Muslims and Globalization: Eat, Pray and Change for Betterment
21 May 2013
Muslims and Globalization:
Eat, Pray and Change for Betterment When it comes to a topic about Muslims, the Westerner’s bigotry views always fixed on the origin of the Muslims and they believe that the Muslims had been and will always be outsiders. This subject is widely spoken in the context of immigrants. Ironically, in a recent protest for anti-immigration held in Arizona, a native American blasted the group of the protestors for their prejudicial view of going against the immigration, but unaware of their historical invasion of the States. He called them “illegal” and “invaders”, which is paradoxically correct (Ramos, 2013). In other words, they are all immigrants, originally. Nevertheless, if the issue of immigration is to be viewed profoundly, it is not uncommon for the Muslims to be singled out. Though people might reject immigration, instead of fearing the overpopulation of the immigrants, their sole concerns are on the dominance of the Muslims. It had been continuously discussed and questioned about the Muslims and their beliefs. Are Muslims really intimidating that their existence had been hatefully criticized? Is the belief that they hold actually demand for disintegration? There are factual and biased portrayals of Muslims, sure. But how do we distinguish them from one another? In other words, it is important to recognize Muslims and think on how to make them an acceptable community in the globalization of the world. People often ask themselves about what they need in order to become something. Similarly, they should also think about what do they lack of or what stopping them. If one were to say that, in this case, Islam has become a sort of barrier to its followers, they should prove it with more solid evidence that shows such claim is consistently valid, mostly through historical facts. However, in Islamic history, it was written clearly about the years of eminence for the Muslims called as the Islamic Golden Age. During this era,
Muslims and Globalization:
Eat, Pray and Change for Betterment When it comes to a topic about Muslims, the Westerner’s bigotry views always fixed on the origin of the Muslims and they believe that the Muslims had been and will always be outsiders. This subject is widely spoken in the context of immigrants. Ironically, in a recent protest for anti-immigration held in Arizona, a native American blasted the group of the protestors for their prejudicial view of going against the immigration, but unaware of their historical invasion of the States. He called them “illegal” and “invaders”, which is paradoxically correct (Ramos, 2013). In other words, they are all immigrants, originally. Nevertheless, if the issue of immigration is to be viewed profoundly, it is not uncommon for the Muslims to be singled out. Though people might reject immigration, instead of fearing the overpopulation of the immigrants, their sole concerns are on the dominance of the Muslims. It had been continuously discussed and questioned about the Muslims and their beliefs. Are Muslims really intimidating that their existence had been hatefully criticized? Is the belief that they hold actually demand for disintegration? There are factual and biased portrayals of Muslims, sure. But how do we distinguish them from one another? In other words, it is important to recognize Muslims and think on how to make them an acceptable community in the globalization of the world. People often ask themselves about what they need in order to become something. Similarly, they should also think about what do they lack of or what stopping them. If one were to say that, in this case, Islam has become a sort of barrier to its followers, they should prove it with more solid evidence that shows such claim is consistently valid, mostly through historical facts. However, in Islamic history, it was written clearly about the years of eminence for the Muslims called as the Islamic Golden Age. During this era,
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