Most of the mainstream media still takes it as a given that there is an ongoing and brutal post-9/11 backlash against Muslims in America that fuels discrimination against followers of Islam. The fact that there is virtually no evidence for this assertion and much empirical data to argue for the opposite conclusion has not prevented liberals and radicals masquerading as the representatives of American Muslims to continue to claim the existence of a backlash. As we’ve previously noted, FBI hate crime statistics consistently show attacks on Muslims are rare and constitute a fraction of the far more prevalent bias crimes committed against Jews. Nor has the relative paucity of Muslim villains in popular culture or the reflexive support for Islam on the part of American leaders debunked the backlash myth.
Today, we have yet more evidence that the notion of a persecuted American Muslim community is fiction:
Data released Tuesday from the 2010 U.S. Religion Census shows Islam was the fastest growing religion in America in the last 10 years, with 2.6 million living in the U.S. today, up from 1 million in 2000.
Mormonism too saw remarkable growth, with a 45 percent increase in adherents. It added nearly 2 million members since 2000, bringing their number in the U.S. to 6.1 million.
“Both of these groups entered more than 200 counties that they weren’t in 10 years ago,” said Dale Jones, data analyst and mapping specialist for the Religion Census.
Is it possible or even likely that Islam would be thriving in the United States if it were not a society that is welcoming Muslims with open arms and providing a safe environment for people to openly practice this faith?
The answer is an obvious “no.”
Those who have promoted this myth have yet to provide any objective analysis outside of their own assertions to back up their claim of a backlash or of any wave of discrimination or bias crimes. To the contrary, every new survey about American society continues to show there are no obstacles to Muslim advancement or systematic ill treatment.
In response, those who make these false claims argue that law enforcement activities seeking to root out Islamist support for terrorism either abroad or at home constitutes a form of discrimination. But such actions, such as the New York Police Department’s surveillance of mosques or community centers where Islamists have congregated, are reasonable reactions to a real threat that deserves the attention of the authorities, not the product of arbitrary bias. Nor do they threaten the vast majority of Muslims who are hard working, law-abiding citizens.
America is not perfect, but it is a far safer place to practice Islam, or any other faith, than almost all Muslim countries, where religious-based discrimination is commonplace and dissent is ruthlessly wiped out. The backlash myth may die hard, but it remains a myth.
you have to have some major cognitive dissonance going on to believe that there is "Islamophobia" in this country–but these people do! n nremember, their definition of bigotry is a little different than ours. for instance, if you didn't want mosque at Ground Zero,well then you might just be a bigot. if you support Israel, you might just be a bigot. if you support the wars in Afghanistan or Iraq– bigot. if you declare that you'd rather have the Constitution than sharia…well, you get the idea. n nthese are the same people who know that the birth rate in Gaza is 5:1, but will still tell you with a straight face that Israel is practicing "genocide" on the "Palestinians." you can't tell people like that anything; they are living in their own little world, unhindered by reality.
Yes, the Muslim population in the US is growing by leaps and bounds, especially since 9/11. But I don't believe we should behave like liberals and passively welcome this development. A growing Muslim population represents a threat to Jews since Muslims have unlike Christians not revised the anti-Semitic theology of their religion. Needless to say, they are almost universally hostile to Israel and American support for Israel. A rising Muslim population also represents a threat to American democracy because of their preference for tribalism over open societies, their misogyny, and opposition to free speech. Americans should have the right to decide who comes to their shores; it is long past time to reform the current immigration laws.
Exactly!
Yeah, American's should have the right to decide who comes to their shores. Before you know it you could be living in a reservation watching your beautiful, old, free country infested with invaders… n nA white american't lament? n nUs vs Them rhetorics are generally revealing of narrowmindedness and carry a generalization that makes a reasonable discussion impossible. It's the "learned's" equivalent of writing in CAPS… n
Virtually everything Islam stands for is antithetical to civilization. It's teachings are fascist. It's sharia law is fascist. Virtually every Muslim-ruled society is pervaded with murder, rape, coercion, bigotry, intolerance, oppression, mendacity, ignorance and unbridled corruption. This is NOT hyperbole. And yet, because Islam calls itself a religion, we are expected to grant its depredations and depravities immunity from scrutiny and accountability. Otherwise we are traduced, by the fatuous academics, arrogant pundits and pusillanimous politicians who set the policy agenda, as bigots for not subscribing to their intellectual dishonesty and moral obtuseness.
our dear islamocriminals are confusing what is with what they know should be. there should be a backlash. in fact, the united states should have expelled every muslim from our country after the 9-11-01 act of war by islam against our country. the fact that there is no "backlash" when there should have been a mass expulsion is just evidence of the treachery of our "leaders". the fact that islamocriminals keep yapping about "islamophobia" is just more evidence that they are liars, and the fact that our government does not expell the islamocriminals who are whining about "islamophobia" is further evidence that our government is controlled by anti-american traitors.
The FBI may be reporting low numbers of Islamic terrorist incidents, but then the FBI is notrorious for spinning the numbers in favor of the Moslems. Note that the entirety of the 9-11 attacks was listed by the FBI in its Terrorism Report as just one incident, equal in weight to a PETA attack on a mink farm. Many attacks by Islamic terrorists are listed under some other catregory. Does the FBI list the Fort Hood killings as a terrorist act? Or the Washington Beltway killings? Or the SUV attack in NC?