Islamophobia is a problem in the United States, and is not justified.

Firstly, I'm going to give examples of how Islamophobia is prevalent in the United States, and is a problem.1) Miss America, 2014Now, my opponent may very well argue that the winner of the 2014 Miss America pageant, Nina Davuluri, is not actually a Muslim. However, seeing as the 'controversy' surrounding her was based on the false belief that she was a Muslim, I'll still include this argument. As many of you may or may not know, the winner of the 2014 Miss America pageant, Nina Davuluri, is the first person of Indian descent to ever be crowned Miss America. There was much controversy surrounding her victory, however, and not for the normal reasons. It wasn't because it was believed she had cheated, or that the judges were unfair, or anything. It was that many believed that she was Arab and a Muslim. Following the pageant, many very hateful posts were made on websites like Twitter and Facebook, a few of which I will include below.Jake Amick (@jakeamick5) posted: "How the f*ck does a foreigner win miss America? She is a Arab! #idiots" (Edited to remove profanities, DDO wouldn't let me post it unedited.)Colton Evans (@ColtonSEvans) said: "Egypt dancing? This is America. #MissAmerica" Luke Brasili (@LukeBrasili): "9/11 was 4 days ago and she gets miss America?" Wendy Fraser (@wnfraser): "@ABC2020 nice slap in the face to the people of 9-11 how pathetic #missamerica" Shannon McCann (@SHANN__Wow): "Miss America right now or miss Al Qaeda?" Jared Tomes (@JTomes84): "Miss America is brought to by their sponsors PF Changs and 7-11." And many, many more comments that were angry, hateful, and just plain racists. And these were just somebody that they thought was Muslim because of her skin color. Coincidentally, most of them agreed that the real winner should have been Miss Kansas, who just so happened to be white and blonde, and who hunted and had tattoos. They argued that these things made her a "real American," as opposed to Miss New York, Nina Davuluri.2) US Representatives Keith Ellison and Andre Carson In 2012, Keith Ellison was elected to the US House of Representatives by his home state, Minnesota. But this was special. Keith Ellison is the first Muslim to serve in the United States Congress. Since then, Republican Congressmen have accused him of being "militantly anti-America", as well as being a radical Islamist. In fact, his main opponent, a Republican, openly admitted that the main reason she was running was because of his religion. Representative Andre Carson of Indiana was the second Muslim to serve in Congress. After he praised the way parochial schools (he never specified a religion, so it can be assumed he meant them in general) managed to remain relevant, his opponents freaked out, accusing him of wanting to force students to learn the Quran. [1]3) Barrack Hussein Obama IIThen, of course, there's the controversy surrounding our president, Barrack Hussein Obama II. It is well known that his father was a Muslim, and that he himself was raised as a Muslim. However, he later converted to Christianity. The simple fact that at one point in his life, he was Muslim, has caused endless accusations against him. Despite the fact that he has shown no signs of being a Muslim, and that many major Muslim extremists, including Osama bin Laden, were killed by American forces under his orders, he is constantly accused of trying to help Muslims take over America. [1]Now, for some reasons why this is not justifiable.1) The majority of terrorist activities in the United States are committed by Hispanics, not Muslims.To be more precise, Islamic extremists have been responsible for roughly 6% of terrorist activities in the United States. The largest group, Hispanics, has been responsible for roughly 42%. Even Jewish extremists have been responsible for more, with roughly 7% of attacks being committed by them. The only group to be responsible for less attacks than Muslim extremists is Communists, who have been behind 5% of attacks. This is measuring attacks between 1980 and 2005. [2]2) More Muslims are killed by Islamic extremists each year than non-Muslims.According to findings by the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) at West Point Military Academy, Islamic extremists, particularly al-Qaeda, kill more Muslims annually than non-Muslims. In fact, between 2004 and 2008, al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the deaths of roughly 3,010 people. Despite major attacks in Madrid (2004), London (2005), and other western cities, only 371 people killed, roughly 12%, were non-Muslims. This is a classic case of blaming the victim. [3]3) Many Muslims, along with non-Muslims, died in the September 11th terrorist attacks.The biggest rallying cry of Islamophobes tends to be the quote, "Everything I need to know about Islam, I learned on 9/11." What they likely don't know, is that 31 of the victims of the September 11th attacks were Muslim, including one woman who was seven months pregnant. Like my argument above, the victim is being blamed. The people who use 9/11 to attack Muslims are dishonoring the memory of these 31 innocent people. In fact, the mother of one of the victims was forbidden from travelling to her daughter's memorial service, as the government suspected that her daughter might have been one of the hijackers, instead of one of the victims. [4][1] http://www.salon.com...;[2] http://www.washingtonsblog.com...[3] http://www.spiegel.de...[4] http://islam.about.com...