Recently, I came across two videos on YouTube, each designed to let young American Muslims have their chance to tell their truths—to present images different from the ones that too often fill the popular imagination.
Are these videos needed? According to a Gallup Center for Muslim Studies report released in February, indeed they are. More than 4 in 10 Americans (43%) admit to feeling at least “a little” prejudice toward Muslims — more than twice the number who say the same about Christians (18%), Jews (15%) and Buddhists (14%).
These two examples are not the same in their method, although both address some of the key prejudices Americans typically hold about Muslims.
The first was created by the Center for American Progress.
The second was by Kareem Salama, a “Muslim cowboy.”
Please check them out and let us know here what you like and why.
