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Question 1: How was your topic affected by 9/11?

I believe that 9/11 made every American look at Muslims differently. "Ten years later, this is true today as the seven-million American Muslims remained besieged through reconfiguration of US laws, policies and priorities in the post-9/11 era." (Ghazali) This show that our views have changed since 9/11. Before 9/11 you would not look at a Muslim boarding an airplane and feel a little unnerved now almost everyone feels a little disturbed in those situations. Obviously not every single Muslim is a threat to America but now I think you have to be a little cautious about that sort of thing. 9/11 scared the American race and it has made us more careful.

Ghazali, Abdus-Sattar. "American Muslims ten years after 9/11." //OpEdNews//: n. pag. //OpEdNews//. Web. 8 Sept. 2011. .

Question 2: Explain the scope (extent), intensity (depth), and nature of the affect of 9/11 on you topic.

This is one of the most affected topics by 9/11. I mean America's view of Muslims will NEVER be the same. This one event has scarred us for life, this is why we have better airport security now and it is why we are more cautious. Muslims will always pose as a threat to Americans but it doesn't mean that all of them are one. "When Americans are asked about Muslim countries as a whole, their views are fairly neutral. But when asked about some specific countries, such as Iran or Saudi Arabia, majorities of Americans have unfavorable views." (Kull) These few countries such as Iran and Iraq are viewed like this because of war and 9/11.

Kull, Steven. "How Muslims and Americans View Each Other." //World Public Opinion//: n. pag. //World Public Opinion//. Web. 8 Sept. 2011. .

Question 3: How has debate on this issue made our country stronger?

I think that our attitude towards Muslim people has hurt us and helped us. It makes us have more security which is a good thing because it decreases the chance of something like this happening again. On the other hand it is bad because some poor Muslim family living in America has to be under suspicion. This is what happened to Hassan Shibly a Syrian-born Muslim American. " Imagine it is 5 a.m. and you’ve landed in New York after a 12-hour overseas flight. Standing in the line for U.S. citizens, you wait as a border agent asks passengers ahead a few cursory questions, then waves them through. Your family is instead ushered into a separate room for more than an hour of searching and questioning." (Huus) This was an unfortunate event that had to do with Shibly being Islamic. In some ways I think it is important to be a little cautious. As mentioned before not every Muslim is a threat but every Muslim can pose as one after what happened on 9/11.

Huus, Kari. "Muslim travelers say they're still saddled with 9/11 baggage." //Today News//: n. pag. //Today News//. 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