Is+Terrorism+Causing+Muslilm+Prejudice?

__**Terrorism Causing Discrimination**__  Muslims have been reporting a rising amount of prejudice against them at work ever since the events of 9/11. Mohamad Kaleemuddin (in a New York Times article), a Pakistani immigrant who drove trucks for the American war effort in Iraq for three years, said that while he was working for a construction company in Houston, his supervisor and several co-workers called him "Osama,""Al Quada,""Taliban,"and"Terrorist". Other Muslim employees have reported similar harassment, and even employers have been harassing them, restricting them from wearing head scarves or taking prayer breaks, and entire companies have been sued for refusing to hire a Muslim worker due to a head scarf. Some Muslim employees who wore head scarves to work were given jobs in the back of the store so that no one would see them.  Bias complaints such as these have been steadily rising, and in recent years it has even risen above the point in 2001-2002, the year that 9/11 happened. These acts of discrimination began when the U.S. began to become more aware of the threat of terrorism, and spiked for a couple years after 9/11 occurred, the first serious act of terrorism against us. We wrongly associate all Muslims with terrorism, and begin to dislike Muslims because of that association with terrorism. Times news has said that Americans are more than twice as likely to express prejudice against Muslims than they are against Christians, Jews or Buddhists. Other polls have shown that many Americans feel a growing wariness toward Muslims after the 9/11 attack and after years of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, and one poll by Times News showed that a full 43% of people acknowledged at least a little bit prejudice against Muslims.

The cause of this discrimination toward Muslims are acts of terrorism against the U.S. The amount of prejudice and discrimination spiked during the year of 9/11, showing that acts of Terrorism committed by extremist Muslims does affect the image of the entire Muslim culture. Hatred of Terrorism moves to hatred of the people committing said acts of terrorism, and hatred of the extremist Muslims moves to hatred of Muslims as a whole. People want someone to take their anger out on, and they cant take their anger out on the terrorists directly, so because they cant take their anger out on the extremists directly they go for the people that resemble the extremists the most: the normal Muslims. They haven't done anything wrong, but they have unfairly become the target of someones misplaced anger over terrorism.  War in Afghanistan also contributes to the rising levels of discrimination against Muslims. People watch the news and see the war in Iraq, hear stories about how the enemy over there are killing our troops, and we begin to discriminate. Its natural to hate your enemy, and when the media makes it sound like our enemy are the Muslims, it's not surprising that the amount of discrimination is so high. In reality, the war is not against the Muslims, but the terrorists. We need to push back the terrorists, but in the process, we made it sound as if all Muslims are our enemies. We need to accept that the type of people who become terrorists and the people who are of the Muslim faith are completely different. Graph of the rising  discrimination toward   Muslims over the  years ([]) -Americans are more than twice as likely to express prejudice against Muslims than they are against Christians, Jews or Buddhists, a new survey found. -43 percent acknowledged at least "a little" prejudice against Muslims ( [])  -Mohammad Kaleemuddin, a Pakistani immigrant who drove trucks for the American war effort in Iraq for three years, said  that while he was working for a construction company in Houston, his supervisor and several co-workers called him “Osama,”    “al Qaeda,” “ [|Taliban] ,” and “terrorist.” ( [])  -You get a lot of looks, and some people are just flat-out rude. And, you know, it's - you just get a lot of unwanted attention, and I think <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"> it's increased, more so. And, in a way, I kind of don't blame people, in a way, because the media is - in my opinion, there's a constant <span style="color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">barrage on scaring people, on - people get scared of Muslims like me, and I'm a working physician here, who's a normal guy with a family. Works Cited   //national public radio//. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Mar. 2012. <http:/‌http://www.npr.org/‌2011/‌09/‌08/‌140297257/‌how-being-muslim-in-america-has-changed-since-9-11>. //The new york times//. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Mar. 2012. <http://www.nytimes.com/‌2010/‌09/‌24/‌business/‌24muslim.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all>. //timesnews.net//. times news, n.d. Web. 29 Mar. 2012. <http://www.timesnews.net/‌article.php?id=9019976>.