Things got worse for Muslims living in America since last year's terrorist attacks in Paris, Shaikh said, and events in the Belgian capital took the problem to another level.
"The aftermath is especially difficult for all the other Muslims in the world who are normal people, living and working," he claimed.
"After the Paris attacks we saw…the vandalism of mosques, we saw people being beaten on the streets or getting hostile looks on the street because of their appearance of the Muslim or because of their decision to worship a certain way. The wellbeing of Muslims is being threatened."
Since news about the Brussels tragedy emerged, US political leaders immediately took to using "inflammatory Islamophobic rhetoric", which makes it even more difficult for Muslims to feel tolerated and welcome in America.
"It's an election year, and we have candidates like Ted Cruz or Donald Trump who are calling for tightened surveillance of Muslim neighborhoods, which is…violation of the civil liberties of people living in this country," Shaikh said.
"After these events happen you always see a spike in Islamophobia, you always see a decreased level of tolerance from other people around you," Shaikh said.
He added that it is sad how the public has focused its attention more to some countries than others, saying there are states in the Muslim world or Africa that are effected by extremism more than Europe.
