Americans know and understand what happened on September 11 - that terrorists of the Taliban hi-jacked two places and flew them into the World Trade Center. However few people, especially the younger generations, realize that the threat of the Taliban has existed for decades and was mostly ignored by the U.S. They also mistakenly associate the violent acts that occurred on that day to the Islamic rel

Many Americans will not accept this. Relationships have changed within the U.S. concerning Arab Americans. This occurance has especially affected the workplace, where many feel uncomfortable or unsafe around Arabs. They fear that their building could be the next site for a terrorist attack. When Americans see Arabs they are skeptical of them and judge them right away. The terrorist attacks should not divide our country. This is what the terrorists intended, and have succeeded in doing.

The Islamic faith is based on the values of peace and morality. It is against the Islamic faith to perform any acts of violence. Osama bin Laden claims that the Taliban is fighting in the name of Islam, against the Western values. He resents and is disgusted by the American luxuries: fast food, alcohol, democracy, freedom, television. Americans take these things for granted and do not realize that it is not

Some topics in this essay:
Islam Western, Muslims Arab, , Muslims Americans, Trade Center, Arabs Muslims, Arab Americans, Americans Arabs, American Americans, Taliban Americans, islamic faith, caused americans feel, caused americans, americans feel, arabs muslims, fighting name, name islam, threat terrorism, september 11, fighting name islam,