Islamophobia and Racism

The behavior of racism is to dehumanize, to cast the victim in a light whereby they deserve the maltreatment. It is always a harbinger of cruelty and callous behavior. It is the permission slip the darker side of people's minds needs to take over their behaviors, suppressing any emerging empathy. On the morning of September 11, 2001, the United States changed forever. In the first part of the century the hatred was a toxic soup for the masses. Because of the events that took place on 9/11, perhaps a few hundred people at best, people of America were being scared into a hatred of one and half billion Muslims: babies, toddlers, boys, girls, teens, women, men and the elderly. It is logical to see that more than one and a half billion people on earth are not evil terrorists, but at the same time- is it? The overarching issue at hand is that grouping individuals based off their Islamic faith and culture has become a catastrophy in the United States because it has caused a divide among citizens, caused a

The 9/11 attacks, carried out by 19 Islamic extremists, have no doubt changed how Muslim-Americans are perceived in this country, and those feelings have simmered for 17 years now. The expression ""Islamophobia"" has been given different definitions, some of which included Islam culture, others alluding to religion or even direct nonsensical scorn and dread toward Muslim individuals. Regardless of such contrasts in viewpoint, some frequent qualities can express the discriminative Islamophobic dispositions. Islamophobia incorporates seeing Islam as the sub-par culture compared to the Western, as a brutal, forceful, radical, and extremist perspective that can't be acclimatized toward the Western mainstream culture and coincide calmly and serenely to each other. It can also be characterized as ""aimless negative frames of mind or feelings coordinated at Islam or Muslims"". Indeed, these feelings of dread are very misrepresented, as an unimportantly little level of savage violations in the US is submitted by Muslims, with the incredible bulk of savagery being created by the bearers of Western qualities. I was unfortunate casualty to that sort of harassing for a considerable length of time, through high school, even. In numbness and in annoyance I was the subject of much torment ” dangers, verbally abusing, and physical maltreatment when I was younger. I would never tell my family, since I was the oldest and should be solid-a ""man"". Children called me ""terrorist,"" ""Osama,"" ""Taliban,"" over and over. The sound of the older kids telling me to go home still ring in my head. The shouting, the anger in their voice towards me for something I hadn't done was heartbreaking. I felt distanced- I was the only Muslim child there, and now and again it felt like no one had my back.

At the point when President Donald Trump previously endeavored to prevent residents from seven predominantly Muslim nations from entering the United States, he referred to the Sept. 11 fear-based oppressor assaults as his method of reasoning. However, none of the men behind those assaults hailed from these nations. In fact, further examination demonstrated that somewhere in the range of 1975 and 2015 nobody from these nations slaughtered a solitary American in a U.S. terrorist attack. Tragically, comparing Muslims with psychological militants has turned out to be exasperatingly regular in American culture- and the results can be fierce. As per a Federal Bureau of Investigation report discharged in November, the quantity of ambushes, assaults on mosques and other abhor violations against Muslims in 2015 was higher than at any other time aside from the outcome of Sept. 11. In 2015, there were 257 anti-Muslim occurrences, up from 154 in 2014”a 67 percent expansion. In 2001, 481 episodes were accounted for. Furthermore, these aren't isolated episodes. In a February released report, research noticed the dramatic development of organized anti-Muslim hate groups, with the quantity of such gatherings hopping from 34 in 2015 to 101 in 2016”a 197 percent increase. In modern America, it is not a difficult task to assess the origins of racial discrimination given the fact that the commander and chief is a huge advocate for it. President Trump is the man in charge and has no filter when it comes to expressing his feelings about different races- especially Muslims. His voice empowers the stereotyping gene within many individuals, reassuring that every man or women of color is either a criminal or a terrorist.

Islamophobia in the United States has become rampant. Reports have shown that acts and threats of violence and vandalism against Muslims from March 2015 to March 2016 were at the highest levels in 15 years, and the recent presidential election was filled with hateful and fearful anti-Muslim rhetoric. The reality is that there is not a clear solution to this problem. The origins of racism itself goes as far back as ancient Egypt; but there are countless actions one could take to battle this critical issue of Islamophobia. Muslims should get more involved in communities, media and politics and that people should recognize the similarities between Islamophobia and other forms of discrimination. The goal is to point out that we are living in a highly Islamophobic environment. The study documented negative impact of Islamophobia, such as anti-Islamic bills that became laws, incidents in the U.S. that targeted mosques and two recent phenomena's ” Muslim-free businesses and armed anti-Islam demonstrations. It aims to give people a better understanding about Islam and to spread the idea that it should be treated as equally as other faiths in American society. The study provides educational materials on Islam and encourages people to live in a civil society. Currently, China has detained over a million Muslims in concentration camps- and no one is doing anything about it. They are being forced to denounce Islam, adopt atheism, and pledge allegiance to the Chinese state. They would spend hours on end chanting in their crowded cells, there is no such thing as religion, or all hail the Chinese state, or all hail Chinese President Xi Jinping. If the detainees disobey, or if there's any type of resistance, there is torture being used. Nails are being pulled put, teeth are being pulled out, they're using snakes to interrogate, people are being beaten to death. They're being sterilized- a method used in genocide. The main thing that must be done is to raise awareness. Because of the Chinese tightly locking their media, most of the world does not know about the events taking place in these camps. If more Americans don't speak out against Islamophobia, and if policymakers and government continue to fall short in providing support for the community”we will fail this generation of young American Muslims.

Islamophobia has spiraled out of control. It is not just the mere dislike of a particular group anymore- thousands of innocent people are dying. From the many incidents taking place in the United States to the Muslim genocide going on in China, Islamophobia is an issue that no one seems to care about. The complete eradication of this phenomenon is far from possible, but a change is necessary. People must raise awareness, learn about the culture and overall see that Muslims are no different then themselves. If people were to take the time to acknowledge this issue then the climbing number of bullying, harassment and death cases would significantly lessen.

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