Muslim World Turned Upside Down
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Ali Sawani
September 9, 2011
Filed under Opinion
I don’t remember much about the day of Sept 1, 2001 except my mom picking me up from school early, the most worried I’ve still ever seen her. I remember the news and nothing else being on our television for two days straight and the number of open houses tripling at my local mosque in Richardson.
Islamic leaders everywhere have been and still are working hard to dispel the notions of all Muslims being violent people and in effect, terrorists. One of their greatest aims is to help people realize that Islam condemns violence and they are against the extremists that carry out attacks. Non-Muslims have been very cooperative and understanding, the number of Qurans, the Muslim Holy Book, sold increased tremendously immediately after the deadly attacks on 9/11.
“Awareness of Islam increased worldwide,” Asim Jetpuri, a freshman at the University of Texas at Dallas and a regular at a mosque in Richardson, said.
This is very true. Although it is not likely, those who may have forgotten 9/11 were reminded of it last year due to the “Ground Zero Mosque” issue. Both these issues and many others have increased awareness of Islam around the world. Evidence of this is the fact that the post 9/11 era has seen the greatest number of people converting to Islam in the modern age.
Yes, the Muslim world was turned upside down but it may not be the way you think. Islam was lifted from it’s relative obscurity in the pre-9/11 era to the religion most talked and learned about post-9/11. Many Muslims have come under immense scrutiny and most have met the challenge well. This drastic increase in interest in Islam has not only led to the aforementioned increase in the number of Muslims but it has also led to an increase in the number of mosques and prayer areas in the metroplex. Pre-9/11, the mosque in Richardson was one of the few mosques and prayer areas but now there are 23.
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I really appreciate that you wrote this. As a fellow Muslim, even at age 7 I was in tears upon watching the Twin Towers fall to shambles. And up to this point in my life, I’ve faced much racism. I’m really happy that you managed to highlight the positive outcomes of the incident and the strengthening of Islam thereafter. Kudos (:
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I agree with the comment above mine, this disaster was something we all faced in our own individual way and I’m glad someone wrote something about the culminating effects on the entire Muslim community, both negative and positive.
Great job!
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