The Importance Of Upholding American Muslim Civil Rights

By Nancy Stone


The world nowadays is characterized by the phenomenon of Globalization. Most societies in this day and age are characterized by the Melting Pot, or the amalgamation of cultures. Looking at it all from outside the bubble, one might think that the negative influences of prejudice, bigotry, xenophobia, and the likes, are all things of the past. Needless to say, this is not the case, and just perhaps everyone will benefit to a certain extent from knowing snippets of american Muslim civil rights.

This is further complicated by the fact that American Muslim is not the narrowest sense of the term. There are still subdivisions in each, making them as diverse as ever before. Although demographic statistics show that there is no majority race, its worth noticing how theres a considerable percentage of certain races and ethnicities. These are also major factors in the discrimination experience and consequent debate.

One kind of discrimination is the type that occurs in the workplace. The evinced discrimination in this confined space browbeats the free exercise of religion. And, of course, employment is not just something that one can cast off on a whim. You can, therefore, imagine the kind of quandary that those discriminated come up against. They have to live through day by day in that kind of hateful environment, and of course, just about no one deserves that kind of treatment.

And keeping the distance is not something that the prejudiced would like to bother with on their part. Rather, they expect the seeming outsiders to stay in their orbit and to not toe the line. This is where xenophobia and Islamophobia come in. Some extremists just cannot fathom the fact of peaceful coexistence and resort to unethical and unscrupulous ways and means to downgrade those that they deem to be outsiders.

Along this tangent, you also have education discrimination. Anti bullying initiatives take up the mettle here. After all, with so many youngsters cooped up in a place, and not all of them emotionally and sensibly mature, some kind of shenanigan may perpetually be underway. This may also touch on some issues regarding a schools administration and other departmental issues.

To proactively fight for civil rights, many organizations are working to combat the stigma of discrimination and work to forward their adherents best interests. They could be a verified association in which a great number of people are necessarily a part. Demographics may be definitive, such as when the membership is made up mostly of immigrants, and the like.

Public facilities access usually stem from the debate regarding the religious observance of dress codes. For example, some women could be barred from entry in certain places and establishments because of their headscarves. Or else in pools and bathhouses since theyre wearing burkinis instead of bikinis. Some laws and policies really need some modifications to cater to the observance of head coverings.

This is an important step because it cant be denied that this subset of the populace does tend to experience discrimination in schools, workplaces, and general other areas. And they do not necessarily have to be visibly and evidently blackballed. Some kinds of discriminative acts are more subtle and shrouded by the smokescreens of laws and regulations, such as workplaces not granting leaves for Muslim holidays or else establishments not allowing women to wear burkinis in pools and beaches.

Islamophobia does not have to be openly hostile. Any kind of differentiation, or just the expression that youre treating a person differently because of his religion and way of life constitutes this bane to society. Its the expression of hostility, hatred, and even fear. This expression of fear is definitive of negative stereotyping. All this can be countered with a tidbit of proactivity, and the preclusion of negative worldviews that are detrimental to the peaceful living of ones countrymen.




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