Trending: NYC explosions and Islamophobia

@nnehajainn: “#Explosion outside our apartment at 23rd and 6th in #newyork. Terrified. Hoping everyone is okay.”

Amidst growing Islamophobia, You Tuber Karim Metwaly posted a social experiment video last Monday, that went viral. The video titled

American vs Muslim bag experiment. The caption read: “Would you trust a Non-Muslim or Muslim handing you a bag to hold?”

John Robert: “To be honest maybe I would not hold that bag at all because we all know that now-a-days we can’t trust someone especially that suicide bombers are all over the world... It is really frightening we dont know what’s inside the bag people are just being careful it’s not really about the religion or the way she is dressed it’s also not being racist, it’s called fear and being careful of people whom to trust.”

Matthew Yeong: “No one should be jugdemental and say Muslims are terrorists, anyone is a terrorist if their heart is not right! Respect other’s religion if you want to get respect.”

Chris Digirolamo This isn’t racism or discrimnation you have to understand that people relate things according to experiences and what they’ve seen . Many terrorist attacks and things on the media depict Muslims in that light so obviously they’d be afraid of a terrorist threat it’s just a natrual defense... not justifying the behavior just saying I understand why some may selectively choose to not trust or be around certain people.”

Wafaa Essam: “I keep watching it time over time and it’s painful it’s heartbreaking, it’s that pain that makes you fight tears cause you know you didn’t do anything wrong and you are already pre-judged. It’s hard to imagine maybe because I don’t live in the US, I don’t know maybe it’s not only in the US, but I still have faith in humanity.”