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Lexie Morrison How do we view Muslims since 9/11? How do Muslims prove that they are trustworthy?

Question 1: How was your topic affected by 9/11? Ever since 9/11 Muslims have been categorized as terrorists. Fawaz Ismal, a middle-eastern man that moved to America as a teen (and is now 50), faces racial profiling every day despite having lived in the United States for many years. He says he loves this country but “some Americans take one look at him and think, ‘Hmm, is he really one of us?’” (Fisher, Marc). Fawaz has lived in America for a long time and loves his country just as much as any other American but ever since 9/11 he, and many other Muslims, struggle to prove that they are trustworthy.

Fisher, Marc. “American Muslims Search for Identity 10 Years after Sept. 11.” //The Washington Post// 11 June 2011: n. pag. //Washingtonpost.com//. Web. 28 Aug. 2011.

= Question 2: Explain the scope (extent), intensity (depth), and nature of the affect of 9/11 on you topic. = After 9/11 the New York Police Department really cracked down on Muslim communities. They sent policemen out to spy on Muslims in their local stores, mosques, and even their neighborhoods! “[They have] become one of the nation’s most aggressive domestic intelligence agencies, targeting ethnic communities in ways that would run afoul of civil liberties rules if practiced by the federal government” (Associated Press). Having policemen spy on certain sections of the city is wrong, and intrudes on many civil rights, which is not fair to Muslims but they just have to endure it. Associated Press. “With CIA Help, NYPD Built Secret Effort to Monitor Mosques, Daily Life of Muslim Neighborhoods.” //The Washington Post// 23 Aug. 2011: n. pag. //Washingtonpost.com//. Web. 27 Aug. 2011

Question 3: How has debate on this issue made our country stronger? Debating on the issue of our attitude towards Muslims has made our country stronger because Americans are arguing about how Muslims should be treated; and seeing everyone’s different points of view has helped unite us. There are the more reasonable people out there that believe in equality and realize that just because a person is from the middle east doesn’t mean that they hate America and are working with Al-Queda, and then on the other hand there are people that think every Muslim in the United States is a terrorist. “In November 2009 a white woman in a suburban Chicago grocery store pulled a Muslim woman's hijab (headscarf) and muttered something about the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas” (Williams, Rhys H.). This Muslim woman clearly had nothing to do with the Fort Hood incident but the other woman was ignorant enough to publicly embarrass and discriminate against this innocent woman; while it is terrible that incidents like this occur, it is good that the majority of Americans realize that what this woman did was wrong. 2010. Web. 7 Sept. 2011. . ||
 * < Williams, Rhys H. "Muslim in America." //EBSCO host//. web.ebscohost.com/, 15 June

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