Samantha Power Quotes

For the most part, the only contact that most Quebecers have with the world of Islam is through these images of violence, repeated over and over: wars, riots, bombs, the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Boston marathon... The reaction is obvious: We'll have none of that here!

At times one feels that what is being said in the West is that the fact that you are a Muslim predisposes you to this blind, stupid terrorism.

Seeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist.

It is tragic that all Arabs—all Moslems—are stereotyped because of the actions of a few.

9/11. For the West the attack on New York's World Trade Centre conjured up a terrifying new enemy: Islamic fundamentalism. For Muslims it appeared to open the floodgates to a new wave of hatred and discrimination. Suddenly, it seemed, racists had license to attack them, police to harass them, politicians and journalists to revile their religion.

I meet a lot of people when I do stand-up in the Middle East, and I don't know any terrorists, yet on TV and in the movies, 9 out of 10 are depicted as terrorists.

Not all Muslims are terrorists, but almost all terrorists are Muslims.

To characterize all Muslims as terrorists is fear-mongering of the worst kind.

It is very easy to make wild generalizations about Islam. All you have to do is read almost any issue of The New Republic and you'll see there the radical evil that's associated with Islam, the Arabs as having a depraved culture, and so forth. These are impossible generalizations to make in the United States about any other religious or ethnic group.

I don't think I have an unkind word for any.Except Muslims. I've been cross with them since 9/11 2001. I can't remember why but it was something bad.

Usually in films, when Muslims pray, it's either before or after they've blown something up.

Definitely in the West, we're all cast as the same now. Whether you're Indian, Pakistani, Arab, Iranian, Afghan or whatever, you just get thrown into this category. And nine times out of 10, you're depicted as bad.

Does every Muslim commit terror? Of course not.

Americans have almost been conditioned to believe that the majority of people who seek to do us harm are those of Muslim descent.

A kind of racism still exists in the United States, and Islamophobia is a more convenient way to express that sentiment. There has also been an attempt to paint Muslims as enemies of the United States.

I figure if people don't want to make the distinction between a Muslim and a terrorist, then why should I make a distinction between good scared white people and racists?

If there is an exotic woman it's always a terrorist role.

Muslims are like wild dogs. You can't deal with them, you can only kill them.

Since 9/11, every time there is an incident overseas attributed to Muslims or Arabs, we go on orange alert ourselves …. There are individuals here who are off the wall, who think that every woman who wears a hijab or every man named Muhammad is out to blow things up.

Muslims have been hating us for centuries ….

We are perceived as a nation at war with Muslims. This debilitating and dangerous perception must be reversed.

Pakistanis are rarely introduced in popular media in any form except as a member of your friendly terrorist cell next door.

A fear of Moslems is rational.

Even though the moniker 'Vanilla ISIS' is tongue in cheek, it is a reminder to avoid constantly framing the concept of terrorism through an Islam-centric lens.

As a British Muslim, I am no stranger to prejudice. I know what it's like to be discriminated against just because of your background or religion.