Within the United States Army, it is estimated that as many as 10,000 soldiers are
Muslim. However, in 2008, only 3,086 active duty personnel self-identified as Muslim.
Following the attacks of September 11 and more recently, the 2009 Fort Hood shooting,
there has been a marked shift in the general public’s perception toward Muslim citizens,
and for American soldiers whom are Muslim; they have been placed in incredibly
difficult circumstances. In this report, I aim to document the experiences of soldiers who
are Muslim within the U.S. Armed Forces, and report on their struggles, successes and
lives, in an era when Islamic terrorist and extremist groups are considered to be the
United States nemesis. A vast majority of soldiers never encounter prejudice or
experience religious or ethnic discrimination, but some do. And for soldiers who face
prejudice in the military based on their religion or ethnicity, there is often little internal
protection available from the higher chain of command. The problem may be relatively
small in scope with regard to the number of soldiers affected on a daily basis, but
fundamentally important constitutional rights are at stake in these cases of institutional
lack of protection / text
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UTEXAS/oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/ETD-UT-2012-05-5398 |
| Date | 15 August 2012 |
| Creators | Chen, Elizabeth |
| Source Sets | University of Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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