Syria, formally known as The Arab Republic of Syria, has been under turmoil for the past four years. This turmoil erupted as a result of the Syrians being dissatisfied with their leader, President Bashar Al Assad, and his failure to bring economic and political reform. Shortly afterwards, people began anti-government protests, and that marked the start of the Syrian Civil War. Soon enough, the war had turned frightening as countless groups with different agendas began joining the war. Not a day went by where the Syrians did not lose one of their own. Innumerable families were forced to flee the country while others, traumatized and holding on to dear life, stayed put considering they could not leave everything they had built behind. Slowly, …show more content…
this news traveled all over the world, however, it has not been given the attention that it deserves. The Syrian Refugee crisis has become an extremely personal issue for me.
There are still several people around the world that have yet to hear about this crisis, while hundreds and thousands of people are dying trying to protect themselves and their families while others are fighting for what they believe is right. Although Syrians and I have been given different opportunities, we still work towards the same goal. Our lifestyles are different; we do not participate in the same activities or visit the same places, but Syrians and I do have one similarity and that’s our faith. I have become attached to this issue because, as a follower of Islam, I view these refugees as my brothers and sisters. Despite being a Muslim American, I still practice the same rites and rituals. I believe that Muslims all around the world are my fellow brothers and sisters. This civil war has served as a catalyst for people around the world to believe that Muslims encourage the massacre of innocent people, although it is the complete opposite. Islam condemns the killing of innocent individuals and encourages everyone to be …show more content…
peaceful. Being born in The United States, I have unknowingly been given the single greatest blessing of my life.
As the civil war has progressed and the stories that I have heard about what the families in Syria are going through, I have become more appreciative of the trivial things in life. This has been a driving force for me to become further connected with my faith. Living in a country like The United States, it can be easy to lose track of the spiritual side of your life while we attempt to maintain the material side; however, there needs to be a equilibrium. It definitely is easy to lose track in a country like the United States. My family moved to The United States in 1988. It was a different time back then and my parents have informed my siblings and I of countless stories of what it was like before. However, everything changed on September 11th 2001. People began to treat not only my family differently, but all Muslims living in the United States. They blamed all Muslims for the attack, and further went to say that Islam supported these malicious acts, which is not the case. Hearing these stories of how the United States transformed just shows how onerous it would be for a Syrian to come and settle down in the United States. Leaving Syria is a challenge of its own, but finding your way in The United States is not an effortless task. This issue has not only made my family thankful for being accepted into the community, but a myriad of Muslim families around the United
States. We were fortunate enough to not have to experience what these refugees have to live through everyday. This crisis has made such a significant impact on not only my family’s life, but also that of all Muslims around the world. It has drawn thousands of people together and created unity within families. People have put their differences aside and have come together to stand alongside the Syrians to assist with fighting this crisis. All I ask of the people in not only the United States, but also all other developed countries, is to open their doors and welcome Syrian refugees with open arms. These refugees do not deserve what they are going through right now, and as citizens fortunate enough to be living in one of the greatest countries, we should welcome them and allow them to live without the fear of losing their life.
The war in Syria has been going on for six years now, killing more than a quarter million people and forcing over 10 million people to leave their homes. It has started with a peaceful protest and is now a full on genocide of people dying. The protest was for the arrest and torturing of Syrian teens for the graffiti of their anti government on a wall. When people form other people that were tired of the government saw this, they wanted their president to make major reforms of their democracy. He didn't like that, so he responded with a violent reaction. He killed thousands of Syrians and more from starvation. As the war went on, more people came in to play a role in the war. These people were from many different places. It has gotten so bad that politicians don't know what to do to stop it.
On September 11, 2001, since the terrorist attacks, many American Muslims have been stereotyped negatively in the United States. Salma, a Muslim woman, says that the way Muslims have been recognized in the media has played a big role in the antagonism directed at her. “I don’t know how many times I heard my classmates accuse me of being al-Qaeda or a terrorist” (Mayton 2013). Salma, along with other Muslims, even after a decade, are still struggling with trying to find their “American” and “Islamic” identities, while facing verbal attacks for their ethnicity. Too often, the general Muslim population gets lumped in with the immoral acts of a few because of the lack of knowledge about their culture.
The author expressed, “Kathy had not wanted their family to become collateral damage in a war that had no discernible fronts, no real shape, and no rules” (252). Both Kathy, a converted Muslim, and Zeitoun, a born Muslim, knew what the future looked like in terms of discrimination and inequality. The idea of islamophobia is so open to different interpretations, and the fight against it has not yet accomplished all of the goals. The war against Islamophobia, as well as other discriminatory debates, has shown to be a dirty one. Many opinions are gathered and slurs are formed, which make immigrating as a Muslim very difficult. America is known as the land of the free, but for many families of the Muslim faith, it does not always feel that
Empathy is not always easy to achieve. Currently as a nation we are debating whether or not we should allow the Syrian refugees into our country. After the attack on Paris and the ISIS threat against America next, it is easy to see why Americans would not want to let Syrian refugees into our country. It is a difficult decision to make, especially since most of the refugees are women and children. These refugees are trying to escape the terrors and wars that are going on in their home country. However, United States officials must remain cautious with who we are letting into our country at this time. Many citizens are nervous to let so many people into our country. The challenge that the United States officials face is if we
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.
My tentative claim is that the US has to be cautious about allowing so many Syrian refugees because they could damage our economy. Some counterarguments that I might encounter are 1) it is America's humanitarian duty to help as many Syrians as we can, 2) there is a scholarly article that proves that the Syrians can help boost a country's economy, 3)the European countries that are becoming concerned with their economy cannot be related to our own situation with the Syrians because the European countries have a significant population difference and their economic system is different than our's. The first counterargument is a principle because it is an accepted norm that when a country is in trouble other countries will do as much as they can to help those affected by the troubles in their home country. The second argument is a generalization because they would be saying that if the Syrians helped the KRI (the region that was studied in the article) then it can happen in the US
In society, more specifically American society, we picture dystopia as an apocalyptic scene, where a majority of the human race has succumbed to disease, physical violence, or oppression by the government that rules them. However, what we assume to be a figment of the imagination that fuels fiction is in fact reality. In many developing countries, civilians are victimized by the coercion of their national leaders. They are forced to adhere to laws or religious belief forced upon them by what can be more or less interpreted as dictatorship. As of 2017, the Syrian Refugee Crisis enters its sixth year following the inhumane killings of protesters in 2011, an act by the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad to implement fear into the
In the first place the refugees should be allowed in the US because they need a safe place to be where they are not killed or held hostage. With so many groups fighting in Syria it is easy to get caught up in the conflicts. In Syria “the full-blown
When we consider the fact that individuals within Syria were fighting for western ideals such as democracy in conjunction with the fact that they are facing obscenely high death tolls, as well as things such as chemical weapons, it turning our back on these individuals becomes unimaginable that the western world (Uri 1). Despite this being the case, many instead have chosen to turn their backs on these refugees even though the majority of these people have shown themselves to be entirely harmless.An influx of people from a muslim country does not inherently mean letting in terrorists, which we’ve seen to be true throughout history. In fact an individual intending to commit acts of
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However, leaving Syria is not always the easiest, just last September, seventy-one dead bodies were found in an abandoned truck in Austria, officials believe them to be Syrian refugees trying to escape their war ridden country. Most refuges however, end up in small, cramped camps in Lebanon and Jordan, with often nothing but the clothes on their back. Syrians often give up their hopes and dreams to live in a non-violent situation, like Hamsa, an eleven year old boy who, wants to go to school to be a doctor, but his school in Homs, Syria was bombed out four months ago, shortly before he arrived at Jordan’s Za’atri refugee camp. The refugees live in near to, close poverty after leaving everything behind in Syria. With the war in Syria worsening refugees have no hope of returning to their home country. Therefore, America should not only intervene to stop the rising number of deaths; but to also give the homes, hopes, and dreams back to the millions of Syrians who have fled from Syria.
Another casual night: the air is sticky, and the water is scarce, all throughout the country, the sound of gunshots ringing through the air. For most people, this “casual” night is beyond their wildest imagination, but for Syrians, it is an ongoing nightmare. Faced with the trauma of a civil war, Syrian refugees seek protection and a more promising future than the life they currently live in their oppressive country. Many seek refuge in other Middle East countries like Turkey and Jordan, but others search for hope in the icon of freedom, the United States of America. However, in America, there is an ongoing debate about whether or not Syrian refugees should be accepted.
According to the World Post, it stated that “More than 140,000 people, over 7,000 of them children, have been killed in Syria’s uprising-turned-civil war, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday”(Solomon and Reuters). With two wars happening in the country of Syria at this point, dying has become the norm. Thousands of families have tried to leave the country, but some have not made it out alive. Children are the future generation, but for Syria, there won’t be a future generation if countries like the US do not offer security and support in times violence. We are not in a position to judge based on race or religion, and it 's time to act with a sense of kindness and forgiveness on those people who are in need of protection before they are gone. We need to help the children and their families thrive on the successes that was built before us based on the principle of hard work and
Our moral duty to Syrian refugees. National Post. N.p. 15 January 2014. Web.
Twelve million. That is the number of people currently affected by the crisis in Syria. Yet, we have Americans all over the country, republicans in particular, turning their cheeks to this ongoing disaster. The main question present in the media and politics today is—Should America let the Syrian refugees in? But I think the real question to be asking is, “Why not let the Syrian refugees in?” America is supposed to be the pinnacle of freedom. America is supposed to be the “melting pot” of the world. So why are we even questioning the very roots from which we came? Most Americans claim that all of these people are Muslims and that they are ISIS in disguise. Americans claim these people are a threat to their freedom and national security. I could maybe see where some Americans are coming from if all of these refugees were Muslims, and if all Muslims were part of ISIS. But they are not, so the only issue I see here is white supremacy and a little bit of ethnocentrism. I, as an American, believe we should allow these people into our country and in no way at all do I feel like my life is at risk because of this. Every generation has had their bad run-in with