What are the causes of prejudice against Arabs and Muslims?
“We don’t feel that much has been done to educate the ignorant people who discriminate against a certain community because of what’s happening overseas. Doesn’t matter, Muslim or Christian, it doesn’t really matter. A Muslim because you are more obvious. But if you don’t wear a scarf then there’s no difference in the way we look. We are subjected to the same kind of behaviour. During the Gulf War, Lebanon was with the allies, with the invaders. But we were subjected to the same kind of discrimination that we’re experiencing today. And we don’t see any real genuine effort from the government to make any changes. “You see I think we’re being discriminated against from the very very top, from Mr John Howard. He talks about and identifies Muslim people as being aggressive people and terrorists, who we are not, but we should not be denied the right to defend ourselves. If someone is going to slap me, I’m going to slap him back and that should be expected. We are always on the defensive; wha
