Muslim Stereotypes for Class

1. THE TRUTH ABOUT MUSLIMS
FIGHTING STEREOTYPES

3. AMERICAN MUSLIMS
• 3.3 Million Muslims of all ages
are in the US
• They make up 1% of the
population
• The US Census Bureau does
not ask about religion so there
is no official government count
of Muslim population
• The growth of the Islamic
nation in the US occurs
primarily because those in the
US have children - not as much

4. ANTI-MUSLIM ATTITUDES
• SHAHEEN, A RESEARCHER OF ANTI-MUSLIM PREJUDICES FOR THE PAST 40
YEARS, SAYS THAT HE’S NEVER SEEN ANTI-MUSLIM PREJUDICES THIS INTENSE,
“INCLUDING IN THE AFTERMATH OF 9/11 ATTACKS.”
(HTTP://WWW.MCCLATCHYDC.COM/NEWS/NATION-WORLD/NATIONAL/ARTICLE73969887.HTML)

5. THE QUR’AN’S VIEW ON TERROR AND
PERSECUTION
• “OF HIS SIGNS IS THE CREATION OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, AND THE
DIVERSITY OF YOUR TONGUES AND COLOURS.”
SURAH 30:22
• “O MANKIND, WE HAVE CREATED YOU FROM MALE AND FEMALE; AND WE HAVE
DIVIDED YOU INTO TRIBES AND SUB-TRIBES FOR GREATER FACILITY OF
INTERCOURSE. VERILY, THE MOST HONOURED AMONG YOU IN THE SIGHT OF
ALLAH IS HE WHO IS THE MOST RIGHTEOUS AMONG YOU. SURELY, ALLAH IS
ALL-KNOWING, ALL-AWARE.’”
SURAH 49:14
“ALL MANKIND IS DESCENDED FROM ADAM AND EVE, AN ARAB IS NOT BETTER
THAN A NON-ARAB AND A NON-ARAB IS NOT BETTER THAN AN ARAB; A WHITE
PERSON IS NOT BETTER THAN A BLACK PERSON, NOR IS A BLACK PERSON BETTER
THAN A WHITE PERSON EXCEPT BY PIETY AND GOOD ACTIONS. LEARN THAT
EVERY MUSLIM IS THE BROTHER OF EVERY OTHER MUSLIM AND THAT MUSLIMS

7. MEDIA PORTRAYALS OF MUSLIMS AND
THE ISLAM NATION
ALADDIN ORIGINAL
LYRICS:
ORIGINAL: “WHERE THEY
CUT OFF YOUR EAR IF
THEY DON’T’ LIKE YOUR
FACE. IT’S BARBARIC, BUT,
HEY, IT’S HOME.”
CHANGE: “ WHERE IT’S
FLAT AND IMMENSE, AND
THE HEAT IS INTENSE. IT’S
BARBARIC, BUT, HEY, IT’S
Indiana Jones
The movie features a
greedy sheikh who
wants to destroy
non-Muslims with
missiles and
presents Muslims in
an overall farcical
way.
Quantico – ABC
Drama
This features two
Muslim twins – one
veiled and one
unveiled. Both have
complicated, full lives.
Their FBI team
becomes embroiled in
uncovering terrorist
plots, and this naturally
complicates their lives.

8. TERRORIST ATTACKS ON US
SOIL BY GROUP FROM 1980-
2005
http://www.globalresearch.ca/non-
muslims-carried-out-more-than-90-of-all-
terrorist-attacks-in-america/5333619
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