PSY 299 ESSAY 1 April 22‚ 2006 Whose Fault is it? “The September 11‚ 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks upon the United States of America carried out on Tuesday‚ September 11‚ 2001. Four commercial airliners were hijacked and crashed‚ resulting in the deaths of nearly 3‚000 civilians in the planes and on the ground. On that morning‚ nineteen hijackers‚ affiliated with al-Qaeda[2]‚ crashed two planes into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in Manhattan‚ New York
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Post-9/11 Islamophobia Islamophobia denotes prejudice against‚ hatred for‚ or irrational fear of Muslims. Such fear and hostility leads to discriminations against Muslims‚ exclusion of Muslims from mainstream political or social process‚ stereotyping‚ the presumption of guilt by association‚ and most frequently‚ hate crimes. In post 9/11 America‚ Islamophobia has resulted in the general and unquestioned acceptance that Islam does not share common values with other major faiths‚ that Islam is
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Cost of terrorism – Effect of the September 11 attacks on tourism industry: 1The total economic impact of 9/11 is realistically immeasurable; however the world travel and tourism council has estimated the decrease of the travel and tourism demand world wide to be 10%. 2Job loss of 8.8 million people globally including airlines‚ hotels‚ tour operators‚ car rental and credit card companies‚ creating a 1.7% decrease of total GDP for the world economy. Terrorism is an inhuman act which is
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Western world have been constantly fighting against prejudice. After September 11‚ media interest in Islam increased‚ where Islam was usually portrayed in a negative way. Before 9/11‚ many Muslims lived the normal‚ everyday life. However‚ the attack has changed lives of many people that belonged to the Muslim community‚ where they were the victims of guilt. Unfortunately‚ many Americans were introduced to Islam‚ after the 9/11 attack‚ thus even till today‚ Islam is associated with terrorism. For the past
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9/11‚ a day of death‚ destruction‚ and devastation. It’s early morning‚ about 8:45 a.m.‚ and American Airlines Flight 11 crashes into the north tower of the World Trade Center. It has to be an accident. Why would an airplane purposefully run into the tower? Everyone is wondering if they know anyone affected‚ if the people inside and around the towers are okay‚ and how someone could be so careless and not focus on the plane enough to keep it away from the towers… up until the second plane tears down
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Reflection about 9/11 In what way(s) did growing up in the aftermath of September 11th‚ 2001 effect the culture of the world in which you live? The things that happened back in September 11th‚ 13 years ago‚ changed the world that we live in so many ways. Not only started a war between USA and Al-Qaeda‚ it opened the doors to a world that us‚ as kids/teenagers‚ would have never seen or even knew that existed. Wars seemed like things that only happened in the past or in movies‚ but now we grew up
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The problem that surrounds my topic is that the group Isis on September 11‚2000 on 9/11 they caused an emotional and stressful time to America. That time was so stressful and emotional because people dying from planes that Isis has high jacket. They destroyed two buildings with people on it that later on the building came down causing problems and chaos. What will cause the next World War is if Afghanistan attacks again to America with violence like bombing places or if they threaten America with
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As soon as I asked my dad about the 9-11-2001 tragic event‚ he has recollected his memory of this day. He told me that he and my mom were traveling in a suburban train to attend Mother Mary’s novena at the famous Mahim church in Bombay (Present Mumbai) on that day. He had a habit of reading a local daily called “Mid-Day” while traveling in local trains to get rid of the noisy and boring commute. That day‚ on 9-11-2001 too he bought this daily. He was terrified by seeing the pictures and breaking
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understand what was going on.” For most people I know‚ that seems to be the case. Since we were too young to understand what was going on at the time‚ I believe that is what makes it so important for us to learn and study what happened on September 11‚ just as it is with any other event in American history. The next person that I interviewed my mom‚ who is one generation older than me. She can remember what took place that day much more clearly than I. “I had just taken you to school. I came home
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In 2001‚ on September 11 a tragic accident occurred at the World Trade Center in New York. 400 Firefighters and Police officers who responded to the scene were killed‚ including roughly 3000 civilians. This tragic incident is forever remembered as one of the most significant terrorist attempts. Terrorism is only effective if we make it effective‚ our fear feeds the the fire and it just keeps building making us change the way we live our lives. The fear we have is the essential reasoning behind terrorism
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