A Sociological Comparison Of Anti-Semitism And Islamophobia

Over the last twenty years, Islamophobia has emerged as a distinct, contemporary phenomenon with deep historical roots, driven by “othering” and exploited for personal gain (Cluck, 2008, p. 34). Regardless of one’s feelings towards Islam, Muslims, and the term Islamophobia itself, the anti-Muslim sentiment is an important issue for Canadians to address. In order to better understand how legitimate is the fear of Muslims and the consequences of the Islamophobic actions against Muslim Canadians after the September 11 attacks I have looked at the changing Canadian demographics, Canadian policy and security concerns about Muslims, as well as the injustice faced by Canadian Muslims. Although fear and hatred of Muslims are as old as Islam itself,

Racism and anti-Semitism are both still serious issues in the United States today. There are many people who would choose to disagree with this idea, however. They would argue that legislation to protect people has removed any kind of race-related tensions, but it does not appear that this is actually the case. In order to address the issue thoroughly and comprehensively, it is important to discuss the researcher's reasons for believing that racism and anti-Semitism are both still causing difficulties for many people in the US during the present day. Until clear knowledge of the issue is gained, it is not possible to adequately combat the problem and take steps to improve relations.

In the Jounal of Muslim Mental Health: Attitude towards Muslim Americans post 9/11, the author research focuses on Islamophobia, a hatred or dread of Islam, survey has been conducted in which discrimination on the basis of religion has increased in the recent years (Sheridon qutd. In Khan & Aukland, 2012). Studies show that Americans are rather fearful to get on a plane with a Muslim than on bus. Recently, in a flight a Muslim woman was degraded by white people on the basis of her religion and was refused to be heard. Being called terrorist and traitor to ones country is a disgrace in itself, according to the woman. American Muslims have to endure every kind of insult and attack imaginable on their religion and community in the years to come

Through political cartoons and images, America has been examined, and it has been conclusive in society that Islamophobia is prevalent. When the attack on the twin towers occurred on September 11, 2001 by Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda, America was plunged into a state of dismay. Recovery, though hard, was attained, but feelings towards Muslims became more abhorrent as people filled with trepidation feared that there may be more attacks. Islamophobia galvanized hate crimes towards Muslims, heightening tensions within America. There were book burnings, shootings in mosques, and many more repugnant hate crimes. Extremists sullied the name of Islam, and many observations were made and showed that there was an increase in stereotypes on Muslims.

Not only that, the ramifications of speaking an ethnic language, practicing ethnic traditions, and in short, not assimilating. While some individuals may be dismissive of this incident as one that relates to race and ethnicity, under the guise that Islam is a religion and not a ‘race,’ it still follows that Islamophobia is racist. To recognize that Muslims experience racism, does not claim Muslims or Islam as a race, rather, it understands that ‘Muslim’ is an identity subject to racism. For example, non-Muslim ‘brown’ people from all over South and Central Asia as well as the MENA are constantly targets of Islamophobia since Islam is associated with race. For example, there have been many incidences of assault against Sikh men as perpetrators have mistaken them for Muslims.

As a result of the attacks during September 11, 2001, that media began to highlight misconceptions about Muslims and terrorism, giving rise to Anti-Muslim and Anti-Islam sentiments, or Islamophobia. In “Global Terror and the Rise of Xenophobia/Islamophobia,” Muhammad Saffer Awan (2010) revealed that many reporters, writers, and educators have used the events of 9/11 as an excuse to intensify the hostility towards Muslims and reconstruct the concept of Islam as a backward religion. He gives the example of a short story, “The Last Days of Muhammed Atta” by Martin Armis, where Armis portrays misconceptions of the Quran, highlighting its followers as irrational and that Islam relies on terror to convert people. Additionally, the depiction of Islam through the media has also reconstructed the concept and terrorism, where many educators have failed to teach the socio-historical definition of terrorism, and either intentionally or unconsciously associates terrorism with Muslims or Arabs. Many researchers tend to focus on the media’s influence on the rise of Islamophobia, but tend to overlook schools and its education on this subject. The education of Islam and Islamophobia are also perpetrators of intensifying Islamophobia, mainly due to the lack of resources and understanding of Islam and Islamophobia, and the schools inability to create a supportive and safe environment for student targeted by Islamophobia.

Third, the issue and event that I found in my preliminary research leads me to an insight of how Islamophobia is type of social inequality in America. The development the fear of Islamophobia was due to the act of nine eleven in America. This was a terrorist attack the took down and collapsed the Twin Towers. In which people in America began to develop detestation for Muslims individuals. This got huge media coverage and develop fear that ever one that follows Islam as a religion must be loathed (Holman & Silver, 2011). I want to figure out the developing tread based on this issue that has ascended social inequality. Hence, individuals that were targeted as fear lost their jobs and income was minimum (Samari, 2016). Schools in America, Muslim

Thesis Statement: Due to limited exposure to Islam and the Muslim lifestyle and a narrow scope of news reporting there is an ever increasing trend of Islamophobia affecting many individuals throughout many different countries.

The book delineates this differing qualities well in parts on hostile to Semitism (Levine, Chapter 5), xeno-prejudice (Fekete, Chapter 2), Islamophobia (Chapters 2, 8, 9 and 10), victimization vagrant consideration specialists and refuge seekers (Chapters 11, 12 and 13) in Britain, and against Roma bigotry in Europe (Urh, Chapter 6). These parts offer recorded and contemporary examinations of racial stereotyping, segregation and human rights infringement. At times open arrangement and the arrangement of open administrations echo the types of prejudice in standard society. Muslims in Britain encountered an extensive variety of physical and verbal assaults after 9/11 and the 2005 bombings in London and are currently particularly focused for observation by the state, some of the time through social work programs went for coordinating Muslim people group into 'English qualities'. This methodology underplays a portion of the structural elements, including unemployment, weakness conditions and insufficient lodging that added to the radicalisation of a few Muslims

High School is a very difficult and confusing time for most teenagers. Trying to balance schoolwork, family, social life, sports, etc., is very tricky. But learning to balance all of those things is what makes high school important. It sets the students up for life after high school. It teaches students very important life lessons that they will hopefully take into their lives after high school. High school is about turning into a well rounded person by doing well in school as well as balancing the time for other activities. That is why I agree{{remove I statements}} that in order to take place in after school activities, the students must achieve a B average or above; because students should learn to be well-rounded while still

Islamophobia is an exaggerated hatred towards, or fear, of Islam and Muslims or an ethnic group that is perceived to be Muslim. A phobia is an irrational fear. Some people say that it’s not irrational to fear Muslims. Many others say that this fear has led to prejudice against Muslims, who are unfairly judged by their religion and their race. It is said that the United States is responsible of islamophobia. Islamophobia existed before the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, but increase during the past decade. It has been estimated that 2.7 million Muslims lived in the United States as of year 2k11. 55 percent of those Muslims have found it difficult to live in the United States since 9/11 because of the way Muslims have been viewed by the Americans. 16 percent felt that their lives haven’t changed since the occurrence of 9/11, they have not faced or encountered any problems in their lives. Many Muslims report saying they don’t feel respected by those in the western countries. Post-reflective personal Islamophobia is a discrimination because the person believes that the ideas of Islam are lower-ranking to those of the West. About 52 percent of Americans and 48 percent of Canadians also say that the western countries don’t respect Muslims. Smaller percentages of Italian, French, German, and British also agree with Americans and Canadians. According to Alan Johnson, Islamophobia can also be nothing more than racism, “Wrapped in

The word “Islamophobia” was first used by Orientalist Étienne Dinet in 1922 meaning, “a useful shorthand way of referring to the dread or hatred of Islam and, therefore, to the fear or dislike of all or most Muslims¨ (Cesari, 2011, p.1). Such dread and dislike have existed in Western countries and cultures for centuries (Trust, 1997). The events of 9/11, which was a prominent act of terrorism in America, have caused a misunderstanding of the religion of Islam. Many Americans are coming to believe that all Muslims are violent and that Islam promotes violence (Zaal, 2012). However, this misunderstanding is causing a clear divide between Muslims and other Americans in communities and schools. To eliminate this issue, one must look at the political, cultural, social implications, which includes how to protect America’s foundation on religious freedom, how to decrease the discrimination against women, and stop bullying in schools and hate crimes against Muslim Americans. Although many believe interference is unnecessary as Muslims are seen as a minority, that there are other ways to decrease the amount of hatred toward Muslims, and teach religion in schools, James Baldwin’s “A Letter to My Nephew” suggests otherwise. He discusses how minorities will never be given the same opportunities as every other American and also argues against the idea that in order to fit into American society, one must change themselves to do so (Baldwin, 2014). Baldwin asserts that minorities such as

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Racism and racial prejudice, considered a relic of obsolete and outdated social systems, is emerging in the depths of ultra-modern Western societies with different characteristics from the past but with a surprising and worrying virulence. These waves of prejudice and racism testify to the many fears that fill the horizons of advanced societies, undermining not only their internal reliability, but also just their democratic settings. This paper presents a critical review of Islamophobia as a racial prejudice, showing that two main definitions are at work: Islamophobi a as xeno-racism or linked to the so-called clash of civilizations. Then, it presents the outcomes

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