This was because African Americans began to migrate over to the United States, causing not only a physical migration, but also a spiritual migration. Once the Muslim population began to increase, Muslims became more involved politically, which was a dramatic change being they were always sitting there with a quiet existence. During this time, Muslims faced more discrimination for their race than they did with their religion. Both the positive and negative attitudes that people had for Muslim Americans was found more in the American Government rather than “at work, in school, or in the neighborhood” (Lum, 2011, p. 371). For the majority of this time period, having Muslims in America was not viewed as a problem during this time period. Once communism was defeated and the Cold War ended, America’s foreign policy began to view Islam as a threat
This was because African Americans began to migrate over to the United States, causing not only a physical migration, but also a spiritual migration. Once the Muslim population began to increase, Muslims became more involved politically, which was a dramatic change being they were always sitting there with a quiet existence. During this time, Muslims faced more discrimination for their race than they did with their religion. Both the positive and negative attitudes that people had for Muslim Americans was found more in the American Government rather than “at work, in school, or in the neighborhood” (Lum, 2011, p. 371). For the majority of this time period, having Muslims in America was not viewed as a problem during this time period. Once communism was defeated and the Cold War ended, America’s foreign policy began to view Islam as a threat