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For the past 20 years the American public has been divided on whether Islam is more likely than other religions to encourage violence

As their numbers have increased, Muslims have also reported encountering more discrimination

48% of Muslim American adults said the had experienced discrimination during the 2017 Trump administration

While many Americans have negative views toward Muslims and Islam about half say they don’t personally know anyone who is Muslim

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The word “Islam” means “submission to the will of God”

Islam teaches that Allah’s word was revealed to the prophet Muhammad though the angel Gabriel

Followers worship Allah by praying and reciting the Quran

They believe there will be a day of judgment, and life after death

Muslims believe several prophets were sent to teach Allah’s law

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How is Muslim hate shown on Social Media today?

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How is Muslim hate shown on Social Media today?

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The CCDH researchers reported 530 posts that contain "disturbing, bigoted and dehumanizing content that target Muslims through racist caricatures, conspiracies and false claims"

“This report exposed that social media companies, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube, failed to act on 89% of posts containing anti-Muslim hatred and Islamophobic content reported to them” - Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH)

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What is the controversy of Muslims in the U.S.?

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What is the controversy of Muslims in the U.S.?

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The early days of Donald Trump’s presidency have been a difficult time for many Muslim Americans

A quote from a Muslim-American when asked about their place in America:

“I’d say it’s been increasingly difficult, really. You almost get that post-9/11 atmosphere in the United States because of the suppression, really, of minorities and minorities’ thoughts and voices”

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September 11, 2001 (9/11): Four coordinated terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda (an Islamist extremist group)

2,977 people from 93 nations

2,753 people were killed in New York

184 people were killed at the Pentagon

40 people were killed on Flight 93.

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Personal quote from a Muslim-American during the morning of 9/11

“When the news channels started speculating on the Muslim and Arab background of those steering the planes, I started to feel the world closing in on me. I felt separated from everyone else who was watching the news and instantly knew that my life would change after that”

15 policies implemented in the first 12 months after 9/11 targeted Arabs and Muslims

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Aftermath of 9/11 (U.S. Towards Muslims)

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Aftermath of 9/11 (U.S. Towards Muslims)

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The period around 9/11 was the worst time for hate crimes against Arabs and Muslims

Quote from a Muslim American:

"Anti-Muslim hate crime really had a surge that we hadn't seen before,” says Levin. “So, we went from seeing 30 or less in any given year, give or take, to 481 in 2001, most of them clustered around the two weeks of the World Trade Center and Pentagon (attacks).”

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Historical Context of al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden

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Historical Context of al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden

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Al Qaeda (AQ) is a transnational Sunni Islamist terrorist organization and network of affiliates that the U.S. intelligence community

"After founding the terrorist organization al Qaeda, he engineered a series of attacks in multiple countries that killed thousands of men, women, and children, often ordinary citizens just going about their daily lives"

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Andy’s Law: Andy’s Law is partly championed by anti-Muslim groups because it has the potential to drag Muslim businesses, houses of worship and even religious leaders like imams into lawsuits.

Looming threat of Sharia Law: An example of this would be a ban on veils or headscarfs

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Diaspora: the dispersion or spread of a people from their original homeland

Political Rhetoric Example: Politicians deliver emotional speeches to inspire people to act

Osama bin Laden used this on his followers

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