Dalia Mogahed: What it's like to be Muslim in America
Далія Моджахед: Про що ви думаєте, коли бачите мене?
Researcher and pollster Dalia Mogahed is an author, advisor and consultant who studies Muslim communities. Full bio
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I don't really blame you.
has been portraying
about Islam and Muslims is negative.
і мусульман - негативні.
say that most don't know a Muslim.
to their Uber drivers.
who have never met a Muslim,
because baby, I wasn't born this way.
бо я такою не народилася.
like some of my friends,
the hijab, my head covering.
a feminist declaration of independence
and unattainable standard of beauty.
і недосяжним еталонам краси.
the faith of my parents.
and questioned and doubted
it was not love at first sight.
reading of the Quran.
sometimes moves me to tears.
викликає сльози.
I feel that God knows me.
Я відчуваю, Бог знає мене.
completely understands you
after getting married,
the Egyptian-American dream.
of September, 2001.
exactly where you were that morning.
де були цого ранку.
finishing breakfast,
and see the words "Breaking News."
"Надзвичайні новини".
airplanes flying into buildings,
на Мекку..."
had turned me from a citizen
across Middle America
to start grad school.
почати там навчання.
in the passenger seat
afraid for anyone to know I was a Muslim.
that night in a new town
a completely different world.
and seeing and reading
Muslim organizations
"Be alert," "Be aware,"
"Don't congregate."
congregate for worship.
"Don't go that first Friday,
wall-to-wall coverage.
about attacks on Muslims,
to be Muslim, being pulled out
who attacked our country
at the terrorists.
all the time isn't easy.
saying things like,
and it's called Muslims.
and close down mosques.
kind of like we're a tumor
are we malignant or benign?
злоякісна чи доброякісна?
you extract altogether,
you just keep under surveillance.
because it's the wrong question.
бо це неправильне запитання.
aren't a tumor in the body of America,
не є пухлиною,
going to make America safer?
Америку безпечнішою?
is actually linked
of people of other faiths
in the Washington, DC area
get radicalized at mosques.
or bedroom, in front of a computer.
about the radicalization process
from their community,
can brainwash them
легше промивати їм мізки,
the terrorists, are the true Muslims,
their behavior and ideology
going to the mosque.
Islam is a violent religion.
bases its brutality on the Quran.
засвідчує свою жорстокість Кораном.
as a human being,
to stop a group like ISIS.
to their narrative
of a faith of 1.6 billion people.
1,6 мільярда людей.
with Christianity.
their ideology on their holy book.
they're not motivated
вони не мотивовані тим,
read these things into the scripture.
вичитувати ці речі в Писанні.
told me a story that really took me aback.
of going to join ISIS.
with a radical religious leader?
was quite the opposite,
talked to had shut her down
her sense of injustice in the world,
and make sense of this anger,
back to God and to her community.
instead, he gave her constructive ways
prevented her from going to join ISIS.
завадило їй приєднатися до ІДІЛ.
affects me and my family.
affect the health of our democracy,
впливає на здоров'я нашої демократії,
several studies in neuroscience --
неврологічними дослідженнями,
at least three things happen.
of authoritarianism,
авторитаризму,
were exposed to news stories
що коли суб'єкти
про мусульман,
of military attacks on Muslim countries
військових нападів на мусульманські країни
of American Muslims.
американських мусульман.
anti-Muslim sentiment spiked
антимусульманські настрої зросли
and during two election cycles.
і протягом двох виборчих циклів.
the natural response to Muslim terrorism
фізична реакція на мусульманський тероризм,
of public manipulation,
суспільного маніпулювання,
of a free society,
вільного суспільства,
and well-informed citizens.
і добре проінформованих громадян.
in the coal mine.
у вугільній шахті.
is harming us all.
шкодить нам усім.
to explain yourself all the time.
were a young married couple
були молодою подружньою парою
talented, promising ...
талановитий, перспективний...
that he was the sweetest,
and he showed her his resume,
коли вона була у нього в гостях.
become such an accomplished young man?"
став таким досвідченим молодим чоловіком?"
to her brother and his new wife,
до брата і його нової дружини
who was visiting for the afternoon,
яка була у них у той день,
on his Facebook page.
антимусульманських заяв.
it can even be lethal.
це може призвести до летального випадку.
or did we play it safe and stay home?
чи не ризикнули і залишилися вдома?
a small decision, but to us,
маленьким рішенням, але для нас
we wanted to leave for our kids:
ми б хотіли залишити для наших дітей:
our religion freely.
нашу релігію.
intensely, to the mosque.
у напрузі.
I walked into the prayer hall
увійшла в молитовний зал
Buddhists, atheists,
but to stand in solidarity with us.
а щоб підтримати нас.
courage and compassion
мужність і співчуття,
at this time of fear and bigotry?
в цей час страху і фанатизму?
you seem to have struck a chord.
ви, здається, зачепили за живе.
who might argue
хто може осуджувати те,
мозковому центрі,
don't let this stage distract you,
нехай цей етап вас не відволікає,
around the world --
the largest study ever done
like an exception to the rule,
винятком з правила,
що це порушення правила,
Dalia Mogahed.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dalia Mogahed - Muslim studies scholarResearcher and pollster Dalia Mogahed is an author, advisor and consultant who studies Muslim communities.
Why you should listen
As director of research at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, Dalia Mogahed keeps her finger on the pulse of the Muslim world. She served on Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships in 2009, advising the president on how faith-based organizations can help government solve persistent social problems.
Mogahed is a former director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, where her surveys of Muslim opinion skewered myths and stereotypes while illuminating the varied attitudes of Muslims toward politics, religion, and gender issues. Her 2008 book with John Esposito, Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think, outlines these surprising findings.
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