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CassadyWhaley
Mrs.Harrell
English2honors
May15th,2015

Researchquestion:
IsislamophobiaarationalfearinsideAmericaatthisdayandage?
WorkingThesisStatement:
IslamophobiaisanirrationalfeartohaveinAmericaatthisday
andage.
RefinedThesisStatement:
Islamophobiaisanirrationalfeartopossesswhilelivingin
Americainthiscurrenttime.
Annotatedbibliography
"Islamophobia."
OpposingViewpointsOnlineCollection
.Detroit:Gale,2015.
Opposing
ViewpointsinContext
.Web.5May2015.
Thisoverviewoftheissueofislamophobiaisagoodworkthatdescribesinanoverly
nonopinionatedmanner.Thisarticletakestimetodescribetheintenseissuesthatderivefrom
theproblemsofislamophobia.Itdescribestheprobablecausesoftheissueathandandreasons
forbothwhyitexistsalongwithwhypeoplespeculatethatitmaynotexist.Thisarticleisagood
sourcetouseformypaperduetothatithelpstogiveinsightintobothsidesoftheissueaswell
asshowexamplesfromhatecrimesderivedfromthesituationathand.Iwillbeabletouse
piecesfromthisoverviewtobringininformationtosupportbothsidesoftheargumentthatiwill
beproposing.

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Kedar,Mordechai,andYerushalmi,David."ThereIsaLinkBetweenShariaLawandthe
SupportofViolentJihad."
Islamophobia
.Ed.DedriaBryfonski.Detroit:GreenhavenPress,
2013.CurrentControversies.Rpt.from"Shari'aandViolenceinAmericanMosques."
MiddleEastQuarterly
59(Summer2011).
OpposingViewpointsinContext
.Web.5May
2015.
ThisarticleattemptsinitspagestopaintapicturethatthemuslimsthatliveinAmerica
todayareterritoriesandseemstogivelargeamountofevidencetoshowthattheislamophobia
thattakesAmericaatitsgrip,isaveryrealandrationalfearinthisdayandage.Thisarticle
givescopiousamountsofinformationontheviolentactionsthatoccurfromfollowingthe
religionofislam.Thisoverviewoftheissueofislamophobiaathandshowsstatisticsonmuslim
extremistsinAmerica.Italsoshedslightonthesubjectofterrorismalongwithitscauses.This
articlecouldbeaverybighelpingivingcounterpointstomythesisinthatitgivesintellinto
whatcouldcomefromignoringislamophobiaandtherepercussionsofwhatwouldhappenifwe
didnotlookforviolentbehaviorsinsidethemuslimcommunity.Thiswouldinturnhelptogive
infotobothsidesofthesubjectthatIamtacklinginmypaper.

Zaidi,Mosharraf."BigotsAreResponsiblefortheSpreadofIslamophobiatoMainstream
Americans."
Islamophobia
.Ed.DedriaBryfonski.Detroit:GreenhavenPress,2013.
CurrentControversies.Rpt.from"TheTalibanizationofAmerica."
ForeignPolicy
(10
Sept.2010).
OpposingViewpointsinContext
.Web.5May2015.
Thislastarticlegavealargeamountofinsightintotheproblemsthatarecausedbythe
hatethatderivedfromislamophobiainAmerica.Thisarticle,whilebeingsomewhatopinionated,

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didgivereasonsforthediscriminationaswellasgivinginformationaboutthethingsthat
transpireasaresultofthediscrimination.Thisoverviewofthesituationcanhelpimprovemy
papertogiveexamplesanddescriptionsofwhyandhowislamophobiatakesplace.Aswellas
giveinsightintowhatkindofthingshappenasaresultofsuchdiscrimination.Thepassagenot
onlyhelpstheonesideofthings,butitalsohelpstogiveinformationaboutwhyitisoutrageous
forislamophobiatoexistintheAmericansocietytodayandshowthatitisnotarationalfear.

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