Perspective: Islamophobia and its Effects in the USA | Imam Shamshad A. Nasir

The founder of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Hadhrath Mirza Gulam Ahmad of Qadian (peace be upon him) was raised by God Almighty to remove any misconceptions, misunderstandings and fear from the hearts of the people

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By Imam Shamshad A. Nasir | August 13, 2017

I have been living in this beautiful and great country since 1987. I have always enjoyed a complete freedom of faith and conscious in this land. I am free to practice all tenets of my faith, Islam. And, I am a witness to the fact that my fellow Americans are great people.

I lived in different cities across the USA, such as, Washington, DC; Silver Spring, Maryland; Dayton Ohio; Houston Texas; Los Angeles California; and now I am a resident of Chicago, Illinois. My experience living in all these cities and towns is the same -- in that, the people of this great nation are respectful and helpful by nature.

The problem, I as an Ahmdi Muslim and other Muslims, routinely face is that the press and media have painted all Muslims with a broad-brush -- that we all are terrorists. Majority of the people of this great country are getting this negative picture through the media which is making the good and innocent people of this country fear Muslims and hate Islam.

Islamophobia is a negative attitude towards Muslims and it can be defined as fear of Islam created in the minds of Non-Muslims. Islamophobia is mostly propelled by the political powers and press and media across the globe and they are happily joined by the opponents of Islam.
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