Discrimination Against Muslim Women

In 2006, complaints of civil rights stemming from Muslim groups have significantly increased from 366 to 2,467. An increase of over 600%.[1] The discrimination against Muslims have escalated over the last decade due to the devastating event of 9/11. Muslims, in general, faced racial profiling and discrimination as a result. However, if we take a step back and look at the issue we can see that the Muslim women are facing ten times more discrimination. Muslim women are generally seen as inferior to men and are treated as second-class citizens. This kind of behavior occurs in the Muslim communities outside of the United States. The discrimination is only worse in the United States. They are seen as a threat. Today, Muslim women are channeling

Many Muslim teens are attending music festivals and different social events. Their credentials/authority are abysmal since they are just regular teenagers with no “high position”. This ties in with the Muslim fashion because most of the time the Muslim women make an effort to blend in with the surrounding people. The amount of Muslims in the United States is steadily increasing with a total of 322 million people in 2015 and will double by 2050.[7] Some cities contain more than 1% of Muslims than any other specific group.[8] Muslims often live in large metropolitan areas such as New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago.[9] Popular music festivals such as Lollapalooza and Coachella are located in those cities. Although it is normal, to others it is surprising to see them outside. This supports the idea of Muslim women trying to “blend” in with society. Especially for the teenagers since they are already surrounded by westernized culture. The significance of this argument is to show how more Muslim women are accepting westernized culture and are making efforts to fit

It makes me angry because these Muslim women are harmless but are constantly being scrutinized because of an article of clothing- their hijab. Some of these women are actually taking something that is a part of them and throwing it away. The close-minded people who stereotype these women are molding them into who THEY want them to be rather than who they actually are. As I was researching I noticed the amount of Muslim women getting fired or quitting their jobs because they were disrespected. Many have also been escorted out of places because they didn’t want to remove their hijab which is their right. The world would be less hateful if we all stopped stereotyping and learned the value of respect. The argument that swayed me the most was the last argument. I could not believe that some women were actually taking their hijab off permanently. To my knowledge, Muslim women NEVER take their hijab off unless they’re in the shower. I was appalled when I found out some Muslim women were removing their hijab. They are being stripped of their identity, leaving them vulnerable. They are going through all of this just to feel accepted in their community. I think more investigation needs to be done because there are more instances of discriminatory behavior against Muslim women occurring. It is also taking place in different areas around the globe. This issue needs to be