Essay introductory paragraph Mostly people migrate for their self- imporovement. However, there are other driving forces of migration, viz., the social disturbances, political turbulence, national disaster, family reunion and so on. However, there are a lot of challenges to be faced by migrants in their new settlement either in a form of Ethnic or religious minorities. As we research the migration challenges faced by various groups of migrant, there are a lot of evidences those reveal that Muslims migrants the most challenged group of migrants as of their religious minority. This paper discuss about…… Islamophobia defn “Islamophobia” was thought to be used commonly during late 1980s in Great Britain as a discriminative word towards Muslim …show more content…
(Kabir, p 1278-1279). Then after, the number of Muslims migrants gradually increased and reached 281,576 by 2001census p 1278. These migrants were perceived as ethnic groups with potential of economic and racial threat to Australian community. However, the image of Muslim immigrants changed as the venomous religious group posing a security threat to Australia after the arrival of asylum- seekers (1999-2001) and September 11, 2001 incident in USA p1278. Muslims believe that mosques will provide guidance, education and welfare for them in new land. However, those beliefs were murdered because they were highly discriminated during the time of ‘White Australia’ policy in building mosques. They were treated disparately by governments for their request of land grants to build mosques. On the other hand, the Anglican and Catholic population were benefitted because of their ‘whiteness’ and were highly supported to establish schools and churches in various states. The Muslims, however, were able to raise fund and establish some mosques to practice their …show more content…
They were symbolically referred as “Muslim Aliens” and were subject to compulsory registered at the nearest police station as per The War Precautions Regulations 1916. Many Muslims were deprived of their freedom of choice and even impound because they were suspected as fascist thereat towards the community. During World War II, attacks on St John’s Lutheran Church resulted restrictions and internment of some German, Italian, Japanese and Muslim migrants. Therefore, this incident also played vital role to elevate the perception that Muslim groups posed “security threat” towards Australian society (p
Spalek and Imtoual (2007) state that in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 and the following of subsequent terrorist attacks in the UK and Europe, there has been a shift of focus on black minorities to Asian minorities and as a result there has been an increased surveillance amongst Asian and Muslim minority groups. Since the year 2000, numerous contemporary anti-terror laws have been instated the law affecting minority groups the most being most influential the Terrorism Act 2000. The Terrorism Act 2000 affected minority groups by enhancing police powers to investigate terrorism, including wider stop and search powers, and the power to detain suspects after arrest for up to 14 days. (Spalek and Imtoual, 2007). As a result, statistics in Britain in 2002-2003, sugested that under counter-terrorism legislation, stop and searches carried out amongst Asian minorities increased by 302% in a year, in which Hare and Weinstein (2010, p.483) in their literary research on democracy, state that the Muslim Council of Britain claimed that the police are misusing their new enhanced powers and
Discrimination, prejudice, and racism are all terms far too similar and encountered by multiple cultures. A vast amount of individuals have experienced these different terms, unfortunately some individuals belonging to certain minority cultures experience them more often than others. After the attacks on 9/11, the Muslim culture became a major target for actions such as discrimination. The media, especially in regards to women and their attire, fueled warped views about this culture. There are beliefs that women in this culture are oppressed and forced to wear a veil, or hijab, however their views and opinions are not taken into account regarding these statements that are being portrayed through the media and its watchers who are not aware of the cultural beliefs and traditions.
Firstly to justify why countries limit their immigrations, there should be knowledge of the different types of immigrants as there are different reasons to leave from one country and move into another. In the last 30 years, the number of international immigrants has been estimated 191 million worldwide, two times as before. As ...
As the racial targeting, hate-crime increased, racial discrimination bullying, becoming victims of prejudice, and having unequal publicity because of bias racial after 9/11 towards the Islam-Americans. It was often proven how Islam-Americans have become pariahs in all religion that are in the categories of Islam, because of the similarity in the image that a Sikh-American or Muslim-American holds. However this bias view in society towards the Islamic-American is certainly wrong because it has created an unfair environment in communities for them which leads them to become and feel pariahs, as it should be change by speaking up, changing the way we socialize around the topic as it may spread.
There are thousands of Islamist extremists living in the U.K. (Thomas, C., n.d.). This is a dangerous circumstance due to the fact that most of them are more than willing to conduct attacks on the U.K. (Thomas, C., n.d.). Similarly, Germany is also experiencing negative outcomes to unrestricted immigration. There had been reports of women being harassed and burglarized by men who appear to be North African or Arabic (Thomas, C., n.d.). Many Islamist declare their allegiance to their belief and they are willing to demolish anything to reach their ambition (Thomas, C., n.d.). These countries are experiencing an absolute collapse of multiculturalism and history shows that no nation can sustain its self if it neglects why it survives (Thomas, C., n.d.). Nevertheless, our lack of success to instill American traditions, beliefs, and history is quickly demolishing our country (Thomas, C.,
Muslims are said to be the nightmare of America, but just like any other human being they are pure and carry stories of discrimination just like Dalia Mogahed says “I’m completely ordinary, I’m not an exception. My story is not unusual, I’m as ordinary as they come”(Dalia). She explains that her story of being discriminated for being muslim is not unusual. There are thousands of Muslims who carry on this story just like Dalia Mogahed. She explains that she was just a normal citizen just like any other but it all when downhill when the attack of the twin towers occurred on September 11, 2001. From that day forward there was days where it was required that she stay home and was life threatening to attend their church hours.
Islam in America has historically been misunderstood, and this is due to the misconception of culture and religion as well as lack of education and incorrect portrayal in the media, which gives a skewed idea of Islam. Especially in the United States, Islam has been seen as the “terrorist religion” or a religion for the extremists and a religion in which freedom is not an option. Among the countless misconceptions, the basis of stereotypes by Americans is due to the mix up between religion and culture. Furthermore, the media only fuels fire to these misunderstandings and lack of factual information about Islam causing Americans to lash out on American Muslims without reason.
...). 'Our faith was also hijacked by those people': reclaiming Muslim identity in Canada in a post-9/11 Era. Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies. 37 (3), 425-441. 17. doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2011.526781
Since 1982 and the creation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Canada has asserted itself in the promotion of multiculturalism and equality of all citizens. Canada is a democratic society which stands to address the needs and desires of individuals in a fair and open approach. In addressing multiculturalism, understanding how some specific groups may be at a significant disadvantage based on their perception in society. It is argued that the ideals and laws incorporated in the Islamic religion and culture make it challenging for individuals to successfully immigrate and adapt into a western democratic society. There are significant challenges in all aspects of their lives, that make them find difficulty in adopting a new way of living while still adhering to their faith and culture. Post September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks have left Canadian immigrants and citizens who are of the Islamic religion and culture, the most scrutinized members in a country that promotes multiculturalism. This is due to negative media connotations, the failure of the government perpetuating fear and allowing concepts like Islamophobia to be produced among citizens.
This essay will define and explain the term migration and then discuss and examine emigration and circulation as well as arrivals. Further its going present some qualitative and quantitative evidence from the book “Understanding Social Lives” and the online module strands to support the claim.
I like this article since it enable me to wind up more socially mindful, inquisitive, liberal, deferential, and tolerant of others. Even though all hearts beat the same, nobody is really unique. This article centers on migration and settlement designs in Australia educational system. It investigates the relocation encounter, and the effect that outsiders from different social foundations have had on Australian culture and its changing character through the instruction framework. As our reality turns out to be more interconnected, it is useful to take a gander at our disparities so we can better see each other. Here, we have gathered some astounding manners by which the traditions and schedules in schools around the world are not the same as
Rowan Day (2015) draws attention to the concern of Islam on the Australian-Indonesian link. Day makes it clear that the attack on the United States by Al-Qaeda (2001) and the bomb attack in Bali (2002), create a shift in the attitudes of individuals towards terrorism. He claims that Indonesia is ‘a physical threat to the nation’s security’, (p.672) this manifests the idea that Australia was fearful, and at the same time was drawn out in different directions. As a result of these events, the World Trade Centre was torn down and thousands of individuals lost their lives. This meant that the Indonesian leaders were seen as victims of criticism, and for this reason there were anti-Indonesian sites within Australia. On the other hand, there were beliefs that Australian scholars were anti-Indonesian, and these circumstances were enforced on Australian students. This indicates that the idea of ‘such a group exists, even if it is a misleading or simplistic label, can influence Indonesia’s approach to the relationship’ (p.679). Similarly, Indonesia stimulant laws is the source of concern in the Australia-Indonesia relations. According to Jeff Lewis and Belinda Lewis (2010), President Suharto introduced the laws, as a ‘significant gesture toward Sha’riah and the widening ambit and political strength of religious politicism in Indonesia’ (p.145). This indicates that the Indonesian leaders were known for
Australia is a multicultural country where immigrants from all over the world immigrate to Australia. This research is focused on Australian’s immigrants who play a big role in this society. Immigration carries significant factors that affect the process of adaptation on an immigrant. The significant factors discussed further on are social factors, economic factors and cultural factors. To understand immigration and immigrant it would be explained the meaning of it and the types of immigrants. Answering the Research question, it would also be explained what an immigrant aims to reach by explaining the factors that help to feel settled in a new country. As I’m an immigrant in Australia I personally know how factors affect directly the process of adaptation. During this research I aim to prove how these factors affect the process of adaption. It is intended to make useful recommendations to the host country and to the immigrants in order to adapt to a new country easily. It must be said that not everyone experience the same process of adaptation because everyone is exposed to different factors. Moreover, immigrants may experience more than one factor as one factor can lead to the development of other factor.
Islamophobia is a newly coined term that is used to describe the growing fear of Muslims or specific groups that are considered to be associated with Islam. As a new term, the validity of Islamophobia is still a subject of huge debate even as its causes and characteristics are also controversial. This term was coined to refer to the events in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks in light of people’s attitudes towards Muslims and those associated with Islam. Actually, after the dust settled following the attacks, a new gesture of nationalism was witnessed across the United States and racism soon followed, which are usually faces to the same coin (Rose, 2013). In light of these developments on the question on whether Islamophobia is a form of racism has generated arguments and counter-arguments in support and opposition to the claim. People who consider Islamophobia as a form of racism have supported their argument through various reasons including the division and exclusion associated with the fear of Muslims. On the contrary, opponents have argued that Islamophobia is not a form of racism because of lack of a clear link between the term and racism as well as the fact that Islam is not a race but religion. An analysis of these arguments and counter-arguments reveals that Islamophobia is a form of racism, particularly cultural racism.
After 9/11 has induced negative attitudes towards Muslim peoples who tend to be strongly associated with any act of terrorism. The media has played a colossal role in developing such negative association wherein it constantly portrays Muslim people in combination with violent terrorist acts. It does so in a way that they both go hand-and-hand. In other words, it has made it as though the Islamic religion is synonymous with terrorism. The media has perpetuated Muslim stereotypes over the years that followed the 9/11 incident. Because of this, society has developed, and still has developed, this prejudiced mindset about the Islamic religion and the Muslim communities around the world. People immediately assume that any violent act being depicted through the media is the direct result of Muslims. They automatically generate this idea that the act was performed by a Muslim terrorist even when they were not involved whatsoever. Regardless of whether it was true or not, Islamic religion and its Muslim adherents are at the top of societies’ agenda just waiting for the evidence to be generated so that they can then safely blame them for such world affairs. Again, this has led to the attack on the Islamic religion itself wherein people have come to postulate Islam as an act of oppression, violence and hatred towards non-Muslims. Anti-Muslim sentiments and campaigns have resulted from such misinformation the media has been generating and feeding its viewers.