Since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, the
majority of American Muslims say they feel they're subject to greater
discrimination due to their religious beliefs.
The findings from a newly releasedPew Research reportstem from questions posed to American Muslims between Trump’s January 2017 inauguration and the month of May.
While
two-thirds of American Muslims reported being dissatisfied with the
direction that the United States is headed in, the vast majority (80
percent) said they are satisfied with the projection of their own lives.
The
increased level of concern within the American Muslim community comes
in the first year of Trump's presidency. Seventy-four percent of those
surveyed believe that Trump is unfriendly to Muslims, compared to the 64
percent of those surveyed in 2011, who believed Obama was
overwhelmingly friendly towards Muslims.
Within
his first week of presidency, Trump signed the so-called travel ban on
seven Muslim-majority nations, which also proposed blocking Syrian
refugees from entering the United States. The order and the ability to
implement it have since been challenged in US courts.
In
the past year, 48 percent of American Muslims said they have
experienced some sort of discrimination based on their religion,
according to the study.
In
an age of increased surveillance in the name of national security in
the United States, 15 percent of US Muslims report being very worried
about the government monitoring their phone calls or emails due to their
religion.
However, despite the increased incidents
of discrimination, 49 percent of Muslim Americans reported that they
have received support from others because of their religion in the past
year. In the same vein, the report showed that 89 percent of Muslims say
they are proud to be both American and Muslim.