Close Topic Options

How Being Muslim In America Has Changed Since 9/11

How Being Muslim In America Has Changed Since 9/11
Religious Based News

Data from the Pew Research Center shows that 55 percent of Muslim Americans believe that it is harder to be a Muslim in the United States since 9/11. Pew's director of survey research Scott Keeter shares the results of the Center's Muslim American Survey.
Source: NPR Topics: Religion

Changed America Muslim How

Iraqi-American is imprisoned by US for saving his family from US sanctions: Glenn Greenwald :

A harrowing case of a Missouri engineer highlights the travesties routinely imposed on Muslim Americans Ref. Source 6

How Being Muslim In America Has Changed Since 9/11 Islam Studies

Muslim reporter describes being ridiculed at the Texas GOP convention

A reporter covering the Texas GOP's annual convention says she was targeted and taunted because of her Muslim headdress. "I discovered a cult-like hatred that is simply disgusting," writes Heba Said. Ref. Source 3

Changed America Muslim How

How children handle Muslim backlash

Imagine life as a Muslim child in America right now. "Children expect that society will be nurturing and protective," a California professor said. "Statements implying detainment or exclusion for arbitrary reason like race ethnicity or religion create anxiety and trauma." Ref. Source 3i

Changed America Muslim How

Muslim leader says post-9/11 fallout is worse

A leader in the American Muslim community in San Diego said his community has felt the effects of the 9/11 attacks for the past 15 years. “No community should be blamed for the act of a few criminals. Extremism and terrorism have no religion.” Ref. Source 5v.

How Being Muslim In America Has Changed Since 9/11

White men kill, brown men found guilty. Blaming Muslims for the dire consequences of the US culture of violence is as ineffective as it is dishonest. Source 3l.

How Muslim America Changed 9/11

There is a lot of paranoia since 9/11 but here is thing… is the average American to blame because they are on edge? I don't think so.

How Muslim America Changed 9/11 Studies Islam

Paranoia does not excuse blind discrimination. If people thought for about 2 bloody seconds, they'd know they're persecuting the wrong people.

But do they think about it? No, they love preying on easy targets too much, and minorities in the US have always been easy targets.