Flickr/Darron Birgenheier. Some rights reserved.Comments by leading republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, on banning Muslims from entering the United States garnered international condemnation. Some, including the democratic candidate Martin O’Malley, have argued that Trump is simply a fascist demagogue.
On the other hand, the so-called Islamic State has shifted towards targeting Europe, and lone wolf attacks by radicalised individuals seem to be on the rise, even if they are not directed by IS or other international terror groups. The mass shooting in California is the latest example.
This has once again placed Muslims as well as Arabs in the spotlight, as many people in the west do not make the distinction between Arabs and Muslims. My life, as an Arab living in the post-modern epoch, has become increasingly dominated by men and women like Trump, Baghdadi, Bin Laden and Marine Le Pen. The question is, why?
