There has been a series of terrorist attacks which are now largely associated with the Islamic extremist group. ... First of all, the majority of Muslims are completely against these Islamic extremists regarding the law they want to apply in the world. There is this concept called "Jihad" which is an Islamic word used back in the centuries to address the war against anybody who threaten their religion. ... Since these Muslim extremists are involved in those terrorist attacks, the faithful Muslim community is subject to discrimination, racism or other hostile actions. ... Discriminati...

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Women are now frequently seen in the United States wearing a hijab, the traditional Islamic head wrap for women, that marks them as Muslim. ... "There are an estimated 1.6 billion Muslims around the world, making Islam the world's second-largest religious tradition after Christianity. ... The teachings of the Qur'an (the Muslim holy book) teach peace and tolerance of those that do not share the Islamic faith. ... Muslims, and other nations from around the world, are battling these extremists, primarily in Islamic nations (Hughbank). ... Islam does not promote violence, but peace...

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Maher Hathout (Owen, Terror Is Not Islam). ... It is essential for the public to be aware that the ones committing these inhumane crimes in the name of Islam are not to be defined as Muslims at all. ... " Islam is simply a religion, and Muslims are those who follow that religion. ... The majority of Americans are not familiar or correctly and fully educated on the tenets of Islam, and most do not personally know a Muslim. ... Non-Muslims greatly misinterpret Islam and its practices; every issue stems from this misconception. ...

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Yet, American Muslims are beginning to follow the Western trend of either marrying later or not marrying at all, despite the fact that Islam clearly favors the institution of marriage. ... Importance of Marriage in Islam Islam strongly encourages marriages, particularly marriages that occur early in one's life. ... Islam is a way of life; it is aimed at covering all aspects of life. ... Trends and Patterns of American Islamic Marriages In traditional Muslim society, marriages are arranged by parents, although the bride and the groom must both consent to the marriage. ... Divorce...

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Abstract Islam in United States today is facing challenges, which is damagingly ricocheting Muslims lives between discrimination, unfair treatment, losing jobs, and being attacked by the Media. ... Understanding the truth about Islam in a better way is the only solution for Muslims to have a peaceful life and ensure equality, freedom and fairness away from dissemination and racism. ... Muslims and Islamic organizations within the United States have to organize more public speeches not to introduce Islam only as a religion for the believers; moreover, to introduce its cores and values to non-...

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The religion of Islam consists of five basic guide lines that the Islamic people live by. ... It is not required but it is expected of all muslims. ... Muslims even believe in Jesus as a messiah. ... The religion will let anyone who wants become Muslim. ... Wearing veils is not required by the Muslims. ...

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Mahmood Mamdani's book, "Good Muslim, Bad Muslim," reoriented my perceptions of the Muslim world due to his discussion of Afghanistan. ... Prior to the CIA intervening, the Islamic world did not have, "an armed jihad for nearly a century.... Mahmood Mamdani's book, "Good Muslim, Bad Muslim," reoriented my perceptions of the Muslim world. ... As followed, "The Islamic world has not seen an armed johad for nearly a century. ... He just provided more information as to why we shouldn't be ignorant and hold negative perceptions of the Muslim world, especially if we are...

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Racism is evident in this picture as it reinforces viewers' attitudes, thoughts, and judgements about Islam and Muslims. ... In relating this to the phot of the Muslim woman, people seem to have a blind hatred of Islam whenever they see a picture of a Muslim, regardless of what the image shows of its context. ... Americans do know that the number of Muslim terrorists is extremely small comparatively to the number of all Muslims and that they do not represent all of Islamic culture. ... While people understand that racism is bad, they still engage in it because they are naturally influence...

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Mohamed Nimer, acclaimed author and professor, notes that "in political seasons, fear of Islam and Muslims has proven to be a useful mobilizer across party lines. ... Attitudes Toward Muslims and Islam "is a study of Americans' opinions regarding a number of world religions with a special focus on Islam and Muslims.... The scarcity in differentiation between Muslims and and the extremists that cower behind the word of Islam is symbolic of a deep insecurity and instability not only to Muslims, but also to American society. ... Americans should apply the attention needed to addr...

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Marriage in Islam is entirely different from the wedding in the United States. In Islam, marriage is viewed as a religious duty and sacred social contract between bride and groom. ... For my culture event essay, I would share my experience of attending a wedding celebration of my Muslim friend because this event is reflecting the unique Muslim culture regarding wedding's process, ceremony, and reception. ... The women ceremony place was beautified with flowers, gifts for each guest, and he brought an Islamic band to sing. ... In conclusion, Muslim weddings vary enormously according to th...

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The author notes that the two schools of Islamic thought are characterized by a fundamentalist interpretation of Islamic scriptures besides having widespread influence throughout the Muslim world. ... Wahhabism further emphasizes the value of avoiding non-Islamic cultural practices and demonizes interactions with non-Muslims on the grounds that the Sunna forbids Muslims from imitating non-Muslims. Azumah (2015) observes that Wahhabi scholars warn against having non-Muslims as friends, and further warns against smiling to non-Muslims or even wishing them well including on their holidays. ... Ac...

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This attachment of Islam and terrorism has created a fear of Islam, called "Islamophobia". Islamophobia is defined in Oxford Dictionary by "Dislike of or prejudice against Islam or Muslims, especially as a political force". ... Islam does not promote violence either. ... Charlie Hebdo, an attack to a newspaper in Paris in which 11 people got killed, one of them was a Muslim, was titled by the name of "Islamic terrorism". ... In conclusion, attaching terrorism to Islam is helping, in an indirect way, in having Muslim terrorist groups who would merely apply what media is claiming. ...

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The council of American-Islamic relations is an organization that advocates Muslim civil liberties and strives to place the American Muslim community in a safe spot. ... He has made many anti-Islamic remarks and basically says that true Islam practices contradict what is ethical in the U.S. There are many violent aspects of Islamic Faith and those cannot be practiced legally in America. ... The councils mission statement is "to enhance understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understandin...

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Likewise, when a news firm in Denmark published satirical cartoons of the founder of Islamic religion in 2008, majority of Muslim countries strongly condemned Denmark for not censoring provoking material. ... Terrorist organizations like Al-Qaeda, Islamic State, Taliban and Boko Haram are its blunt examples. ... Likewise, as terrorist organizations are multiplying with majority of them claiming to be struggling to advance what they assume to be pure Islamic ideology, the cause of terrorism is assumed to be Islam. Resultantly, Muslims face retaliation in majority of the countries as is evident ...

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The common language is Arabic and the religion is ninety nine percent Muslim. ... It is applied by a sharia court system whose judges and legal advisors are ulama which are Muslim scholars and King Faisal was a protector of the Saudi Arabian holy sites of Islam. ... The judicial branch consists of a justice who administers according to Islamic law. ... The modern Muslim woman has been able to create her own identity in today's world. ... Women have overcome much oppression and continue to fight for many rights that Muslim women have throughout the Middle East. ...

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I think Krauthammer is not being fair when he criticizes Obama for obsessively adopting "language that extirpates any possible connection between Islam and terrorism.... I think that a lot of American's automatically assumed that the Muslims were responsible when white Americans carried some of the deadliest attacks like the Oklahoma City Bombings out. I believe that Obama is trying to avoid blaming the entire Islamic race. When he avoids putting the word Islam and terrorism in the same sentence he is protecting many innocent Americans who happen to be Muslim. ... Coming out and ca...

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Female genital mutilation is performed in mostly Muslim areas of the world including Somalia, Egypt, Ethiopia and Mali. ... There is now a debate over whether or not it is part of Islam to have female circumcision. ... There is much debate over the exact wording of this quote and many scholars doubt the authenticity of it, "it is very unlikely that the Prophet (pbuh) would address a woman, and be so candid with her, on such a subject- An argument against female genital mutilation is that under Islamic law, it cannot be legal because it involves too many risks. ... The first one is the one th...

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Apart from terrorists, a call to action by a dictator like Saddam Hussein did not resonate with Muslims worldwide. In addition, Huntington cites the Arab and Muslim nations as withdrawing from 'the coalition', but the response of the Muslim world was confined to sentiment and posturing, although there were public expressions of solidarity with Muslims reported internationally in the media. ... Huntington does concede that internal strife is a frequent occurrence among Muslims, and because it is, it severely damages the possibility of them forming a viable civilizational front. .....

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I think Krauthammer is not being fair when he criticizes Obama for obsessively adopting "language that extirpates any possible connection between Islam and terrorism.... I think that a lot of American's automatically assumed that the Muslims were responsible when white Americans carried some of the deadliest attacks like the Oklahoma City Bombings out. I believe that Obama is trying to avoid blaming the entire Islamic race. When he avoids putting the word Islam and terrorism in the same sentence he is protecting many innocent Americans who happen to be Muslim. ... Coming out and ca...

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The tendency to associate Islam with terrorism among the policy makers in the United States has challenged the tensions between the US and Islamic countries or Muslim-majority countries and it eventually affects the global political order. Judiciousness of the majority Muslim state countries in responding the problem of terrorism often raise suspicion by the US and it causes international political pressure for Muslim state countries. As a result, the local government in these Muslim majority countries often face a dilemma between "task" in combating terrorism on the one hand, and the nece...

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Some say that certain Muslim groups hate our democracy and the freedoms our government allow us. ... Worst of all to these Islamic radical groups, America is also seen as the long-time friend of the hated Israel. To these radicals, it is crucial that Americans be driven out of "Dar al-Islam"--the lands of Islam. ... Recognizing this void, Islamic groups stepped in to fill the gaps left by poor governments. People became loyal to these Islamic groups because they succeeded where other models had failed them. ...

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And terrorists "are Islamic extremists aggregating in the Middle Eastern and North African regions; devising plans to wreak terror in the lives of innocent people. ... Especially "in countries that possesses a vast number of "extremist- Islamic Militants, as Egypt does. ... In order to achieve this restoration, the United States should expand inquiries on intelligence in predominantly Arabian-Muslim-oriented various regions. ...

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And one of those groups is ISIL – which calls itself the 'Islamic State'" (Obama, 2014). ... Upon thinking about ISIS many westerners assume that since it stands for the Islamic State that the leaders are Muslims who practice Islam. However, in his speech, Obama addressed the fourth standard by taking away the blame from Muslims when he said, "Now let's make two things clear: ISIL is not 'Islamic'. No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of ISIL's victims have been Muslim" (Obama, 2014). Hopefully, President Oba...

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Hate towards every Middle-Eastern person, hate towards every Muslim, hate towards every person that looked like they may resemble or fit into the category of being a Muslim. ... Therefore the media and other citizens tied this "holy war" with all Muslims. ... The people of Middle-Eastern decent or of the Islamic religion were all being blamed for the acts that a group of men that were using their religion as their excuse for the attacks. ... As soon as they see the scarf they are like "Oh you"re Muslim." And they are so uneducated they even target people that aren't Muslim. ...

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An example of Altruistic suicide can be seen in the Islamic terrorist organizations. ... More importantly, they were committed to the killing themselves and others for their Islamic faith. ... The Muslims who sacrificed their lives for their faith, had too tight of a connection with their religion, their fellow people, and for their common cause of causing harm on the United States. ... There was the feeling of sacrificing themselves as individuals for the advancement of the Islamic religion. ... So on a cost/benefit idea, the killing of thousands of Americans in trade for the death of a coupl...

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