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The typical stereotype of Middle Eastern society is that they’re violent. However, people of other cultures have subjected Middle Eastern’s into violent, inhumane groupings due to radical extremists. There are Middle Eastern’s just like American men and women who are afraid for their lives, wish for peace and love. There are smaller stereotypes about those people that construct the larger one: all Middle Eastern’s are violent. For instance, the religion of Islam that most Muslims follow and how Arab men are viewed. These stereotypes are created due to savage acts. People of other cultures believe the Islamic religion praises violence and wreckage. However, they’re very wrong. A Muslim’s entire religion is based around the aspects of peace. Human welfare, defense against corruption and evil, one’s faith, reason, wealth, and lineage are all valued in the religion. A typical …show more content…

Yes, those type of groups are out their in the Middle East are causing trauma and destruction, like Hamas. Overall, Hamas has enacted on 425 terrorist attacks, fifty-two of those being suicide terrorism. Hamas has reasoning behind these callous acts. Palestine and Israel have been fighting over land for centuries. War’s raged, people were murdered and traumatized. Hamas wants Israelis out of the picture as they try and restore the Muslim Brotherhood. Israelis are “a foreign cancer on sacred Muslim land”. Hamas isn't the only group known for its ferocious acts. Terrorist attacks worldwide have occurred as a way to gain political power. However, not all extremists use violence for their way of sending a message. Some form activism and fundraisers trying to spread ideology. Different societies are aware of what is going on with these violent groups. But no one should be subjecting these Middle Eastern’s into a branch of which they are afraid of

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