Ever Since the planes struck the World Trade Centre in September 2001, Islamophobia has grown from a feeling restricted to a small section of the American society to a common notion held by many. In the present scenario, every attack in the United States of America by a Muslim becomes an attack from Radical Islam. Such hatred and prospective threat from Islam is developing a society in America, where people are unable to trust people from other religions and respect their values. During the past year, there have been a few events that have helped in fuelling Islamophobia in America, such as the San Bernardino attack, Donald Trump and his hate speeches against Muslims and shootings at an Orlando Gay nightclub (Diamond; Fantz, Karimi & McLaughlin; Karimi, Shoichet & Ford). These events increase hatred for Islam among Americans and ensure that level of Islamophobia increases with every event.
The current event that would be covered throughout this semester is Orlando Gay Nightclub shooting. This event has been chosen as it took place just a few days ago and significant amount of information is still being uncovered on the event. In addition, the event divides the society into two different sections, one who identify it as a terror attack and others who claim that the attack was made easier due to the ease of access to guns in the country.
This event is racial in nature as within a few days of the shooting it has been called a terror attack orchestrated by an individual due to his religious beliefs. The attack took place in a gay nightclub in Orlando and it targeted gays as the attacker believed that homosexuality is against his religion. Overall, the event has enough scope for research and analysis and it’s expected to last throughout this semester.
Works Cited
Diamond., Jeremy. Donald Trump: Ban all Muslim travel to U.S. CNN Politics. cnn.com. 8 December 2015. Web. 19 June 2016.
Fantz., Ashley. Karimi., Faith & McLaughlin., Elliot. C. Orlando shooting: 49 killed, shooter pledged ISIS allegiance. CNN. cnn.com. 13 June 2016. Web. 18 June 2016.
Karimi., Faith, Shoichet., Catherine. E. & Ford., Dana. San Bernardino shooters were radicalized 'for quite some time,' FBI says. CNN. cnn.com. 8 December 2015. Web. 19 June 2016.
