrorist actions by the Islamic extremists, Islam is portrayed as a religion of negative stereotype by non-muslim population. (SIP-A) The negative image of Islam is described through Nusrat’s knowledge on Islam before she converts to Muslim and Faiz’s perception of non-muslims’ view on Islam. (STEWE-1) Before Nusrat converted to Muslim, her…
A sacrament is a tangible connection between Heaven and Earth along with how God's love and essence is physically here on Earth. Jesus Christ is the essence of God on Earth in human form. He preaches the ideas and serves as the son of God to his kingdom. When people preach, serve, and worship, God's power is present and the people remember what Jesus was all about when he was on Earth and therefore what God was all about. The concept of God is spread through ideas like the Pentecost, Paul and his conversion, and even in the catacombs of Rome.…
These anti-Muslim sentiments become even more prevalent as our current nation leader promotes Islamophobia, dislike for Islam religion, by solely focusing on terrorist attacks perpetrated by extremists and dismissing their cultural, religious, and economic contributions to the United States. In such political climate, it is imperative to educate fellow American about the historical struggles that American Muslims have faced in the past and continue to face in the present. I believe that an effective way to make non-Muslim Americans aware of the struggles of Muslims is by teaching young adults the Muslims are not foreign to the United States, that in fact, they have been in this nation from times of slavery and that like other immigrants, America has also given them a sense of belonging and…
While a number of people may think that Americans do not need a common enemy in order to stay united, it should be noted that Americans do need a common enemy to stay united. One reason is having a common enemy gives people something to think about besides the problems they might find in their neighbors. Another important reason, that will unite citizens is that the enemy does not need to be a country or group of people. Finally, when citizens have a common enemy, it will make them stronger. Clearly, there are some benefits to having a common enemy.…
This is imperative to comprehend that the events have vastly affected American society in many different ways; statistics show the average American has little to no contact with Muslims on a day to day basis (Ghazali). The government classifies Arab Americans as ‘white’ but popular U.S discourses tend to represent Arabs as ‘different from and inferior’ to whites (Amaney). The fact that the country’s opinion has been so sharply altered and their opinions drastically shaped on the feeling towards Muslims solely based on the principle of ‘guilt by association’ is central to this…
From that very moment and onwards to today, people of muslim descent, people who wear turbans and long robings, people who slightly resemble cultures similar to that in the Middle Eastern countries are assumed to be dangerous and casted as outsiders, right here in America. We try to travel to these Middle Eastern countries, surely without a doubt, we are not welcome and casted as outsiders whom none of the persons would acquaint themselves. This is everybody's trend that was set in motion by dramatic events installed in our…
I analyzed the article “Widespread Negativity: Muslims Distrust Westerners More than Vice Versa.” This article is implying that although both Muslims and non-Muslims associate negative traits with each other, in an array of test done, Muslims had more animosity towards the West, than the West did towards Muslims. Specifically, Muslims in Indonesia, Jordan, Egypt, Pakistan, and Nigeria. However, given how the West has damaged the Muslim community, I obviously expected this. Muslims are not seen by non-Muslims to be greedy or immoral, which was interesting to me because they receive the bad connotation as a hateful group of people, which would normally align with someone being immoral or greedy.…
The United States is known for its deeply religious history, as well as its tolerant religious diversity. However, this religious dynamic has been faced with some shocks. On the other hand, the religious diversity of this nation continues to grow with non-Western religions making a presence in our nation in the recent years. Despite this growth in religious diversity, the United States is still known for its Christian traditions. By looking at these concepts of thinking, it is clear that there are certain patterns that American religiosity is taking. The argument that American religion has been experiencing disturbances within the past decades exhibits the truth for me. The drastic political and religious shifts an after shocks displayed…
The Muslim American culture varies slightly from the rest of the Muslim population around the world. Muslim Americans view religion as less important than other Muslim groups, along with becoming more independent of the family as a whole. The majority of the Muslim American culture can be defined in several categories such as Bio-cultural variations and cultural aspects of the incidence of disease, communication, cultural affiliation, cultural sanctions and restrictions, developmental considerations, value placed on education, health beliefs and practices, family and kinship systems, nutrition, religious beliefs and practices, and values orientation.…
The claim that is presented in this article, said by the governor of Virginia himself, is that those who in any way participated in the white supremacists rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, are not American. How can this be a true statement? It can be because Americans are those who believe in not just freedom and happiness for themselves, but in that for other people as well. Governor Terry McAuliffe states,"They [white supremacists] get out of bed every day to hate people and divide our country… Let's be honest, they need to leave America, because they are not Americans.” As Americans, we are to work together as one towards a common goal of liberty; not to kill or harm those that you believe are not deserving. To further prove his point of striving to bring people together as Americans, McAuliffe visited the families of those who had been affected by the loss of lives during the rally and spoke to the congregation at Mount Zion First African Baptist Church in Charlottesville.…
Hate crimes against Muslims have increased dramatically since 2001. Statistics say that hate crimes against Muslims went up 90% immediately after 9/11. These hate crimes played a very significant role in making Middle Eastern people in the United States feel unwelcome, especially in southern states. Immigration decreased, mostly because the American government wants to keep it’s people safe, and “prevent any avenue from being used by terrorists to infiltrate the United States.” (Dewey…