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Anti Middle Easterner sentiment is feelings and expression of hostility, hatred, discrimination, or prejudice towards Middle East and its culture, and towards persons based on their association with Middle East and Middle Eastern culture.

In 1993, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee confronted Disney about anti-Arab racist content in its animated film Aladdin. At first Disney denied any problems but eventually relented and changed two lines in the opening song. Members of the ADC were still unhappy with the portrayal of Arabic characters and the referral to the Middle East as "barbaric".

Hate crimes against people of Middle Eastern origin or descent increased from 354 attacks in 2000, to 1,501 attacks in 2001. Among the victims of the backlash was a Middle Eastern man in Houston, Texas who was shot and wounded after an assailant accused him of "blowing up the country", and four immigrants shot and killed by a man named Larme Price, who confessed to killing them as revenge for the September 11 attacks. Although Price described his victims as Arabs, only one was from an Arab country. This appears to be a trend; because of stereotypes of Arabs, several non-Arab, non-Muslim groups were subjected to attacks in the wake of 9/11, including several Sikh men attacked for wearing their religiously-mandated turban.

The latest incident occurred in 2011, when Houda was arrested for refusing a frisk search and resisting arrest after having been approached by police suspecting him of involvement in a recent robbery. These charges were thrown out of court by Judge John Connell who stated "At the end of the day, here were three men of Middle Eastern appearance walking along a suburban street, for all the police knew, minding their own business at an unexceptional time of day, in unexceptional clothing, except two of the men had hooded jumpers. The place they were in could not have raised a reasonable suspicion they were involved in the robberies"

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 '''Anti Middle Easterner sentiment''' is feelings and expression of hostility, hatred, [[discrimination]], or [[prejudice]] towards [[Middle East]] and its culture, and towards persons based on their association with Middle East and Middle Eastern culture.
-In 1993, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee confronted [[Disney]] about anti-Arab [[racist]] content in its animated film Aladdin. At first [[Disney]] denied any problems but eventually relented and changed two lines in the opening song. Members of the ADC were still unhappy with the portrayal of Arabic characters and the referral to the Middle East as "barbaric". <ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Arabism&oldid=555972932</ref>
+In 1993, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee confronted [[Disney]] about anti-Arab [[racist]] content in its animated film Aladdin. At first [[Disney]] denied any problems but eventually relented and changed two lines in the opening song. Members of the ADC were still unhappy with the portrayal of Arabic characters and the referral to the Middle East as "barbaric".
-Hate crimes against people of [[Middle Eastern]] origin or descent increased from 354 attacks in 2000, to 1,501 attacks in 2001.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Arabism&oldid=555972932</ref> Among the victims of the backlash was a Middle Eastern man in [[Houston]], [[Texas]] who was shot and wounded after an assailant accused him of "blowing up the [[country]]",<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Arabism&oldid=555972932</ref> and four immigrants shot and killed by a man named Larme Price, who confessed to killing them as revenge for the September 11 attacks.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Arabism&oldid=555972932</ref> Although Price described his victims as Arabs, only one was from an [[Arab country]]. This appears to be a trend; because of stereotypes of Arabs, several non-Arab, non-Muslim groups were subjected to attacks in the wake of 9/11, including several Sikh men attacked for wearing their religiously-mandated [[turban]].<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Arabism&oldid=555972932</ref>
+Hate crimes against people of [[Middle Eastern]] origin or descent increased from 354 attacks in 2000, to 1,501 attacks in 2001. Among the victims of the backlash was a Middle Eastern man in [[Houston]], [[Texas]] who was shot and wounded after an assailant accused him of "blowing up the [[country]]", and four immigrants shot and killed by a man named Larme Price, who confessed to killing them as revenge for the September 11 attacks. Although Price described his victims as Arabs, only one was from an [[Arab country]]. This appears to be a trend; because of stereotypes of Arabs, several non-Arab, non-Muslim groups were subjected to attacks in the wake of 9/11, including several Sikh men attacked for wearing their religiously-mandated [[turban]].
-The latest incident occurred in 2011, when Houda was arrested for refusing a frisk search and resisting arrest after having been approached by police suspecting him of involvement in a recent robbery. These charges were thrown out of court by Judge John Connell who stated "At the end of the day, here were three men of Middle Eastern [[appearance]] walking along a suburban street, for all the police knew, minding their own business at an unexceptional time of day, in unexceptional clothing, except two of the men had hooded jumpers. The place they were in could not have raised a reasonable suspicion they were involved in the robberies"<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anti-Arabism&oldid=555972932</ref>
+The latest incident occurred in 2011, when Houda was arrested for refusing a frisk search and resisting arrest after having been approached by police suspecting him of involvement in a recent robbery. These charges were thrown out of court by Judge John Connell who stated "At the end of the day, here were three men of Middle Eastern [[appearance]] walking along a suburban street, for all the police knew, minding their own business at an unexceptional time of day, in unexceptional clothing, except two of the men had hooded jumpers. The place they were in could not have raised a reasonable suspicion they were involved in the robberies"
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