Dalia Mogahed: What it's like to be Muslim in America
Dalija Mogahed (Dalia Mogahed): Šta pomislite kada me pogledate?
Researcher and pollster Dalia Mogahed is an author, advisor and consultant who studies Muslim communities. Full bio
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zbog bezbednosti na aerodromu.
I don't really blame you.
uistinu vas ne krivim.
has been portraying
o islamu i muslimanima negativno.
about Islam and Muslims is negative.
say that most don't know a Muslim.
da Amerikanci većinom tvrde
to their Uber drivers.
sa vozačima iz firme Uber.
who have never met a Muslim,
upoznali ni jednog muslimana,
because baby, I wasn't born this way.
jer, dušo, nisam rođena ovakva.
odlučila sam da to obznanim.
like some of my friends,
the hijab, my head covering.
da pokrivam glavu.
su bili zgroženi:
a feminist declaration of independence
bila feministička objava nezavisnosti
kao 17-ogodišnjakinja,
and unattainable standard of beauty.
savršenim i nedostižnim idealima lepote.
the faith of my parents.
veru mojih roditelja.
and questioned and doubted
i dovodila u pitanje i sumnjala
it was not love at first sight.
nije to bila ljubav na prvi pogled.
reading of the Quran.
svakim čitanjem Kurana.
sometimes moves me to tears.
me ponekad gane do suza.
I feel that God knows me.
Osećam da me Bog poznaje.
completely understands you
da vas neko vidi, razume u potpunosti,
after getting married,
nakon što sam se udala
the Egyptian-American dream.
egipatsko-američki san.
of September, 2001.
septembra 2001.
exactly where you were that morning.
tačno gde ste bili tog jutra.
finishing breakfast,
dovršavala doručak,
and see the words "Breaking News."
videla sam reči: "Najnovije vesti".
airplanes flying into buildings,
had turned me from a citizen
across Middle America
kroz središnju Ameriku
to start grad school.
zbog škole.
in the passenger seat
na mestu suvozača
afraid for anyone to know I was a Muslim.
da će neko da primeti da sam muslimanka.
that night in a new town
u novi stan u novom gradu,
a completely different world.
and seeing and reading
Muslim organizations
muslimanskih organizacija,
"Be alert," "Be aware,"
"Budite na oprezu", "Pazite se",
"Don't congregate."
"Ne okupljajte se."
congregate for worship.
"Don't go that first Friday,
"Ne idite odmah prvog petka,
wall-to-wall coverage.
celodnevno izveštavanje.
about attacks on Muslims,
na muslimane
to be Muslim, being pulled out
kako ih odvlače
zapaljivim bombama.
who attacked our country
at the terrorists.
da su ljudi besni na teroriste.
all the time isn't easy.
da se stalno pravdate.
saying things like,
kako zapravo izgovaraju sledeće:
and it's called Muslims.
a on se zove - muslimani.
and close down mosques.
i da pozatvaraju džamije.
kind of like we're a tumor
kao da smo nekakav tumor
are we malignant or benign?
jesmo li maligni ili benigni?
you extract altogether,
u potpunosti izvadite,
you just keep under surveillance.
prosto držite pod nadzorom.
because it's the wrong question.
jer je samo pitanje pogrešno.
aren't a tumor in the body of America,
nisu tumor u američkom telu,
i olimpijske atlete.
going to make America safer?
Amerika bila sigurnija?
nešto prostora za parkiranje,
is actually linked
je zapravo povezan
of people of other faiths
na ljude drugih veroispovesti
in the Washington, DC area
iz oblasti grada Vašingtona
get radicalized at mosques.
or bedroom, in front of a computer.
ili spavaćim sobama, ispred kompjutera.
about the radicalization process
o procesu radikalizacije
from their community,
can brainwash them
mogle da isperu mozak
the terrorists, are the true Muslims,
teroristi, istinski muslimani,
their behavior and ideology
njihovo ponašanje i ideologiju
going to the mosque.
Islam is a violent religion.
da je islam nasilna religija.
bases its brutality on the Quran.
zasnivaju svoju brutalnost na Kuranu.
as a human being,
kao ljudsko biće,
to stop a group like ISIS.
da zaustavimo grupe poput ISIS-a.
to their narrative
njihovom narativu
of a faith of 1.6 billion people.
vere 1,6 milijardi ljudi.
with Christianity.
their ideology on their holy book.
svoju ideologiju na svetoj knjizi.
they're not motivated
njih ne podstiče
read these things into the scripture.
da svašta učitaju u Sveto pismo.
told me a story that really took me aback.
koja me je uistinu iznenadila.
of going to join ISIS.
i upitala sam ga:
with a radical religious leader?
s radikalnim religijskim vođom?
was quite the opposite,
nešto sasvim drugo:
talked to had shut her down
s kojim je razgovarala ju je odbio
her sense of injustice in the world,
njeno osećanje nepravde u svetu
and make sense of this anger,
svoj bes i da ga razume,
koji su joj nudili rešenje.
back to God and to her community.
i s njenom zajednicom.
instead, he gave her constructive ways
naprotiv, pružio joj je svrsishodne načine
prevented her from going to join ISIS.
ju je sprečilo da se pridruži ISIS-u.
affects me and my family.
pogađa mene i moju porodicu.
affect the health of our democracy,
utiče na zdravlje naše demokratije,
several studies in neuroscience --
nekoliko istraživanja iz neuronauke -
at least three things happen.
bar tri stvari se dešavaju.
of authoritarianism,
were exposed to news stories
da kad su subjekti izloženi vestima
of military attacks on Muslim countries
vojnih napada na muslimanske zemlje
of American Muslims.
američkih muslimana.
anti-Muslim sentiment spiked
osećanja dostigla vrhunac,
and during two election cycles.
i desilo se tokom dva kruga izbora.
the natural response to Muslim terrorism
prirodna reakcija na muslimanske teroriste
of public manipulation,
za manipulisanje javnošću,
of a free society,
slobodnog društva,
and well-informed citizens.
i dobro obaveštene građane.
in the coal mine.
u rudniku uglja.
is harming us all.
povređuje sve nas.
to explain yourself all the time.
da se pravdate sve vreme.
were a young married couple
su bili mladi bračni par
talented, promising ...
bio je talentovan, potencijal...
that he was the sweetest,
da je bio najtoplije,
koje je znala.
and he showed her his resume,
i on joj je pokazao svoju biografiju
become such an accomplished young man?"
postao tako uspešan mladić?"
to her brother and his new wife,
posete bratu i njegovoj ženi,
who was visiting for the afternoon,
koja ih je posetila tog popodneva,
on his Facebook page.
izjave na svojoj Fejsbuk stranici.
it can even be lethal.
nemoralna, može da bude i smrtonosna.
or did we play it safe and stay home?
ili smo išli na sigurno i ostali u kući?
a small decision, but to us,
kao jednostavna odluka, ali za nas
we wanted to leave for our kids:
želimo da ostavimo svojoj deci:
our religion freely.
ispovedamo svoju religiju.
intensely, to the mosque.
usredsređeno u džamiju.
I walked into the prayer hall
ušetala u salu za molitve,
Buddhists, atheists,
budisti, ateisti,
but to stand in solidarity with us.
već da bi se solidarisali s nama.
courage and compassion
jer su odabrali hrabrost i saosećajnost
at this time of fear and bigotry?
u ovom vremenu straha i netrepeljivosti?
onima koji govore
you seem to have struck a chord.
izgleda da si pogodila u metu.
who might argue
da ne dozvole da ih ova scena zbuni,
don't let this stage distract you,
around the world --
the largest study ever done
najveće istraživanje ikad
like an exception to the rule,
kao izuzetak od pravila,
da je pravilo naopako,
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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