The Profiling Of The United States - 1190 Words

Islamophobic Profiling Legendary boxer and famous figure for the Muslim community, Muhammad Ali once said: â€Å"The word Islam means peace. The word Muslim means one who surrenders to God. But the press makes us seem like haters.† As Ali points out the United States public today has criminalized the religion of Islam and this has caused discrimination on the structural level. Citizens in the United States expect that they are not subject to marginalization and be treated equally. Instead what Muslim constituents are finding is that they are being treated unfairly by law enforcement. Undermining the laws of the United States sets a dangerous precedent for the future. Thus it is absolutely crucial that the United States federal†¦show more content†¦Muslims are disproportionately surveilled by the NSA regardless of probable cause. [Murtaza and Greenwald] One may wonder how it is possible for the government to do these things without probable cause but the issues in the Patriot Act explain it all. The NSA does not have to go through typical methods of obtaining a warrant like police departments. Instead, they go through things called FISA courts which approve or reject requests for warrants. The FISA courts however are a result of a corrupt system with very loose regulations. Since September 11th 2001 the FISA courts have rejected 11 requests for surveillance among thousands. [Washington Post] This essentially means that because groups like Al Qaeda or ISIS are Islamic radical groups, the National Security Agency is free to target Muslims regardless of whether or not the people being surveilled are legitimate suspects because the two . Of course this method can be proven ineffective simply by the logic that not all followers of Islam are violent and nothing about the religion mandates terrorism. In fact, an FBI report revealed that only 6% of all terrorism in the United States since 1980 has been caused by Islamic radicals. The prejudice ha s allowed for society to label things like the Sandy Hook shooting to be instances of â€Å"mental illness† whereas Islamic radical attacks are always labeled â€Å"terrorism†. [Wise] Even those who advocate the end of profiling are subject to heavy surveillance.