Anti-Muslim Sentiment Growing In U.S.
Sadly and predictably, Islamophobia is getting worse in the United States following the Paris attacks.
Click here for reuse options!Muslims around the U.S. are facing backlash following the deadly attacks in Paris, including vandalism to mosques and Islamic centers, hate-filled phone and online messages and threats of violence.
Advocacy leaders say they have come to expect some anti-Muslim sentiment following such attacks, but they now see a spike that seems notable, stirred by anti-Muslim sentiment in the media.
“The picture is getting increasingly bleak,” said Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Washington, D.C.-based Council on American-Islamic Relations. “There’s been an accumulation of anti-Islamic rhetoric in our lives and that I think has trigged these overt acts of violence and vandalism.”
…In Connecticut, the FBI and local police are investigating reports of multiple gunshots fired at the Baitul Aman mosque in Meriden hours after the attacks…
At the University of Connecticut, authorities are investigating after the words “killed Paris” were discovered on Saturday written beneath an Egyptian student’s name on his dorm room door.
Muslim leaders also have reported recent vandalism, threats and other hate crimes targeting mosques in Nebraska, Florida, Texas, Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, Ohio, New York and other states.
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Obewon November 18th, 2015 at 09:30
Racists are afraid of everything including USA’s 3 M Peaceful Muslims of 320 M Americans. ‘USA was in no way founded on the Chstian Religion’-George Washington’s Treaty ratified by the founders and signed into law by 2nd POTUS Adams. http://www.freethought.mbdojo.com/foundingfathers.html
Tommie November 18th, 2015 at 09:36
Not surprising, if a few people fu*k up the whole race must be punished for their actions!
whatthe46 November 18th, 2015 at 09:56
unless you’re a “white” christian American male murdering on behalf of your religion. then it’s just a lone wolf with mental issues.
rg9rts November 18th, 2015 at 10:00
You dink the coffee not snort it
whatthe46 November 18th, 2015 at 10:32
here you go.
rg9rts November 18th, 2015 at 09:59
Encouraged by the gopee and local bagger society
arc99 November 18th, 2015 at 10:42
of course it is. America talks a good game about liberty and justice for all.
But when the rubber hits the road, just ask Japanese citizens in this country how their liberties were protected in this country between 1941 and 1945.
Mark my words, if the dark day ever comes that we have a Republican President and a Republican Congress, there will be serious talk of repeating FDR’s infamous executive order, but this time targeting Muslims. I have no doubt that the TeaPartying FOX news devotee who rants about getting back to the Constitution, will be cheering such internment every step of the way.
A terrorist can destroy life and property. But only we can destroy the ideals upon which this country is supposed to be based. From what I have seen over the past week in the news and other media, conservatives will be all too happy to help destroy those ideals, at least when it comes to Muslim citizens.
whatthe46 November 18th, 2015 at 13:52
they’d love to go back to pre-civil rights if they could. death to gays. you name it.
crc3 November 18th, 2015 at 13:34
These so-called Americans are nothing but domestic terrorists. Religious right wing zealots filled with pure hate. In fact they are just as dangerous as the terrorists that attacked us on 9/11 and Paris this past Friday. They speak of freedom and opportunity but it only applies to themselves or others like them and not anyone else who is “different”. We need to rid this country of such scourge and force them (non-violently) to insignificance before this country dies….
Foundryman November 18th, 2015 at 13:42
It is just so typical that right wing fanatics would scapegoat thousands of people for the actions of a few. Republicans are well beyond pathetic fear mongers.
Denise November 18th, 2015 at 14:43
where is this outrage when white supremacists murder a black man? where is this outrage when a white man burns down black churches, stang, commit mass murder,…. all claim to be christians, yet use violence to make their point. where wss the outrage when that bigot opened fire on a black church, when, by his own admission, he was treated nicely by the people he murdered.the double standard makes me sick!!
bpollen November 18th, 2015 at 20:51
Yeah, I don’t remember anybody calling for all whites or all Christians to denounce and apologize for Timothy McVeigh.
bpollen November 18th, 2015 at 20:49
Some people are heavily engaged in a pell-mell headlong rush to Dystopia.