Spread Of Islamophobia In America

Why is Islamophobia spreading throughout America? Why is it a problem? How is Islamophobia affecting our community?. Some people think that a terror attack in New York might start Islamophobia. As generations grow and change, the view of minorities changes as well. The fear that people posses towards Muslims in America might never be resolved due to conflicts that continue to rise. Islamophobia is a growing problem in America because some people think that Islam promotes violence and see the religion of Islam a threat to this nation and we need to change that and show them that Islam actually promotes the opposite of violence.
According to BBC people believe the war against Islam started when a federal building in Oklahoma was bombed, then the media reported “Islamic Extremists” were the culprits. People in America started to fear Muslims and banned them in some places. People started to protest against Islamic people in America. On September 11, 2001 the World Trade
Center was attacked by a group of people who go by the name of Al-Qaeda who claimed to be practices of Islam. Then people start to really fear the Islamic people and Islamophobia rises again. Islamophobia is not only in America, it also started spreading around the world and some countries started to ban Muslims from entering their country. In some European countries Islamophobia is a really big deal. According to an article posted by huffington.com 27 European countries described Muslims as the enemy of the people and that their needs to be something done about it. Some people in Europe see Muslims as a threat to their life and their nation. There is a misinterpretation between non-muslims and practicing Muslims. In general people of all faith should be open minded and willing to learn. This way everyone is able to learn about each other’s faith and this will hopefully reduce the hate for Islam.
I believe that there is a misunderstanding between the American people and Islamic people. I think some Americans believe that Islam is a violence, terror religion and the reason is they don’t know that much about Islam. According to huffingtonpost.com retired Lt. and former Donald Trump national security adviser said that “Islam is a political ideology and it’s like a cancer that never goes away and a problem in this nation.” I would encourage people to learn more about Islam and what it does. Islam is the fastest growing religion and will have the most people by 2050 according to CNN.com. I think people should be more open and welcome and then they will see the marvelous things about Islam. The reason that immigrants are coming in on their countries is that there wars going on in their country and people really need to understand that. I think small groups like ISIL, Al-Qaeda, and Al-Shabab are what make Islam look bad.
When people see these groups killing people they automatically think that Islam is behind it, but what they don’t know is that these small groups actually kill more Muslims than they do non-muslims. These small groups take peace away from people. These small groups are causing a lot trouble and hiding behind the name of Islam. According to me, I don’t even think these small groups are Muslims. Islam does not tell to kill, rape people. As long as these groups exist, Islam will have bad name to the public. According to Wikipedia 93.7% of the Muslim people are against these groups and there is more than one billion Muslim people live in the world and counting. Then people in America need to know these things and learn instead of hating, protesting, etc. I believe that some American people just hate the religion in general because there some people who educate themselves and still don’t differentiate Muslims in
general.
In conclusion, I think we need to come out a ways to solve these problems. One of the ways we can do is by working as a community and understanding other people's perspective. If we all work together as a community, we will do better things together. The reason immigrants want to go in on another country is that because there are wars going on in their own countries and the other people need to understand that and they are fighting with terrorists who is claiming that Islam told them to do those evil things. If we all hate and don’t learn anything, it won’t be helpful and the world will be a lot messier. I believe by learning and doing some research on your own will help be you understand what is really true instead of standing on the streets and protesting angrily and making someone else who is innocent feel bad and not welcome.