rds Muslims, Arabs and anyone who resembles them. The people of these communities have complained of various forms of harassment as well as physical attacks and acts of vandalism on their properties and religious institutions. In one of the severest cases a Sikh man was killed because he was thought to be a Muslim because of his turban and long beard. Other reported incidents include a fire bombing of a mosque in Texas, an attempted murder of a Pakistani woman in a shopping center parking lot and hate crimes towards international students studying in various Universities in the United Kingdom and America. On the flip side, the attacks on America originally garnered a lot of sympathy from traditional anti-American societies most of which has since been lost due to the air strikes against Afghanistan. The image of Islam on the western world has also been destroyed with many people assuming all Muslims to be terrorists and of following the same beliefs as those terrorists. Although the majority of people living in multi-cultural societies around the world have banded together following the attacks, a minority of people in these societies have tried their best to separate other cultures from theirs. Aside from the detrimental effect this has had on the image of Islam and Muslims their have been other serious consequences on the global community. In the western world there has been a feeling of infringement on personal freedom with the increased monitoring of communications by the government. In America congress has been trying to pass a bill giving the government more power to monitor e-mails and telephone conversations. In campuses across the United States there has been various cases of what college staff believe to be a curbing of free speech. College faculty and staff who express opinions on the terrorist attacks and U.S. bombardment of Afghanistan are facing rebuke in public and private, suspension and investigation. At least two profe...
