From Witches In 1692 To Muslims In The Crucible By Arthur Miller

From Witches in 1692 to Muslims in 2001 Arthur Miller in the play, The Crucible, suggests that people of society create a separation between outsiders and insiders of the town, often prosecuting the outsiders to make them stand out even more from society. Miller supports his claim by describing how the young girls of Salem blame the outsiders of their town of witchcraft. The author’s purpose is to point out that falsely accusing outsiders will not have a good outcome in order to convince the reader to not divide society. The author writes in a satiric tone to mock the McCarthyism era of communism. The town of Salem in The Crucible, can relate to our nation today, through the way we target the Muslim religion as terrorist.
The town of Salem

Ever since the terrorist attack on the twin towers in 2001, innocent Muslims have been labeled as terrorists. An article from the New York Times states “that hate crimes against American Muslims were up 78 percent over the course of 2015,” in other words, people began to accuse many people after one action of others (Litchtblau). This can reflect on the Salem witch trials, due to the large amount of outsiders they targeted throughout the whole trial. People in the United States began to label Muslims as terrorist and it spread like rapid fire, similar to the girls who began the accusing in the witch trials. Recently, it seems as if our nation is on their own “witch hunt” for Muslims, accusing all Muslims as terrorists, in order to try to stop any other attacks on the United States. But an article from The Huffington Post states that “according to the FBI, 94% of terrorist attacked carried out in the United States from 1980 to 2005 have been by non-Muslims,” which demonstrates that most Muslims are being falsely accused by our nation (Omar Alnatour). This relates to the girls accusing the outsiders of witchcraft, because the town listened and conformed to what they said. Which is similar to how our nation is conforming to the thought that Muslims are terrorists now. An article from the New York Times also states that “Donald Trump… called for a ban on immigration by Muslims,” showing that the United States have now made executive orders to stop this “problem” (Litchtbalu). This can reflect on The Crucible, because the judge made executive order of hanging the “witches,” similar to how Trump is now making executive order that Muslims are banned from the US. The Salem witch trials targeted outsiders of the town, like the way the United States today are targeting Muslims and banning them, due to a few Muslims who have caused harm to our