Fury and anger

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 418.

Although on September 13 President Bush "urged the American people not to hold Arab-Americans and Muslims responsible for the terrorist attacks" and promised a quick response to aggression against them he could not contain hate crimes being committed against Muslim or Arabic-looking people. Violence against the 3.5 million Muslims living in the United States increased 1,700 percent during 2001. More than 500 incidents such as verbal and written insults, incendiary bombs in mosques, smashed shop windows but also death threats and murders of Muslims were reported in the USA just one week after 9/11. In Bridgeview, Illinois, more than 100, for the most part young people, shouted "Muslims out!" in front of a mosque. Most attacks happened in New York where hundreds of thousands of Arabic immigrants live. Afghan restaurant owners had to take away their window signs to avoid financial problems. Women wearing traditional clothes were warned by the American Arab Community to stay at home.

Muslims have been included in church services on purpose after September 11 to counteract the population's aggression. When President Bush visited the first large memorial services at the National Cathedral in New York City, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders spoke next to Christian clergymen.