islamophobia

"Sabriya has her whole summer planned . . . but those plans go out the window after a terrorist attack near her home. When the terrorist is assumed to be Muslim and Islamophobia grows, Sabriya turns to her online journal for comfort . . . Soon two more teens, Zakat and Farah, join Bri to run 'You Truly Assumed' and the three quickly form a strong friendship . . . When one of them is threatened, the search to find out who is behind it all begins, and their friendship is put to the test when all three must decide whether to shut down the blog and lose what they've worked for"--Provided by publisher.

Adama Bah recounts when she was a teenager after September 11 and how she was arrested and accused of being a suicide bomber.

In the wake of 9/11, Shadi, a child of Muslim immigrants, tries to navigate her crumbling world of death, heartbreak, and bigotry in silence, until finally everything changes.

"Launching a propulsive middle grade nonfiction series, a young woman shares her harrowing experience of being wrongly accused of terrorism. Adama Bah grew up in East Harlem after immigrating from Conakry, Guinea, and was deeply connected to her community and the people who lived there. But as a thirteen-year-old after the events of September 11, 2001, she began experiencing discrimination and dehumanization as prejudice toward Muslim people grew. Then, on March 24, 2005, FBI agents arrested Adama and her father. Falsely accused of being a potential suicide bomber, Adama spent weeks in a detention center being questioned under suspicion of terrorism. With sharp and engaging writing, Adama recounts the events surrounding her arrest and its impact on her life--the harassment, humiliation, and persecution she faced for crimes she didn't commit. Accused brings forward a crucial and unparalleled first-person perspective of American culture post-9/11 and the country's discrimination against Muslim Americans, and heralds the start of a new series of compelling narrative nonfiction by young people, for young people"--Provided by the publisher.

A Muslim is a follower of the religion Islam, which is the fastest growing religion in the world. What most Muslims in America have in common, aside from their faith, is that they face negative stereotypes and bias incidents from other Americans. This book examines what bias looks like, how widespread it is, how it affects real people, and efforts to address it.

In near-future America, the US-Mexico border is closed, and all Muslims are being sent to internment camps. This environment doesn't bother sixteen-year-old Sarah-Mary who has real problems with her strict aunt and Baptist high school. One day, her younger brother Caleb comes across a Muslim fugitive named Sadaf trying escape to Canada, which prompts a journey where Sarah-Mary is forced to confront her own prejudices and intolerance.

"Explores the history of contact between the Muslim and Western civilizations during the fourteen centuries since Islam was established"--.

This examination of islamophobia looks at the history of Islamic extremism, and discusses the ways in which Islamist atrocities have caused Westerners to question how they can protect themselves without persecuting innocent Muslims.

Explores the racial landscape of post-9/11 America, and places violence, Islamophobia, and xenophobia in a broader context.