Terrorist attacks often bring out the best in people. After 9/11, Americans stood together and
helped one another through the grieving process. To quote President Barack Obama, “volunteers lined up to give blood and drove across the country to lend a hand. Schoolchildren donated their savings.”
Despite the good responses people have in the wake of such disaster, some lash out with hurtful and stereotype-driven attacks on certain ethnicities. Muslim-Americans had it rough following 9/11, and many still encounter casual racism on a day-to-day basis.
One of the flashpoints of this racism occurred in the aftermath of the January 7th attack on the Paris office of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. The head of global media company News Corp. Rupert Murdoch tweeted:

Maybe most Moslems peaceful, but until they recognize and destroy their growing jihadist cancer they must be held responsible.
The outdated spelling of Muslim here mirrors an outdated mindset. Holding a group of people responsible for the actions of a few is the basis of sexism, racism and other stereotype-driven inequities existing today.
It’s insensitive to expect Muslims to condemn terrorism every time it happens. Of course they think killing innocent people is wrong, just like most American or French or Japanese or Sudanese people.
The first way to reducing racism is to hear what different kinds of people think. So, I talked to biology sophomore and Muslim student Sameer Farhud about his view of the attack.
How do you feel when Muhammad is depicted in an offensive way?
It hurts to see Prophet Muhammad depicted in an offensive manner as not only a Muslim, but as a human. I have always been taught to never offend someone intentionally, and do not understand how one benefits from doing so. This, however, does not justify the killing of innocent human beings.
Do think you should have to go out and protest the terror attack in Paris just because the terrorists were Islamic?
Islam is a religion that preaches peace and love for all humans, these men are not an accurate representation of Islam. I do not think that these attacks have to be protested because I am Muslim, but rather because I am human. I stand with the people of Paris, and keep those who were hurt in my prayers.
Do you know any Muslims who would support something like the attack?
The people who carried out these attacks cannot accurately claim to be Muslim, the same way that someone who supports these attacks cannot be either. I do not know anyone, regardless of religion, that would support such atrocities.