See the video here. There are somethings in the video that are highly disturbing while others are very decent and hopeful. Let me know what you guys think.
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“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge.”
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Alright here’s what i think:
The Muslim community here in the US is made up of two categories, one is the immigrants which comprises a huge majority, and the other is the ones who were born on US soil and are US citizens.
As far as the second group: although i don’t agree that they come across these kind of situations as often as “everyday” (as she was quoted as in the video), however I believe it’s a terrible fact that they are discriminated against in such a way, and i don’t think those kind of acts can not be justified in any way by the 9/11 attacks and not even by the on going wars. But let’s not forget that this is America and those people can seek justice if they wanted to.
Now, for those Muslims living in america who have are newcomers to this society and have the experience of living in the middle eastern and/or North African states for a considerable part of their lives, this shouldn’t be a surprise since they most likely behaved in this manner, if not worse, non-Muslim minorities back home !!
If a non-Muslim living in a Muslim country was discriminated against like that, that would be the best day in his life !!
but again, i don’t think this should be used as a justification for discriminating Muslim in US. however, i would like to see Muslims all over the world speak up against discrimination against non-Muslims living in Muslim countries just like they expect non-Muslim in the west to defend and speak up for them.