Question

What cultural differences between the Islamic community and the average American community do you think are contributing to the rise of Islamophobia. Why? What special considerations would you need to take when counseling an Arab American. Why?

Answer 1

the cultural diffrence between islamic community and american community are as follows:-

1.RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

The history of Americans states that their religious beginnings has been established by Christianity or their belief in Jesus Christ as God. Since 600 A.D., the Arab nations have been governed on the basis of monotheistic teachings as instituted in the sacred writings of Qur’an believed to be revealed by God through the Prophet Muhammad.

2.COMMUNICATION

The language of both the Arabs and Americans are highly considered to be territorial as they dominate the communication system of their respective locations. The Arabic is the ruling language of the East originating from Aramaic and Hebrew; and the American English reigns as the language of the West. While the linguistic communication of the Arab has a close knit connection with their Islam religion,the American English has the power wired to the international commercialism as it becomes the language of the world by default. The Arabs and Americans understand each others’ languages in a different sense producing between them rift on the issues of society and politics, economy and religion.

3.LITERARY STUDY

Just like its language, the literature of English has also been established as the default or founding pattern of the present literary accounts in the history of world literature. Unlike its English counterpart which is more universal, the Arab literature is more decentralized distributed by the Islamic religion domineering and eventually replacing its old literature with Qur’an passages and poetry.

4.PROFESSION

The political principle stating that a group should be given the priority more than the individual has been a

really essential ideology in the Arab society compared to Americans. People in the Arab nations prefer collectivism while Americans opt individualism where virtue of self-reliance and personal independence is valued.

5.ACTS OF TERROR

Acts of terror is also an important thing to tackle about the difference between the Arabs and Americans. For the Arab society, terrorism means the intervention of America in the affairs of the Arab countries especially on the issue of Arab land territories which is motivated by the American government’s desire to institute and pursue socio-economic existence in the Arab domain. In contrast to that, Americans view terrorism as insurgencies and bomb attacks of the Islam to cause fear to the American citizens motivated by the Arabs’ inclination to dominion in the social, political and spiritual sense that is often ascribed as Islamic extremism.

6.PRESS

Although both the Arab and American media outfits acquire their news stories from the current events happening in these two respective cultures, they differ individually in terms of freedom, or democracy so to speak. The American media is a free press that oftentimes results to being gravely unstructured and uncontrollable with the effect of having debates and whatnot because of information issued to the public.

islamophobia:-

A phobia, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is an exaggerated, usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation. It may be hard for the afflicted to sufficiently determine or communicate the source of this fear, but it exists. In recent years, a specific phobia has gripped Western societies - Islamophobia.

Researchers and policy groups define Islamophobia in differing detail, but the term's essence is essentially the same, no matter the source:

An exaggerated fear, hatred, and hostility toward Islam and Muslims that is perpetuated by negative stereotypes resulting in bias, discrimination, and the marginalization and exclusion of Muslims from social, political, and civic life.

considerations needed to be taken:-

1.Respect and Fair Treatment

2.Loyalty to the United States.

3.Addressing Islamophobia by Bringing People Closer Together ie., that all muslims are not terrorist and no religion teach terrorism