Post-9/11 has led to negative attitudes towards Muslim peoples who tend to be strongly associated with any act of terrorism. The media has played a colossal role in the development of such negative associations, constantly portraying Muslims in combination with violent terrorist acts. He does it in a way where they both go hand in hand. In other words, it gave the impression that the Islamic religion was synonymous with terrorism. The media has perpetuated Muslim stereotypes in the years following the September 11 incidents. For this reason, society has developed, and continues to develop, this prejudiced mentality towards the Islamic religion and Muslim communities around the world. People immediately assume that any act of violence portrayed in the media is the direct result of Muslims. They automatically generate the idea that the act was committed by a Muslim terrorist, even if he was not involved at all. Whether this is true or not, the Islamic religion and its Muslim followers are at the top of the societies agenda, just waiting for the evidence to be produced so that they can then be safely blamed for such global affairs. Once again, this led to an attack on the Islamic religion itself, in which people came to postulate Islam as an act of oppression, violence and hatred towards non-Muslims. Anti-Muslim sentiments and campaigns are the result of so much misinformation that the media generates and feeds to its viewers. Islamophobia has become a new topic of interest among social scientists, political leaders and media commentators. People in society have developed this phobia towards religion and Islamic people. It has become a new "form of racism in Europe and the United States based on discrimination... middle of article... attitudes towards Muslims and their religious faith and their views on terrorism among students from the University of Halifax which includes a collective sample from Saint Mary's University, Mount Saint Vincent University and Dalhousie University. We will examine current attitudes associated with the Islamic religion, which will give us an idea as to whether or not there is a connection between those who are aware of the Islamic religion and those who have favorable attitudes. Our hypothesis is that those who are familiar with the Islamic religion will likely have more favorable attitudes or at least not have a discriminatory view towards this religious group. We also hypothesize that first-year undergraduate students will have more prejudice and discriminatory attitudes toward Muslims than fourth-year students who will have more favorable attitudes..