Essays on Islamophobia

Discrimination, based on religious, racial and ethnic differences, is being gradually intensified and largely spread among nations. Religious affiliation may be a stronger predictor of prejudice than others can do. Islamophobia is a type of religious discrimination that is defined as a way of referring...

This essay will be focused on the rise of Islamophobia after 9/11 from the time frame 2001 to 2008, as well as analyzing what caused the rise of Islamophobia. The first source that will be examined is an article “How 9/11 changed these Muslim American...

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan views the growing irrational and powerful fear of Islam and its followers (otherwise known as “Islamophobia”) to be one of the greatest threats and encumbrances of peace and development for Islamic nations and their people. The Islamic Republic of Pakistan...

Every society, every community, every nation of the world has its own social, political, cultural evils that they have to deal with, however these evils are usually at a negligible level or at least manageable level. The challenges that the Muslim society is facing today...

Introduction Islamophobia is an increasing predicament worldwide. While many associate the rise of Islamophobia with the 9/11 terrorist attack, it has existed well before the event and has only continued to rise. Islamophobia is a political agenda that is manufactured by politicians who exploit the...

Islamophobia fear and prejudice of being against the religion of Islam and Muslims. A phobia is an irrational fear, though some say it isn’t irrational to fear Muslims. Though people think islamophobia affected people after 9/11, the term was created in the 1980’s. There are...

Nowadays the world is facing many problems that lie in the sphere of multiculturalism. Multiculturalism as a whole presents many different questions and problems of the minorities that strive to be heard. One of the main issues today in my opinion is the problem of...

This paper addresses the theme of multiculturalism in Europe, with the reference point being Islamophobia and the attitude towards ‘the Other’. Many argue that today’s negative attitudes towards Muslims living in Europe result from recent migration trends, the current ‘refugee crisis’ and a fear that...

Islamophobia is a frequently discussed term these days. The term was first used in La vie de Mohammed, prophète d’Allah (Biography of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad) by Alphonse Etienne Dinet and Sliman ben Ibrahim in 1918 (in French). At first it meant to have negative prejudice...

The War on Terror and Islamophobia American foreign policy bears an infamous reputation amongst world leaders for it’s imperialistic approach to world issues through heavy use of brute military power to enforce Western ideals of democracy. Such intervention has historically proven to generate more harm...

On September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks forever changed the relationship between Muslim Americans and the general American public. The event not only impacted the lives and families of those killed, but it also affected the perception of all Muslim Americans. On that fateful day, four...