Blog #9 Muslims Still Paying for 9/11 Ten Years Later

Amani Wright
3/29/11
7:52 am

At the American Islamic Community Center is Madison Heights, Michigan, Dawud Walid, executive director of the Michigan chapter- Council on American-Islamic Relations, spoke to fellow Muslims about the Muslim radicalization hearings, which had taken place earlier that day. He considered the hearings “unprecedented acts of Islamophobia,” and an “unfortunate first in American history.”

The hearings addressed the topic of Muslim radicals indoctrinating their children, and called for moderate Muslims to help fight against this practice.

Present democrats saw this hearing as discrimination against all Muslims as a result of the actions of a few Muslims.

Walid spoke on how U.S. states were considering banning Sharia law, public displays of Islamic practices, such as women wearing hijab, and the altogether worship of Allah.

We wouldn’t think that, with the progress our nation continues to make toward equality, banning Sharia law would be something Muslim Americans would have to face.

Such practices have taken place in China, where it is against the law to worship, and in England, where Muslim women are no longer allowed to wear a hijab.

Why, a decade after 9/11, are twelve states in our own nation, including New Mexico, Missouri, and Georgia, considering this type of discrimination?

Islamophobia, though an idea, is a very alive thing. Though we get further and further from 9/11/01, fears and anxiety only grow, as Muslim radicals all over the world continue to terrorize nations. Though not this one, many fear that Muslim radicalization will only prompt future attacks on our nation.

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