why are so many americans racist against muslims?
99657
I think a lot of it has to do with the media and possibly bad publicity. I'm not saying it is just that, but this is probably one of the major reasons amongst many.\nMany people are arrogant and care not to explore into the reasons behind their stubborness. Racism occurs for many a reasons and you also have to take into consideration that it's not just the USA that is racist, but the whole world contributes to racism, not only to the Islamic community, but towards all.\nThe world would be such a great place if there was no racism at all.
1022440
Terrorists come from all walks of life.  There are terrorists in every country of the world, including the United States.  They are motivated by religion, politics and cultural/socio-economic backgrounds.  Being that Islam is only the 3rd most popular religion in the world, your information is faulty at best and downright inflammatory and willfully hateful at the worst.
1179095
I think this is a good question that cannot be answered broadly.. It's not fair to say "a lot of african americans are racist toward white people" Just like it isn't fair to say "a lot of white people are racist toward african americans" .. granted it is easier to "name call" racism stemming from "white people" but from what I know about history african american people were opressed by whites for a very long time..\n\nContinue to open your mind and be friendly with people of all cultures, backgrounds, skin color, etc.  The world is a more interesting place with diversity, you can't change other peoples' minds, so do the best you can with your own.
1077517
Yes, but we need to get to the truth of the matter. Why do Muslims hate us? The answer is simple,  They learn it from the corrupt, violence riddled Quran. Here is one example from the Surah...\n\nIt is not for a prophet that he should have prisoners of war (and free them with ransom) until he had made a great slaughter (among his enemies) in the land. \nSurah 8:67\n\nAnother example of the extremism they are following.....\n\nFight them until there is nor more Fitnah ( disbelief, i.e. following others besides Allah) and the religion will be for Allah alone. \nSurah 8:65\n\nThis clearly states that the Quran is teaching them to fight those who do not agree with their concepts and ideas. Until all Americans turn Muslim, they will continue to spew venom towards us. They should be kicked out of the country, for I have not seen 1 Muslim protest the actions of terrorists. Have you? If they are not against it, they are for it. And yes they are for it because they are following the very teachings of Muhammad. No Muslim can be a "true" Muslim, if they do not follow what the Quran teaches. If they are not into fighting nonbelievers, (i.e. Christians, Jews...etc.) then they are not "true" Muslims.  Sooner or later the ones who claim to be Muslim, will realize this and start acting in accordance with the Quran. This is not a risk I want to take. You are right, they need to be deported, for they are here to spread Jihad.
183732
The United States is a pluralisitc society.  I would argue there is no such thing as an 'average' American in any ethnic or cultural sense.  I'm sure there are those Americans, by virtue of racism or their own bad experiences, who harbor negative feelings about immigrants of any background.  America has had a mixed history of racial interaction, but, by in large, I have found Americans to be a tolerant people.  In most major cities you can also find large groups of ethnic Iranians to ease your transition.  There will always be bigots, and terrorism has focused the attention of bigots on people from the Middle East, but bigots are the minority.  You will likely find ignorance to be much more frustrating than maliciousness.  For example, most Americans don't know that Iranians are generally Persian, not Arab.  If you have patience, I think you can overcome these difficulties and make a successful, free life in America if you so choose.
329430
Because no matter what country, what race, or what situation, there will always be racists. Please remember that most Americans are not racist. I think the problem is that all of us who accept people for whomever they are don't walk up and tell you how much we accept it, because it doesn't occur to us that it would stand out as a problem to someone else. The racists are very vocal and will try to make you feel bad. I'm sorry you get treated this way.
437519
It's not about religion; it's about politics. Most Muslims live in countries where either the entire population is poor or where society is sharply divided between the ultra wealthy and the poor. When the United Staes, a relatively wealthy country with a very high standard of living, interferes in Middle Eastern politics, many of the policy decisions we make often appear to be aligned with the wealthier or more privileged contingencies, such as the Saudi Arabian royalty or the Israeli goverment, and opposed or at the very least unhelpful to less privileged contingencies, such as Palestinians or Kurds. To most Arab Muslims, it appears that the U.S. government is just another one of the oppressors, and that all our talk about democracy and Christianity is purely rhetoric aimed at rationalizing and covering our self-serving and hypocritical interests.\n\nBut most Muslims do not hate Americans although they do resent or mistrust the U.S. government. It just appears that they all hate us because our news coverage of course covers events which portray hatred and hostility rather than peace or cooperation. It's just the nature of the news.
1040731
Not all Muslims hate Americans.\n\nOf the many people in the world that hate us...I have found it is usually because of our pressure for them to conform to our ways...our society. We tend to push countries to accept stuff like: \nour restaurants (like McDonalds)\nour clothing\nour language\nour music\nour lifestyle (physically lazy, internationally inept, linguistically moronic)\nour religion\netc\n\nDo people hate us for supporting Israel? Well, I have heard they think we are pretty hypocritical in our support for Israel. For example....why was the US against the Berlin wall but a proponent for a while of Israel building one? Why is the US critical of China's "abuse" of human rights and torture when the US is NOT critical of Israel's use of the same?\n\nRe hypocricy- Why do we continue to ignore human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia but not China? Or Iran? Or Iraq? Why not just say "well, Saudi is stable, and friendly towards the US...so, we cut them more slack than we do Iran". ??\n\nAlso, our hypocrisy is wider than that. Why did we stop Iraq from abusing their citizens but not Sudan. I believe it was because of oil. And, I am fine with that explanation. For sure, we need oil....but why not just say "we need oil, and because we need oil, we need a politically stable middle east....and, because we need political stability, we are going to create 'no fly zones' in Iraq and reduce Saddam's power."\n\nAnd now...look at Iraq and North Korea. We are in Iraq to get rid of terrorists and (originally) to stop the production of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Fine. Great idea. Nobody wants WMDs in the hands of nutty extremists.\n\nBut why not go into North Korea too? And, why weren't we more critical of nuclear weapons development in Israel?\n\nI think we are critcized and laughed at and hated mostly because of our hypocrisy in international standards. And, its not just Muslims that do the laughing and hating. Believe me....brits laugh at us...french, estonians, russians, lithuanians, italians, australians....the Muslims certainly did not corner the market on seeing our fumbling ways in the international community!
431592
Well, Arabs are more than 400,000 millions (more than US population). Muslims are more than 1.5 Billion (one of every four on earth). If one of them is Bad like Bin Ladin, it is unfare to say all others are bad I guess.   \nIt is like saying all Europeans are bad becasue of Hitler!
6307
As long as you're okay with being suspected of being a terrorist every time you travel, life is just fine for Muslims in western countries.\n\nedited to add:\nMost people understand that most Muslims don't support terrorism or want to destroy the West.  And I don't think there's widespread discrimination in day-to-day life.  America is a melting pot, so there are lot of people from different backgrounds.  But if you're a "Middle Eastern looking" male, and you try to drive a truck across a bridge or through a tunnel in NYC, you'll be stopped.  If you get on a plane with a few friends, other passengers will get nervous.
852893
Oh its not just the Jews.  There are as many Muslims in the USA as there are Jews.  And about 10% of American citizens are foreign born.  Everybody wants to be an American.  We have big problems with between 10-13 million illegal immigrants in this country.  This is a country of 300 million people and the Jews are only 5 million. (1.7%)
1113025
I agree with you totally. But to answer your question seriously ... Muslims have been in the U.S. for some time. But, because they minded their own business, worked hard, didn't evangelize, and basically just lived quiet peaceful lives (just as their religion teaches them to) no one noticed them much or paid that much attention. Then came 9-11. Islamic terrorists. Because of the actions of a handful of mislead fundamentalist fanatics people who new nothing of Islam judged ALL Muslims based on that. Now, good people, good Muslims, suffer the political and cultural fall-out brought about by 9-11. So now some folks have a new scape goat. Communist Russia fell. The news media and the politicians and the religious right (another group of fundamentalist fanatics) needed another villain. Currently its Islam and Muslims. They use the hate and bigotry they stir up to keep people occupied. That way folks don't raise a fuss about REAL issues. The environment, health care, etc. Its easier to bash others in ignorance than it is to honestly think and work on REAL issues. Know what I mean? ~ Peace & Blessings ~
444845
Study our recent U.S. history (20 years) and you will discover that more than 95% of our terrorist attacks and wars are against Muslims, and that they are the instigators of such activities.\n\nOR -\n\nStudy religion.  What are the Muslim faith doctrines ... OOPS!  "Death to all infidels!!!" (you are an infidel if you are not a muslim).\n\nNot all religions preach violence; you mentioned Christianity in your question, as I understand it christians preach peace, hope and love.\n\nOR -\n\nStudy Ancient History.  As far back as you would care to travel in time you will find the muslims at the heart of conflict from their very inception as a family, then tribe, then nation, then world religion.\n\nOR -\n\nStudy sociology.  Muslims view of life does understand that what you 'believe is true, is true' regardless of how other individuals or nations regard truth.  The driving force in Muslims lives is their religion because they clearly see that it is their belives that give meaning to life (and direction for their life choices).\n\nMeet a devote muslim and you will meet a person that has NO tolerance for anyone who does not believe exactly as they do. \n\nThis is true of very few of the 5000+ religions in the world.\n\nIn my opinion, muslims are just like you and me (hopefully), individulas that in the U.S. have the right to their thoughts and beliefs as long as they are not hurting others.  BUT therein lies the problem.\n\nThe scottish have a saying "Fool me once, shame on you.  Fool me twice, shame on me."\n\nWhy are people racist . . .
200119
We should be very careful when be blame Islam or christianty or judiasm or any religion for violence. for that matter any group of people for the ations of a few. \n\nIslam does not preach violence, as the Americans do not preach prisoner abuse (abu dhuraib). for a muslim to hate all americans for what happened in abu ghuraib, for east asian to hate americans for what the US did in vietnam, south americans to hate americans for what the US did in niguaragua... and so on would not make sence. some nice man in chicago didnt do that, neither did some lady in texas.\n\nand same goes for Muslims, 1.4 billion muslims did not destroy the WTC. and if you read up on Islam you will realize, those who did, arent following Islam.\n\nwhat we do need to look at is what makes people go to such exteremes, why are induviduals and governments willing to go to such inhuman extents, something is deffinatly not right.
840245
I don't think americans hate muslims. Muslim has been anew word in this culture moreso because of 9/11. Extremist came into veiw with muslim at that time. I don't practice religion. Most people are of Christian decent in the US. Muslims are good people that practice a religion that teaches them values to live by. Just as Christians do. Maybe Christians aren't involved in a large bombing, but they have done alot of things that probably add up to as much death and destruction as any Islamic group. There are many people that claim to be modern-day-muslim Them I know are nice people. Remember these; James Jones Waco,Tx Jim Baker & Adolf Hitler
216614
A part of the reason is that American society still has racist messages and ideas floating around in it and showing up in the media (TV, magazines, the internet, etc).  Some of these things people don't even realize are racist.  Some members of racial/ethnic minority groups (African Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans) internalize these racist ideas and use them against members of their own race or ethnicity who they believe are not "American" enough or not "ethnic" enough.  \n\nTo put it in simple terms, people start to believe racist messages from the media and from other people.  Sometimes without realizing it, people increase racism by being racist against others of their own race because of their ideas about what a "true American" should be like or what a "true African American (etc.)" should be like.
1162436
That's kinda racist, don't you think?  You might as well be saying why are Mexicans so lazy, or why are Asians such bad drivers.  Not all Muslims are fanatics, it's just the few that we here about on TV that lead you to assume such ignorant things.