Anti-Muslim Hatred in America

The issue of Muslim hatred in America has been on the rise, due to the immigration laws which were imposed by Trump’s administration (Sebastian, 2017). Most people have ended up regarding Muslims as terrorists, a move which has resulted in general hatred of the Muslims by the public. In addition, most Americans tend to link terrorists attacks to Muslims, hence terming Muslims as the black sheep. After the election of the President Donald Trump, most people have ended up hating Muslims, terming them as terrorists (Jonathan, 2017). This is a move which has led to racism in the US, where Arabs, and other Muslims are really hated, and they cannot be trusted by the general public, which is pushing the government to deport Muslims back to their own countries. Due to that reason, this paper will analyse the representation of Muslim hatred on three different newspapers, namely: The New York Times, The Huffington Post and The New York Post. 

The New York Post

The New York Post has represented the issue in a critical way, such that it has focused on the factors which led to hatred of Muslims in America. Among the reasons provided was the 2015, elections campaign, which fuelled much hatred towards Muslims. In addition, due to Donald Trump’s criticism of the Muslims, most people became very sensitive towards the Islamic religion, a move which resulted in huge number of hatred. This consequently resulted in an equal reaction from other people, who perceive Muslims as equally as other people in the country. In order to support the Muslims, most people consequently decided to hold protests in support of Muslims, who they perceived as good people (Associated Press, 2017).

The newspaper has focused on the trends of hatred whereby the levels of hatred rose three times in the year 2016, due to the strong campaigns. Donald Trump’s campaigns in the year 2016 were more focused on Muslims and immigrants, making most people to have a negative attitude towards Muslims. Most people were also lured into believing that a Trump presidency would mean the deportation of all Muslims immigrants from America. This made the country to hate Muslims, knowing very well that they were the reasons for their failure. However things started to change after Trump became the president, whereby most people realized that it was just but propaganda, this made many people to change their view of the Muslim community. This is the main reason as to why most people started the anti-Muslim campaigns (Associated Press, 2017).

 This is a move which has seen most people shifting their hatred from Muslims, thus focusing on uniting all Muslims with other people in the U.S. In general, this newspaper mainly focuses on the factors which influenced anti hatred movements in the U.S (Associated Press, 2017). However, the author has left out the issue of how people benefit from holding anti-Muslim campaigns.

The Huffington Post

On the Huffington Post, the newspaper has focused on the essence of the movement, which is to stop hate speech against Muslims. The author provides the modes which were used to carry on with the peaceful demonstrations (Sebastian, 2017). In the newspaper, the author provides tweets, which were used by the demonstrators, to reach the white house, and to also pass the information in different parts of the country, thus reducing the chances of hate speech towards the Muslims in the U.S.A. in addition, the author focuses on the results of the demonstration, which led to violent attacks and arrests from the police, who seemed to use a lot of force in dealing with the issue.

The author of this newspaper does not provide the history of this issue, but instead the author focuses on the actual happenings of the event. The author has therefore provided the consequences of the demonstrations, which were violent attacks and arrests. In order to understand this issue, the author has only provided the reasons as to why the police had to react, the methods which the police used in order to deal with the demonstrators, and the methods used by the demonstrators to pass their information, which included: shouting in the streets, in order to alert everyone about the issue at hand (Sebastian, 2017). The demonstrations were however faced with a lot of challenges which included a fight with the fascists.

The author has emphasized more on the effects of the demonstrations, and not on the chronological events or the past events which fuelled the demonstrations. The newspaper has basically provided the effects of the demonstrations and forgot about providing the reasons as to why the demonstrations were held, and how they changed the perception of most people towards the Muslims (Sebastian, 2017). The Huffington Post has consequently provided the information regarding the actual happenings of the demonstration, hence it has not provided information on the way the demonstration has either helped or reduced the effect of hate speech in the country.       

The New York Times

The New York Times basically focuses on the attacks of a Mosque in Minnesota, where the governor termed the incident as an act of terrorism. The author provides information based on the way leaders perceive the Muslim community in Minnesota (Jonathan, 2017). In as much as some leaders may not value or respect Muslims, Minnesota Governor has strongly come out to support the Muslims in the region even after the attack. This was after an explosion in a mosque, where no one was report to have lost his or her life. The F.B.I said the attacker used an improvised explosive, which was aimed at the Imam’s office, however, the explosion did not have very adverse effects.

This newspaper basically emphasizes on the way the State government of Minnesota is determined to ensure the safety of Muslims in the State (Jonathan, 2017). In addition, it clearly shows how the perception of Muslim hatred in the U.S is slowly changing, with some leaders in different states across the country respecting Muslims and offering their support towards them in times of need such as this time. Furthermore, the author has also highlighted on the issues which affect the lives of Muslims, and how leaders have offered their help.

Similarities and differences of the Newspapers

The three newspapers have carefully provided news based on the changes in the relationships between Muslims and Americans of other religions. The newspapers are therefore similar in the sense that they have provided information based on changes in the perception of Muslims in America (Sebastian, 2017). On the other hand, the newspapers are different in the sense that they have focused on different topics with some focusing on demonstrations while others on the leadership of certain areas in the country. However, the presentation of information was also different since some newspapers have only provided information lightly (Jonathan, 2017).  

Reference

Jonathan, E. B. (2017). Minnesota Governor Calls Mosque Attack a Criminal Act of Terrorism: The New York Times. Retrieved from: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/us/minnesota-mosque-explosion.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FMuslim%20Americans&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection

Associated Press. (2017). Number of ant-Muslim hate groups Tripled in two Years: Report: New York Post. Retrieved from: http://nypost.com/2017/02/16/number-of-anti-muslim-hate-groups-tripled-in-two-years-report/

Sebastian M. (2017). Anti-Muslim hate Marches Across U.S. Draw Violence, Arrests: Huffington Post. Retrieved from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/anti-muslim-hate-marches-across-us-draw-violence-arrests_us_593c5971e4b0c5a35ca01d01