The issue we are choosing is about certain stereotypes about the Islamic people, like that all Muslims are terrorists or will bomb a school or that they will shoot up a mall or airport, when in reality the Islamic culture teaches peace and goodwill towards others.

This topic was controversial because in the past two decades there has been war after war fought against the radical side of islam and it was previously believed that 9/11 was carried out by radicalized Islamic Extremists. And there have been attacks carried out by people claiming to have carried out an attack on innocent people because of Islam and that the killings were justified because of their faith. And that is the side of Islam the world has seen over the past two decades.

The victims of this are the Muslim people in general, especially if they are wearing their robes in public, and especially if they are middle aged men.

Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, a Pew Research Center survey painted a complex portrait of Muslim-Americans living in the United States. Among adults, 63% were born abroad and a quarter of the entire population — an estimated 2.75 million in all — had arrived since 2000. Of those surveyed, 60% feared the rise of Islamic extremism in America; 21% believed there was support for extremism among Muslims in the United States; and opinions were split between those who believed the “War on Terror” was a sincere effort to combat terrorism versus those who felt it had other motivations. The survey also revealed that 56% of U.S. Muslims had said they want to adopt American customs and only 20% didn’t, and 79% rated their communities as excellent or good places to live. The 2011 Pew survey data indicated a substantial gap between what the general public believes about Muslim-Americans and what U.S. Muslims themselves usually believe.

Some of the causes include 9/11 attacks and the attack on San Bernardino  12/2/2015, and the shooting in Chattanooga 7/16/2015. As a direct result people are constantly worried about getting blown up or shot in public places. It’s happening all over our country mainly on school campuses like high schools and colleges, it’s a global issue because the attacks that lead to the discrimination are all over the planet.