Essays on Islamophobia

What Is Sociological Imagination? Emphasizing the importance of recognizing the connections between social structure and individual experience, C. Wright Mills illustrates time and time again that personal troubles are in fact actually public issues because they result from social problems that affect many. “The sociological…

Overview Fear, hatred, or prejudice against Muslims is the definition of Islamophobia. On September 11, 2001, at 8:45 A.M., one of the most tragic events that occurred in the United States. From that day forward all U.S. citizens have remained impacted. The government implemented more…

Not once in modern world history, where human beings can live peacefully and harmony with each other. There is always going to be that conflict, that tension, those disagreements that will make a wall in between. One of the biggest conflicts that have been roaming…

Islamophobia. What is it? An irrational fear of people that are Muslim. However, all of us know that it is much deeper than that. The word ‘Islam’ translates to Peace, so really it means Peacephobia. Scared of peace? Just think about that for a second,…

Religion has caused many wars, but that doesn’t prevent the idea that all religions call to peace. Religions sometimes are the arms of peace and happiness not only to one person but to the whole country/state. Having war doesn’t always mean that peace is ignored,…

Islamophobia is not new to America but the single-story that Islam is a violent religion and all Muslims are terrorists has been a prevalent issue in the United States for over a decade now. Islamophobia is the fear of the Islamic faith and those who…

Religion is a word that has been used between people since start of the humanity in the world. The word religion in Oxford dictionary means, “The belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods. ” Today in the…

It is safe to say that the recent events from 9/11 to present day have raised a widespread impression that Islam is a religion that is preaching violence to their believers and that because they are the fastest growing religion in the world, that they…

A Common American Stereotype “So far this year, Americans have been more likely to be killed for being Muslim—than by a Muslim.” (Kruzman) That may come as a surprise to a majority of Americans, and it seems ironic, but it is completely accurate. “Islamophobia,” a…

For the later half of the 20th and most of the 21st century, the people who follow the faith known as Islam have often been stereotyped as being part of some type of radical terrorist organization. This stereotype is especially predominant among citizens of the…

As an African Muslim born in Canada and residing in the United States of America, I’m proud of my heritage and prouder of the fact that I’m an American citizen. It’s the place where dreams come true after all. But in the recent days, I…