February 25, 2011 Mehsa Taleb
Although almost 10 years have passed since 9/11, Muslims still encounter negative racial comments
Muslims have recently been dominating headlines from the recent crisis in Egypt to the war in Afghanistan. Even though the majority of the population has overcome discrimination, some Muslims are still put down because of their religion affiliations.
After the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center, Muslims were labeled as “terrorists” and other derogatory words at times. They were restricted from going to public or even continue with their daily activities without receiving negative comments. With a fear of creating a scene, simple everyday tasks such as taking a walk in the park were put on hold.
“When I lived in Turkmenistan, my classmates started to call me a terrorist after the 9/11 attack,” junior Nooria Abdul Ali said. “It made me feel isolated because I was one of the few Muslims there since they didn’t have a large Muslim population.”
However, after coming to the United States, things improved for Abdul Ali. The negative comments and the staring decreased.
“It’s so diverse here,” Abdul Ali said. “I have so much more freedom here than I did in Turkmenistan, and the people are more informed and understanding here.”
Even though its been almost a decade since the 9/11 attack and the prejudice has become less frequent, once in a while Muslims still receive negative comments.
“My dad went to the police station to ask for a jump start cable, but the police said they didn’t have one. Then he saw a woman walk in to the police station and came out with a jump start cable,” sophomore Sosan Malik said. “It was kind of surprising because I didn’t know some people still are discriminating against Muslims.”
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Source: abcnews.com
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After reading this article I felt compelled to correct a few things;
1. There are actually two types of Jihad, greater and lesser. It is true that the greater Jihad means struggle and is given one entire sentence in the Koran. The lesser Jihad does in fact state to make war upon non-believers (Christians and Jews as well as Zoroastrians) and goes into great detail on who, when why to wage war on them as well as the different levels of Jihad. This is explained in several paragraphs and the lesser Jihad is referred throughout the Koran, the greater Jihad is not.
2. How are Muslims encountering negative racial comments when you later state that most Muslims are not Arabs?
3. The Ku Klux Klan is/was a political extremist group and regularly attacked Catholics in the south throughout their history and still considers Catholics’ devil worshipers. Additionally, there is NO precedent in the New Testament that allows for attacking anyone for any reason, this is not the case in the Koran.
4. I have broken down in my car quite a few times and have never gone to the police to get a jump start. I find it hard to believe that right after this man was refused help by the police that someone just walked in with the same problem while this guy waited outside the station and monitored who was and was not given assistance.
5. Seriously, you’re going to use Turkmenistan as an example? 89% of the population are Muslims! Sunni to be exact.
6. Lastly, the women that live in Saudi Arabia and Iran must be forced to be “empowered” since they must wear the hijab. How fortunate for them that their men hold them in such high regard that special police wander the streets with sticks looking for women not showing their empowerment.
A few minutes researching this topic might have proven the difference between fact and fantasy.
The topic of religion is clearly a very touchy subject but we wanted to provide you with an equal opportunity to express your thoughts.
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I certainly concur that religion is a touchy subject and suggest that CHS not allow it in this forum. Additionally, the initial post would do well to provide facts in making statements beyond referencing ABC news. Simply stating that “Muslims were labeled as terrorists” (second paragraph of initial post) without informing the reader of who labeled them as such should be something fact oriented rather than emotional. Looking over Ms. Talebs’ other postings this tactic seems to be a recurring issue.
As for my comments they are referenced as such;
1) Suras 5 and 9 of the Koran
2) http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_Muslim_an_ethnicity
3) http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Is_the_KKK_anti-Catholic
4) https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tx.html
5) Insight on the Hijab can be found in numerous books currently on the shelves at Barnes and Noble, however, “The Reliance of the Traveler” actually shows how sharia law views the hijab and what the punishment is for either not wearing it or wearing it improperly. I also recommend the Hadith.
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