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Zach Owens How do we view Muslims since 9/11? How are Americans viewed from a Muslim's perspective since 9/11?

Question 1: How was your topic affected by 9/11? Click edit, post the power paragraph for question 1. Our topic was attitude towards Muslims and it has not been the same since 9/11. Before this tragic event, we did not have a negative attitude towards Muslims because we had no idea they would do such a horrible thing. '"...the percentage of Americans with favorable views of Islam dropped, from 41 percent to 30 percent in the last five years"' (Sacirbey). It would be pretty hard to get along with someone who just pulverized your country. Everyone was in terror thinking what we were going to do after that. We now have better airline/military security so something like that will not happen again. The Muslims that had nothing to do with it were pretty disappointed too because it just makes their country look bad. Imagine our country having some terrorist group come and kill millions of innocent citizens in some Middle Eastern country, wouldn't we be pretty disappointed too?

Question 2: Explain the scope (extent), intensity (depth), and nature of the affect of 9/11 on you topic. Click edit, post the power paragraph for question 2. There were many changes in the U.S. after 9/11. One was the improvement of airline security, as I said before. '"You would watch for somebody who tried to leave a container or a briefcase,' he said. 'You'd watch for somebody who is trying to pass some luggage off to a passenger'" (Fabiano). There have been U.S. troops fighting in Iraq and still are, to get revenge on them. '"We created a whole government department, Homeland Security, but regrettably, we are probably not safer,' said Darren Hayes, a professor at Pace University and an expert in computer forensics and security. 'There is still much work to be done"' (Koba). We have taken more pride in out country showing that we will not anything like that happen again. This event helped us in a way because before, our security and military protection was not as strong. Now it's better than ever and other countries will not try to mess with us because of all our aircraft carriers, spy planes, submarines, and any other military craft that would stop people from invading us again.

Question 3: How has debate on this issue made our country stronger? Click edit, post the power paragraph for question 3. I think that 9/11 made us weaker and stronger in different ways. It has made us weaker because of all the debt, sorrow of lost loved ones and solders fighting in Iraq, and stronger by learning towards our mistakes and improving our military strength and security. "'Ten years later, if the anti-Muslim forces in America continue to chip away at religious liberty, fear will triumph over freedom'" (Haynes). By talking about this tragic event, we realize things we could of done differently, like making sure no terrorists would get on a plane with civilians of course. We have come from an unprepared country to one that will stop at nothing to protect it. Congressman Jason Chaffetz says, "'The terrorists only have to be right once; we have to be right all of the time"' (Bream). This means that the terrorists only had to attempt the attack one time to be successful. We as Americans have to be prepared all the time. We have indeed changed as a country because there has been no terrorists attacks ever since September 11, 2001.

Works Cited

Bream, Shannon. “10 Years Later, Post-9/‌11 Aviation Security Debate Centered on Privacy vs. Protection Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/‌politics/‌2011/‌09/‌07/‌10-years-later-post-11-aviation-security-debate-centered-on-privacy-vs/‌#ixzz1XQCXwxwX.” Fox News. Fox News Network, LLC, 2011. Web. 8 Sept. 2011. .

Fabiano, Justin. “9/‌11 affects airport security in Augusta 10 years later.” WRDW. Gray Television, Inc., 2011. Web. 8 Sept. 2011. .

Haynes, Charles C. “10 Years after 9/‌11: Will fear triumph over freedom?” Hometown Source. Hometown Source, 2011. Web. 8 Sept. 2011. .

Koba, Mark. “Ten Years After 9/‌11, America’s Safety Still in Doubt.” CNBC. CNBC LLC, 2011. Web. 8 Sept. 2011. .

Saribey, Omar. “10 years later, Muslims didided on improving negative image.” The Christian Century. N.p., 24 Aug. 2011. Web. 8 Sept. 2011. .

RUBRIC for Responses
 * A strong topic sentence that clearly addresses and answers the question
 * Evidence that clearly supports the topic sentence
 * Correct use of internal citations and a properly formatted MLA citation for your articles (put this citation at the end of paragraph one)
 * Strict adherence to the Power Paragraph format
 * Mechanics are clean and do not detract from meaning