TODAY IN THE YOUNG TURKS WE ARE GOING TO
PROFILE WHAT ISLAMOPHOBIA IN AMERICA ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE ONE
FAMILY IN PARTICULAR.
WE ARE GOING TO LOOK OVER A LIMITED
TIME PERIOD AT THE VARIOUS ACTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO SUFFER
THROUGH IF YOU HAVE THE GALE TO BE A MUSLIM IN AMERICA.
THE
FAMILY WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT HAS A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD WHO
WAS INTRODUCED TO
ISLAMOPHOBIA AT SCHOOL.
HE'S A FIRST GRADER AND THE YOUNGEST CHILD
THAT HE TOLD HIS PARENTS A CLASSMATE TRIED TO FORCIBLY FOOD
THAT WASNíT HALAL.
WHEN HE REFUSED FIVE OF HIS CLASSMATES
GANGED UP ON AND MAKING FUN OF HIS NAME.
THEY PUNCHED HIM IN
THE FACE, KICKED HIM IN THE STOMACH, AND TWISTED HIS ARM
WHILE CALLING HIM MUSLIM AGAIN AND AGAIN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW A
FIRST GRADER KNOWS, I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN IDENTIFY
DIFFERENT RELIGIONS.
I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT RELIGION
WHEN I WAS IN FIRST GRADE BUT TO THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING,
WAY I CAN OSTRACIZE AND BRUTALIZE SOMEONE.
THAT IS
SCARY FOR THE FUTURE.
WE CAN SPECULATE ABOUT WHAT MIGHT'VE
CHANGED IN OUR COUNTRY OVER THE LAST YEAR TO MAKE THEM OR
COMMENT BUT WE DO KNOW THAT IT HAD A BAD AFFECT ON THE FAMILY.
AFTER WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM, THEY DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO GO BACK
TO PAKISTAN.
THE KIDS WERE ALL BORN IN AMERICA.
THIS IS A
STATEMENT BY THE DAD.
HE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN AMERICA.
HE
WAS BORN IN AMERICA.
FLORIDA, AS AMERICAN AS YOU CAN THINK OF
THAT HE LIKES AMERICA.
HE WAS TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
THAT IS JUST ONE INCIDENT.
FEEL FREE TO
CUT IN.
WE HAVE OTHERS AS WELL.
HE REMEMBERS HIS MIDDLE SON, A
YEARS OLD BEING VERY ANGRY WENT AFTER BEING PICKED UP FROM
SCHOOL.
APPARENTLY HIS CLASSMATES HAD TOLD HIM HIS DAD,
A PAKISTANI MAN WITH A BEARD, WAS A TERRORIST.
AFTER THAT HE
ASKED THEM NOT TO GO TO THE SCHOOL ANYMORE JUST SO MY
CHILDREN WOULD NOT FACE ANY DISCRIMINATION BECAUSE OF MY
FACE.
THE FATHER AT THAT POINT WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO GO TO THE
SCHOOL TO ENGAGE IN THE EDUCATION OF HIS CHILDREN
BECAUSE IT MIGHT LEAD TO BULLYING AGAINST THE KID.
TO ME THE MOST INTERESTING PART OF THE STORY IS WHAT THE
FATHER DOES.
TURNS OUT, HE HAS 12 FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIPS AND
EISENHOWER FELLOWSHIP, HAS 4 DEGREES INCLUDING A PHD AND HE
DESIGNED
SOFTWARE THAT HELPS US MITIGATE TERRORIST ATTACKS.
GROUPS.
WE
JUST DROVE HIM OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
HE WAS THE CHIEF
TECHNOLOGY OFFICER FOR COMPANY CALLED PREDICT IF I MEET.
HE
HELPS BETTER UNDERSTAND WHO IN THE EUROPE AND US IS VULNERABLE
TO BEING RECRUITED BY ISIS.
HE WAS HELPING US FIGURE OUT WHO
ISIS IS AND WE JUST DROVE HIM OUT OF THE COUNTRY.
THE OTHER
THING HE DOES IS HE DEVELOP SOFTWARE THAT MODELS THE DAMAGE
OF SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN AN EFFORT TO BUILD BUILDINGS IN A BETTER
WAY TO PREVENT SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, ETC.
THE GET BOMBED
FROM HAVING MORE DAMAGE.
SAVES LIVES OF CHILDREN, THE INJURED.
COULDN'T BE A BETTER GUY, COULDN'T BE MORE PRO-AMERICAN,
ANTITERRORIST, COULDN'T BE SMARTER AND WE BASICALLY
TERRORIZED HIS FAMILY SO MUCH THAT HE HAD TO GO BACK TO
PAKISTAN WHERE HE FEELS BY THE WAY ONLY MARGINALLY SAFER.
HERE'S THE TRADE-OFF HE HAD TO MAKE.
HE SAID IN PAKISTAN, SOME
PEOPLE KNOW THAT HE WORKS ON ANTI-TERROR PROGRAMS AND HE ONCE
GOT ASSAULTED FOR THAT.
AND HE IS LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE
WORLD I CAN LIVE.
I GET ATTACKED FOR BEING AGAINST
TERROR AND HERE IN THE US MY KIDS GET ATTACKED.
ALL RISK ME GETTING ATTACKED INSTEAD OF MY KIDS AND HE
MOVED THEM BACK TO PAKISTAN THOUGHT.
APPARENT SAID THAT THERE WAS A CERTAIN IRONY IN THEIR
CHILDREN BEING ATTACKED FOR BEING PERCEIVED AS FOREIGNERS
WHO NOW HAVE TO GET VISAS SO THEY CAN TRAVEL TO PAKISTAN
BECAUSE THEY ARE US CITIZENS.
THEY CAN JUST FLY THERE THE SAME
AS YOU AND ME, THEY NEED TO GO THROUGH A BIG PROCESS OF
DOCUMENTATION.
SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE SAYING KIDS ARE
TERRIBLE.
AND THAT IS TRUE, BUT THIS IS NOT JUST AN ISSUE WITH
CHILDREN.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, THERE WAS A NEIGHBOR THAT
CONSTANTLY HARASSED THE FAMILY ONCE CALLING THEM MOTHER
FOKKER'S AND THREATENING THE WIFE.
MENTIONING DONALD TRUMP
AND HIS DESIRE TO VOTE FOR HIM TO KICK US OUT OF THIS COUNTRY.
IN JUNE, A MAN BRANDISHED A HANDGUN AT THE MOSQUE THE FAMILY
ATTENDS IN NEARBY FAYETTEVILLE TELLING PARISHIONERS THERE THAT
HE WAS GOING TO KILL THEM AND BURY THEM BEHIND THE MOSQUE.
THINK FULLY THE FAMILY WAS NOT AT THE MOSQUE ON THAT PARTICULAR
DAY BUT THAT IS THE HOUSE OF WORSHIP THAT THEY GO TO DIE IN
SEPTEMBER, THE MOSQUE HE USED TO ATTEND WHEN HE WAS A STUDENT WAS
SET ON FIRE.
AN ACT OF TERRORISM.
THE ALLEGED ARSONIST
HAD MADE ANTI-MUSLIM AND PRO-TRUMP FACEBOOK POST IN THE
MONTHS LEADING UP TO THE ATTACK.
THIS IS LESS THAN ONE YEAR THAT
WE ARE PROFILING.
MULTIPLE VIOLENT ATTACKS AND THREATS
AGAINST THE LIFE OF HIM AND HIS FAMILY, BULLYING AND ACTUALLY
BEATING THE CHILDREN.
THERE IS NO IS LLAMA PHOBIA.
THAT IS
WHAT WE HEAR ON THE DEBATES.
WHEN I WAS A KID, IMMIGRATED HERE WHEN I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD.
KIDS ARE TOUGH ON YOU AND THEY PICK ON YOU.
THEY WOULD DO THE
HOT YOU ARE FROM TURKEY, GOBBLE GOBBLE.
I WAS A THICK SKIN KID
AND I WAS STRONG.
LIKE YOU GUYS WANT TO FIGHT?
I EVEN HAVE AN
INCLINATION TO SAY YOU CAN GET PAST THIS.
STAY OR MOVED TO
BERKELEY.
YOU WILL BE FINE OR IN NEW JERSEY.
THERE ARE A LOT
OF ETHNICITIES THERE.
IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHEN I GREW UP.
NUMBER ONE, IT'S IN THE NUMBERS.
CRIMES AGAINST MUSLIMS ROSE 80%
FROM 2014 TO 2015.
THAT IS A FACT AND THAT A SIGNIFICANT DIET
IS NOT JUST ANECDOTAL.
NOW YOU HAVE TRUMP GOING OUT THERE
SAYING WE HAVE TO CREATE A NATIONAL DATABASE OF MUSLIMS TO
TRACK THEM.
WE HAVE TO SURVEILLED THEIR MOSQUES AND
PROFILE THEM HE SAID ONCE ISLAM HATES US.
INCLUDING ALL MUSLIM
AMERICANS.
AND ALL THESE GUYS KEEP MENTIONING TRUMP.
IT'S NOT
AN ACCIDENT.
WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE SAYING ISLAM IS WORSE,
MUSLIMS ARE THE WORST, THEY ARE OUR ENEMIES, THE ONLY WAY TO
DEFEAT OUR ENEMIES IS TO CALL THE MUSLIM AND GOING ON AND ON
AND THEY GO WHAT?
WHAT'S THE BIG?
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS.
DON'T PRETEND THAT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE IT IS A FACT AND
DON'T PRETEND THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT IF
YOU ARE IN THAT CAMP.
YOU MIGHT SAY I AM JUST BEING
INTELLECTUALLY HONEST HERE.
WE HAVE TO SINGLE OUT THOSE MUSLIMS
AND PUT SOME SORT OF IDENTIFYING MARK ON THEM AND WHAT?
I DON'T
LIKE ANYTHING BAD CAN HAPPEN.
I'M JUST BEING RATIONAL.
NO YOU
AREN'T.
YOU ARE GOING DOWN A DARK PATH.
WE ARE ARTY ON THAT
PATH AND THESE ARE THE RESULTS OF THAT.
IS A DIFFERENT THING
TO SAY I BATTLE AGAINST IDEAS.
WE ALL DO HERE ON THE YOUNG TURKS.
WE'RE NOT BIG FANS OF RELIGION.
WE SAYñ.
I THINK EVERY ONE OF THEIR BELIEFS IS UNTRUE, REGARD
THIS OF RELIGION.
CHRISTIANITY, JUDAISM, HINDUISM, ISLAM IS WRONG.
THAT
IS MY OPINION AS AN ATHEIST.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I HAVE TO
GO ATTACK TAOISTS.
THERE REALLY PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS.
AND
THEN PEOPLE WILL SAY NO, BUT THEY ARE AWESOME.
I DON'T KNOW
A COUNTRY WHERE BUDDHISTS SOMETIMES MASSACRE MUSLIMS.
IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THEIR RELIGION IS THE WORST I'VE YOU BELIEVE IN
THEIR RELIGION AND IT'S TENDONS THEN YOU ARE THE WORST.
ONCE PURCHASING EVERYBODY.
BE A GOOD EXAMPLE IN THE WORLD.
ESPECIALLY IF YOU BELIEVE THAT YOUR WORLDVIEW AND WAY OF
THINKING IS SUPERIOR, DEMONSTRATE THAT THE PEOPLE
IN THE WAY THAT YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE IN THE WAY THAT YOU
INTERACT WITH OTHERS.
YOU CAN FIGHT AGAINST IDEAS YOU DON'T AGREE WITH WITHOUT
HATING PEOPLE, SINGLING THEM OUT, AND THEN LEADING TO AN
ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TO WORRY THAT THEIR KIDS ARE GOING
TO BE ATTACKED BECAUSE SOME KNUCKLEHEAD WAS TOLD THAT ISLAM
HATES US AND THAT THE REAL PROBLEM IS THE MUSLIMS AND ONLY
THE BRAVE PEOPLE WILL SAY IT AND WILL ACTUALLY ACT UPON IT.
IF
YOU THINK THAT YOUR WORDS HAVE NO CONSEQUENCES AND WHO CARES?
LET'S GO SINGLE THOSE GUYS OUT AND ATTACK THEM AND THEN I HAVE
NO MORAL CULPABILITY.
I TOLD YOU THAT THE MUSLIMS ARE THE
REAL PROBLEM IN THE WORLD.
AND THEN SOMEBODY DID SOMETHING
ABOUT IT, ME?
I NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
YOU DID HAVE SOMETHING
TO DO WITH IT.
JUST UNDERSTAND IT.
BE A LITTLE BIT MORE
RESPONSIBLE.
I KNOW THAT IS WAY TOO MUCH TO ASK.