I'd say not as much as the Arab and Pakistani community.  I don't wear Hijab (Islamic Female Hair Covering) so on a daily basis I don't have that many problems.  Even when I have worn it in public I don't hear any animosity from those around me.  The only incident I can speak of was when I applied for a job in 2004.  Usually this company only takes 2 weeks to run a background check.  I recieved a voice mail a month after the start of my background check saying to the effect of "I just wanted to let you know we're still considering you for the job we're just checking to see if you have any terrorist history."  Now some of the other words may not be correct but the word "terrorist" was featured in the voice mail.  I have an Arabic name and I have been confused for Sudanese or Morrocan so some may assume that I am Arab.  The job I applied for does require a mild form of clearances inorder to do international wire transfers.    I was hired by this company and I haven't had any problems since then. 

FIRST OF ALL LET ME SAY THIS, I AM A CHRISTIAN.  I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD AND HE TAUGHT US SO MUCH WHEN HE WAS HERE ON EARTH ABOUT HOW TO TREAT ONE ANOTHER AND HOW TO LOVE AND BE HUMBLE AND FORGIVING.  WE LIVE IN A WORLD TODAY THAT IS RULES BY POWERS OF DARKNESS IN HIGH PLACES.  PEOPLE ARE KILLED AND DESTROYED FOR INSIGNIFICANT REASONS.  LET ME ALSO SAY THIS, I WAS MARRIED TO A MUSLIM MAN FOR 10 YEARS.  I WOULD NOT CONVERT AND THIS CAUSED A BIG PROBLEM.  I AM CHRISTIAN FIRST.  HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THAT THE MUSLIM PEOPLE ARE GOOD ROLE MODELS AS FAR AS HOW THEY TREAT FAMILY AND DEAL WITH EACH OTHER RESPECTFULLY.  WE  COULD LEARN A LOT ABOUT RAISING CHILDREN AND TREATING OUR ELDERS RESPECTFULLY AS THEY DO. 

THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE ARE ALL GOD'S CHILDREN AND MY MISTAKE WAS NOT BEING A GOOD WIFE TO CONVERT MY HUSBAND TO CHRISTIANITY!  GOD FAVORS THOSE WHO SEEK HIM WITH THEIR WOLE HEART AND HAVE A PURE HEART.  HE WILL NOT FAIL TO REWARD YOUR DEEPEST HOPES.

I have been an African American  sunni Muslim for 30 years, I do wear hijab when I attend Islamic activities, but as Imam Warith Deen Muhammad taught many years ago, a Muslim woman is known to cover her hair, but if she needs to go out shopping ect. she is allowed to be liberal enough to uncover her hair for those periods, How else

will a woman who is seeking to make religious changes in her life appreciate the fact that she should be comfortable enough to continue to display her crowning glory when it's her choice?  After 9\11 took place, Imam Warith Muhammad also taught that a Muslim woman should not make herself a target by dressing in full hijab and going

out in the public alone, because of the misunderstandings , the hatred, and distrust, that some of the sectors of the public were experiencing. I  was working as a Healthcare provider, and had to travel to get from client to client, my Supervisor,who was Caucasion,

had so much concern for my safety during  that time, that she asked me if I needed to take time off work.  That assured me, that  the human nature  the Creator created is

still very much alive in all people.

FIRST OFF I DONT LIKE COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS WITH NO PROFILE ,YOU MITE BE THE PIGS OR SOMEBODY OF THAT NATURE,BUT WHAT EVER.YEAH, WELL WHY IS THERE A NEED FOR A BLACK CHURCH? WE WOKE UP FROM BEIN N---AS AND COONS FOR YEARS EVEN THOUGH SOME US FEEL BACK ASLEEP.I DONT SET MYSELF APART FROM OTHER BLACKS BEIN NON-CHRISTIAN ,THATS WHAT I WAS SAYING.WHAT YOUR SAYING IS THE N.O.I. IS A HATE ORGANIZATION,HA! THATS A GOOD ONE,YOU MITE CATCH ONE OF THEZE HOT HEADED UNCLE TOMS WITH THAT ONE,BUT I TELL YA YOU JUST LOST.ALOT OF WHITES WOULD DISAGREE WITH YOU ON THAT ONE STRAITE UP.I TELL YOU WHAT I NEED YOU TO DO, SHOW ME A SHREAD OF EVIDENCE THAT WHITE COMMUNITIES WHERE TERRORIZED WITH LENCHING,BEATING,DESTROYING THERE INDEPENDENCE(BLACKWALLSTREET GO RESEARCH THAT),BANNING THEM FROM LIVING APART OF THE CURRENT STANDARDS,MADE IT AGAINST THE LAW FOR THEM TO STAND UP STRAITE, MIND YOU I'M ONLY 31 AND I'VE BEEN A VICTIM OF DISCRIMINATION IN THIS DAY IN TIME. SHOW ME WHERE MY PEOPLE DIDNT NEED THE SHOCK VALUE OF A RHETORIC TO SNAP THEM OUT OF BEING IMBEDED IN A THOUGHT OF INFERIORITY.TEACHING THEM TO BE UPRITE AND RIGHTOUS AND TO CARE ABOUT THERE OWN WITH A VERY SERIOUS APPROACH. THE TEXT THE TIMING AND MOST OF THE TEACHINGS ARE PURE.OVER THE YEARS I'VE HEARD PEOPLE MAKE THE SAME COMMENT ALL THE TIME.HANDS DOWN THE ARABS DIDNT TEACH US OR EITHER BRING UP ISLAM AS A WORD IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.SO THANKS TO THE HONORABLE ELISHA MUHAMMAD WHO LED THE N.O.I. THAT BOUGHT FORTH BROTHER MINISTER MALCOLM X WHO BOUGHT THE KNOWLEDGE OF ORTHODOX ISLAM WHEN HE CAME BACK FROM MECCA TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. ANOTHER THING I CANT FORGET TO SAY .WHY IS IT A PROBLEM WHEN WE AS BLACKS ASTABLISH ISLAM IN OUR CULTURE,WHEN ITS FOUND ALL OVER THE WORLD.  THE PRATICE OF WORSHIPPING ALLAH IS FOUND TO BE DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER BUT I LOVE ALL THEM BELIEVERS.I DONT WANT TO BE NO ONES ENEMY BECAUSE MY BELIEF OF RIGHTOUSNESS IS DIFFERENT FROM THERES. 77 SECTS OF ISLAM THE WORLD IS BIG.LEAVE US BLACKMUSLIMS ALONE.EVERYTHING IS FOR A REASON RESERCH. Sunday, October 22, 2006 

 

Until I went on a plane and two men of middle eastern descent come. They were wearing headdress and A feeling I thought I would never feel crept up on me. It surprised ME!

Itibit, are you sure these men were not Sikhs?  Sikhs are often mistaken for middle eastern muslims.  They are in fact Asian Indian.  Some were attacked after 9-11 by hate crimes.  They have been waging their own battle with Islamic extremist in Kashmir.

 

[edit] Sikh identity in the modern world

Due to the turbans Sikhs wear, people in Western countries have sometimes confused Sikhs with all Middle Eastern men. This has affected Sikhs in times of conflict with elements of the Middle East. For example, during the Iranian hostage crisis when the government of Iran held American hostages in its own country, some people in Western countries misunderstood the Sikh turban as a turban worn by all Middle Eastern men. After the attack on September 11, 2001, some people associated Sikhs with terrorists or members of the Taliban. A few days after the attack, Balbir Singh Sodhi, a Sikh, was gunned down by a person who thought that the victim had ties to Al-Qaeda, concluding that this misconception has lead to an unnecessary increase in hate-crimes against Middle Eastern men. ^[3]

Banned by name

Not understood by classification

 

My name is Hafez

Haf-Ez

By nickname

Just so many don't consider me a threat

And it's easyer

 

My issue with 9/11 is still a haunting one

because I'm still try'n to recover from that time

 

I am a stagehand by trade

A ex-Marine by choice

And a American by birth

 

During the time of 9/11 I was on the road with Gladys Knight in Canada just finishing up a 4 day tour that took us through NY just days before 9/11

As we passed the border on the way home from a good run. The 9/11 tradigity happened.

We missed seeing it unfold on Tv for being on the road back down south after a good short tour. And drive'n the truck back home from the gigs.

 

As the incident happened we were just getting into Tennissee when we saw the buildings falling again on Tv

We rushed home to wait for whatever was gonna happen more in ATL or whatever.

And as a stagehand? When things like this happen?

Nobody goes out to concerts and whatnot

So

As the country stood still and waited for the president to speak and let us know what is up?

 

I got the call from the Union to go to the GWCC to set up a show of some sort.

As a black man without a union card live'n in a non union state? I was surprised to be offered work when many times many of us never got a call for work with that Union.

 

So I rushed to the GWCC to cash in on some work that seldom came from them.

 

It turned out to be the presidents 9/11 speach

"We the People"

 

And I was given the gig because I had a good classification to offer a safe inviorment for the president to speek at.

And I was one of the only guys on the crew allowed to secure the platforms they set the bullet proof podium on for him to speak to the country for the first time since 9/11

 

So I thought I was not gonna have any issues with finding work after being shown that at least seceret service had no issue with me being a risk to national security

 

But that was not the case

Many of the clients that I worked with for years never called or acted as if they could not even talk to me about why I was not getting any work.

And so no matter what I try'd to do to find work?

It seemed as if my name kept me from being considered for simple work around town

I got one more gig with Gladys before the pressure of the 9/11 scare was too much for her to tour and she went to Vegas and stopped touring.

No music preformers were touring anywhere

So I could not find work for almost 5 months

By that time my landlord was still try'n to be understanding but I had to do something

There was a Writ-for possesion on my appartment when I found a gig with a friend of mine who owned Universooul circus and offered me a low end job helping him work on another leg of the circus.

As I went out on the orad try'n tomake enough to send back a payment to the landlord as aggreed, the landlord went on funeral leave and left the proporty to a family member (female) who was just out of jail and needed work.

While on a break after being told that my friend was not make'n enough money to keep up production, and I was asked to train a group of south africans to replace a few of us to curb his production cost.

I was told that someone had taken my possesions out of my apartment downtown at the "Walton House" and stole what they wanted and put the rest out on the streets of ATL at 8am... And everything was gone in less than two hours!

So I was about to be homeless and broke because all my mone and possesions was all in my apartment, and all I had was two bags of work gear and a lap top.

 

I remember many of the people whom I worked for who now because of my name treated me so baddly that I desided not to go back to ATL with no place to go and no work offered due to my Muslim name

And how many others acted at the sight of it on paper.

 

Anytime I fly I am picked out still just because of my name

And I'm black too

lol

 

Just the mention of being Muslim or Muslim bassed in todays society is still a issue

many of my clients are Jewish and Christian and still have issues once they know of my name

Kinda why I have the nick name Ez

 

But still to this day

I'm treated kinda funked up

Even by my own people

 

Two of my kids have muslim names and two have african names I will think that they can handle fools for descriminating against them because of their name.

Oh yes they are well aware. Im logging off have a good night and I will be on tomorrow.

peace.

What is their agenda,anyway?

One must be suspicious of any religion that feels it's word must be spread by violence rather than truth.

I don't remember xtianism being any different.

I would be surprised if you remembered anything at all, Syrup Drinker.