On September 11, 2001, 19 Iraqi hijackers forever changed the lives of millions of innocent Muslims around the world. These hijackers compromised a total of four planes and guided each of them to hit a certain target. The world witnessed the alarming collapse of the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon turned to dust. An estimated 3,000 Americans1 died that day, resulting in the most widespread witch hunt in human history. Speaking on the evening of the attack, President George W. Bush soothed his people who had lived through one of the greatest tragedies in American history. He ostensibly recruited all Americans to fight terrorism, but his citation of Psalm 23:42 inadvertently excluded Muslim Americans from the hunting party, thereby cementing them on the same side as the terrorists. The United States of America was built on the principle of equal rights. However, the contemporary hunt for Muslims only shows the opposite; Muslims are portrayed as terrorists and subjected to constant attacks from the government and the people. America, supposedly the land of the free, still fails to look beyond its narrowly stereotypical view. To better understand the witch hunt, one need only look further than Salvation by Langston Hughes and The Ways We Lie by Stephanie Ericsson. Langston Hughes informs the audience of his childhood experience when he gave a powerful testimony of his encounter with Jesus. He emphasizes the power of “groupthink” by which he was psychologically forced to succumb to peer pressure. Likewise, many Americans are forced to look down on Muslims simply because society asks them to. On September 5, 2002, an innocent Arab American was escorted out of Westland Mall by a piece of paper... rented for two weeks until the Spanish government found the exact match for the fingerprints. Contrary to common stereotypes about his skin color, Brandon Mayfield is a successful lawyer in the United States and his arrest seemed completely absurd to his peers. It turned out that the FBI had judged his skin color to determine arrest.8 With the Patriot Act taking effect, innocent Muslims are being accused of crimes with which they are never affiliated. Furthermore, they cannot protest their innocence in court because the law suspends their rights. They are held in captivity until the agency is satisfied. Although the US government has the best intentions of deterring terrorists at home, it targets innocent and harmless Muslims. To avoid an unfair process, the U.S. government should repeal regulations that rely on stereotypes and erroneous generalizations..