The hate crimes are a reaction (but not nearly as severe, of course) to the crimes perpetrated by Muslims across the planet. Instead of looking to blame media, Occam’s razor would indicate it’s more likely the rape and terrorism. Address the action, and the reaction will stop.https://twitter.com/rowaida_abdel/status/823559989952450560 …
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Anti-semitism is almost as old as civilization itself. "Islamophobia" in the popular sense didn't really make a lot of waves in the US until after 9/11, and there's still a lot less of it than anti-semitism, which tells you something, given what happened.
By her logic, hate crimes against Muslims should have been worse in the past because Muslims were represented even less in the media. These days hijabis are everywhere, so the hate crimes should be decreasing. But that’s not happening because the correlation she’s making is dumb.
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Statistics show hate crimes against Muslims increased after 9/11, it doesn’t take a brain surgeon to figure out why. If we ask criminals why they hurt an innocent Muslim, the response won’t be ‘because I don’t see them represented in media enough’. The issue is hate on both sides
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Like you said, we acknowledge the hate in the West and actively fight against it. Muslims need to acknowledge the hate in their world and fight against it as well—rather than look for any other random nonsensical thing to blame.
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