U.S. Institutions and Intolerance Against Muslims
When prejudice targets Black, Jewish, or Latino communities, Americans voice outrage. However, anti-Muslim sentiment is often met with silence, dismissal, or even applause.
Anti-Muslim sentiment is not an outlier in the United States, but rather it is deeply ingrained in the nation's social DNA and political machinery. Despite Islam being a faith followed by over two billion people worldwide, and millions of Muslims calling America home, hostility towards them is tolerated in ways that would be unthinkable towards other religious communities.
Anti-Muslim sentiment isn't an outlier in the United States — it is woven into the nation’s social DNA and political machinery.
The question remains, why is such discrimination accepted? Is it driven by fear, or is it part of a larger political and geopolitical apparatus designed to keep the U.S. at odds with the Muslim world? The author has witnessed this reality firsthand since 2001, at the start of a federal law enforcement career that intersected with a personal relationship that shook their worldview.
Author's summary: Anti-Muslim sentiment is deeply ingrained in U.S. institutions.