Domestic Crusaders Stereotypes

Stereotypes is something that should never be a problem in the world today because we are all human. Even though we are all humans some are different color, come from different back grounds, and have different beliefs, but; however that shouldn’t change how we view people. In the play The Domestic Crusaders the characters react to stereotypes and are also stereotypical themselves. People really started being stereotypical towards Muslims ever since 9/11 happened. We thought that all Muslims were terrorist and that they were all here to just cause problems, and we all started judging them by not only what they wore on their heads but also their beliefs and how they went about their days with prayers. Maybe with everybody being stereotypical

After reading the play The Domestic Crusaders it showed me to not be stereotypical to the Muslims because they may think differently of you as well. So when you see when in the store do not ask if he is related to Osama Bin Laden. “Yesterday at the flea market, I was picking my fruits-as usual. One white man was next to me. He was with his son-just a boy, probably eight or so. The boy looked up at me and asked, “Are you related to Osama bin Landen?” (pg. 16) This is the kind of stereotypical things that Muslims will get asked on a daily bases ever since 9/11 took place. The kids even some adults whenever they see a Muslim the first person they are going to think of is Osama bin Laden. Some Muslims handle the question that Hakim was asked in the store with laughter and some handle it with anger. Luckily for the boy Hakim handled the question with laughter, even though the boy assumed he was related to Osama bin Laden. Hakims response to the question was simply this, “No, no, I am not. He is a terrorist who doesn’t know the first thing about the religion of Islam. I am a proud Musalman, Alhamdulilah, born and raised in Hyderabad Deccan, India”. (Pg. 17) After Hakim just finished

They check my wallet, my keys, my belt, the contents of my bag, the magazine, my shoes, the keys again, and finally back to my belt. The other passengers scroll on by, witnessing the Muslim-mammal zoo exhibit. I’m sure it made them feel safe, that I was being sanitized. Even safer, when I boarded the plane and walked down the aisle. Oddly enough-no one else was searched except a young black man and a middle-aged white guy. He probably had an Eastern European name.”(Pg.40-41) Since 9/11 Muslims have been checked up and down more than once before boarding a plane. In the play as Ghafur talks about how he was check before boarding the plane and how he was one of the three people check prior to boarding the plane, and he felt that it was not that big of a deal. Salman had different thoughts about how Ghafur was check in the airport. “We’ll sue the bastards!” Once again one Muslim feel the airport was being very stereotypical and the other just assumed it was going to be that way and didn’t think it was that big of a deal. Seeing that everybody feels bad for the Muslims and says people are stereotypical towards them, after reading this play I can look at the flip side and see how the Muslims can be stereotypical if the rules of their religion are not