September 11‚ 2001‚ on United States‚ changes the American view of Muslims? Some Muslims are being discriminated‚ some Americans feel uncomfortable around Muslims after 9/11 attacks and think that all Muslims are terrorists. Besides this‚ Americans believe that it is harder to be a Muslim in the U.S after 9/11 events. Background of Event: The September 11‚ 2001 attacks were the most deadly international terrorist attack in history and the largest attack on United States territory since the Japanese
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To What Extent were Muslims Affected by 9/11? On September 11‚ 2001‚ nineteen hijackers took control of four passenger jets departing from U.S. airports. Two of those planes collided with the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York‚ the third plane hit the Pentagon‚ and the remaining plane was redirected and crashed in an empty field. Altogether‚ nearly 3‚000 people died‚ and the blame was immediately placed upon the Islamist terrorist group Al-Qaeda. (http://timeline.national911memorial
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the center of New York City‚ Muslims in the 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
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Truthful 46% of Americans believe that Islam is more likely than other religions to encourage violence among its believers (More Than Prayers Needed To Combat Hate). Through books‚ magazines‚ newspapers‚ television‚ movies‚ video games‚ music‚ the Internet‚ the U.S. government has destroyed the good name of a group of people and portrayed them as dangers to society post 9/11. Hollywood has completely ridiculed the stature of innocent Muslims everywhere in America because of 9/11‚ a disaster carried
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Part I -Progressive Muslims – In Search of Progressive Islam Beyond 9/11 Farid Esack describes the situation of progressive Muslims post 9/11. He does this because their role has become significantly important in the society they live in. Progressive Muslims described by him are liberal Muslims who are seeking for a change but according to their conservative values. He describes the attacks from 9/11 represents a collision of two forms of religious fundamentalism‚ the American capitalistic market
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villains as the current cultural fear and official enemy of the United States. This trend changed after the terrorist attacks on September 11‚ 2001. Since the attacks on the World Trade Center‚ Hollywood has often refused to use Muslims as villains‚ even though Muslim terrorists became the United States’ cultural enemy due to their responsibility for the attacks. This can best be explained by Americans’ change in attitudes about what is considered politically correct. In referring to the portrayal
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Many Muslims throughout the world were affected by the attack against the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11th‚ 2001. Although the United States and other countries of the West were obviously affected nationally‚ how did these 9/11 attacks affect Muslims individually‚ especially those living in the United States and other countries in the West? The United States has been called many things‚ such as the "Melting Pot"‚ the "Land of Opportunity"‚ and the "Golden Mountain". The United
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To determine whether the New York Times depiction of Islam and Muslims did not change after the September 11 terrorist attacks‚ the measures of central tendency and the measures of dispersion could be used. The measures of central tendency are simply a statistic used to present data in the form of averages. The most common measures of central tendency are the arithmetic mean‚ the median and the mode. The measures of dispersion tell you how widely spread out or scattered these values are. The range
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Arabs and Muslim Americans Andrew J. Ayers ETH/125 April 11‚ 2011 Teresa Edge Arabs and Muslim Americans What distinguishes African American Muslims from other practicing Muslims in the United States today? * Arabs are an ethnic group. * Muslims are a religious group. * Islam is the faith‚ like Christianity. * Muslim is a believer of that religion‚ like a Christian. * You cannot accurately identify the Muslims by nationality alone. * Just because you are Arab does
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Muslim and Arab Americans are often mistaken for one another when in fact they are two different groups of people‚ although there are some cases where they overlap. Muslims are a religious group and follow the Islam religion. Arabs are an ethnic group. When we speak of an Arab we are referring to what part of the world they came from. When speaking of a Muslim we speak of the religion that they follow. In the past two years‚ there have been no changes made in US policy regarding the treatment
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