...differences among the different religious groups. |SCHOOL ISSUES | |Prayer in School |Creationism v. Evolution |Studying Women’s Rights in the Middle East |Saying the Pledge of Allegiance |Starting a Gay and Lesbian Support Group |Inter-Racial Dating | |COMMUNITY RELIGIOUS GROUPS |Pro/Con |Justify your answer |Pro/Con |Justify your answer |Pro/Con |Justify your answer |Pro/Con |Justify your answer |Pro/Con |Justify your answer |Pro/Con |Justify your answer | |Atheist |Con |Atheists are opposed to prayer in school. They find it to be of an offense. They do not believe in God, therefore they do not believe in praying to God. |Pro Evolution |Atheist doesn’t believe in the power of creation which is aligned to Christianity. They are for evolution, which are scientific verses religious based. |Pro |Atheists believe in the equality of male and woman rights. They support equality and would support woman’s right in the middle east. | Con |When it comes to the pledge of Allegiance, “one nation under God” is...
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...Morgan Bean Hinnant English IV-1 12 December 2014 Death Squads in the Middle East "This isn't the life we deserve, torture and death for us while you observe. Fire at me mate. I have to die, so you have something to deny"(Squad of Death). Why must someone die for what they believe? Due to the political uprisings and violence in the Middle East, a global force must intervene to put an end to the Death Squads. Ever since the beginning of recorded history, the Middle East has been a global hotspot. From the Crusades to the Arab Winter the Middle East has been in almost constant turmoil. During this turmoil, leaders from every aspect of civilization have created uprisings of persecution. In recent years, the persecution has escalated to an extremist level. A Death Squad is a group or faction that tortures and kills people based on their beliefs. Death Squads were made to attack people that are different than a group that is usually in a position of power. They are a heinous manifestation of human intolerance and hatred of those who are different....
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...Gender and Social Change in the Middle East: The Islam and Women Phenomenon Written By: Amelia Ramraj Arguably the most heated, widely discussed and controversial topic in gender and social change with respect to a cultural context is the state of women in the Middle East and the role that religion plays as a primary source for further derived influences of politics, economics, legal and family affairs to the social situation as a whole. This social stratosphere of revolving and intricate subjects of change and progression represent a multitude of conflicting ideologies, theories and realities. The media serves as an informational anchor, particularly in its portrayal of social situations and change, primarily divided into Western and Eastern media. The broader subject at hand is gender and social change in the Middle East, but specifically, how women, as the primary subject of the gender discussion, and Islam, as the foremost engine to drive the social scene across the Middle Eastern peninsula co-exist to create an unprecedented dynamic in the Middle East. This research paper will attempt to progressively reveal and discuss related subjects in order to create a transitional framework for a relevant understanding of the gender and social dynamic of the Middle East. As an outline, this paper will begin by briefly discussing the global role of women from a gender and sexuality perspective. It will then analyze how such roles are portrayed and what movements exist in order...
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...The Roles of Islamic Women Shania P. Fennell May 5, 2008 The Origins of Western Culture – HUM 101 Dr. DeChaby Spring 2008 The position of women in Muslim society has altered drastically in the centuries ever since Islam initiated in Arabia in the early 600s. Their place has fluctuated with irregular social, economic, and political situations. Even though Islam considers men and women as honorable equals in the eye of God, women have not had equivalent access to several regions of Islamic existence. This research paper will discuss Islam, Early Historical Background, Women in Islamic Society, Women in the Qur’an, Religious Life, Women Covering, Financial Matters, Financial obligations, Education, Modern Debate on the Status of Women in Islam, and U.S. Muslim Women Islam The Arabic word “Islam” means submission – in a religious situation, it indicates the submission to the will of God. Islam’s prophet is Muhammad, who acknowledged the initial revelation from God through the angel Gabriel in about 610 C.E. Muslim thinking consist of the oneness of God; the angels formed by Him; the prophets through whom His revelations were pass to humankind; the Day of Judgment and individual responsibility; God’s entire power over human fate in life and in death; the commands of the Quran; and the devotional services of prayer, fasting, aims giving, and making a pilgrimage to Mecca. Islam practices...
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...The Price of Middle-Class Dignity In the nineteenth century women of dignity and grace married men who could provide enough money so that the she could “go housekeeping”. Marriage wasn’t a bond of unity and love, in most cases it was an agreement of sorts that the groom would provide stability to his bride and she intern would provide meals and a clean home. Eunice’s life did not go according to the plan that she or anyone else had imagined for a respectable, middle-class New England woman. In contrast she did transect many of the stereotypes for low-class, immigrant women. As a child in the 1830s Eunice had little idea that her life wouldn’t live up to the status quo in New England society. Her mother, Lois, had led a fairly normal life of domesticity (up until her husband of twenty-five years abandoned her and their eight children) of cooking, cleaning, baking, planting vegetables, sewing, mending and caring for the children and Eunice aspired to do just that.(Hodes43) In order to do so she must first marry, and marry a man that could provide for her and her future children. At the young age of seventeen Eunice Richardson became Mrs. William Stone. Hodes speculates the reasoning behind Eunice’s early marriage was due to the fact that she was already working in the Amoskeag mill and marriage could rescue her from the weaving room. (Hodes49) In 1850 the work in mills and domestic help was for degraded Irish and African American girls. After William’s departure to Mobile...
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...control colonies around the world * Colonies were important to Europe because they provided natural resources and markets for export * Main two areas of the world Europeans competed for colonies were Africa and the Middle East Nationalism: * Belief that your country is the best and deserves more then other countries * Natural extension of the economic competition created by imperialism and industrialism * People in each country were willing to go to war to prove that there country was superior Militarism: * Increase in a countries armed forces to intimidate its rivals Unification of Italy and Germany: * Several short war’s fought * Never existed before 1870s as unified states * Italy unified by Kingdom of Piedmont, Germany unified by Kingdom of Prussia * Happened during industrial revolution Germany and France Rivalry: * Unification of Italy and Germany created a rivalry between Germany and France * In wars France was defeated and became Germany What is a dreadnought? - A ship that impressed people and was used in war A new Europe: * Europe now had 7 large states The Ottoman Empire – Ruled by? Main Religion? * Ruled from Istanbul in Turkey but controlled by Middle East, North Africa, and The Balkans * Main religion was Muslin but many others lived under Ottoman control Weakening of the Empire: * During 1800’s the Ottoman Empire was getting defeated by Russia in many wars and...
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...specifically these minority Christians that I am investigating in this paper. I will primarily answer the question, “Who are these Christians living in Israel?” I will examine this by looking into what specific denominations these Christians represent, what historical backgrounds they have living in the country of Israel, and how their culture meshes with that of Israel as a whole. Making up only about 2 percent of the 7,000,000 people of Israel, Christians living in Israel are very much a minority by number.1 Interestingly, though, Israel is the only country in the Middle East where the Christian population has grown over the past 60 years, now standing at over 155,000.2The Christian peoples of Israel can be classified into four main groups. These are the Orthodox Churches, the Non- 1 Eldar, Yishai, “Focus on Israel – The Christian Communities of Israel” 2 Reidy, Tim, “The Holy Land and the Church in the Middle East” Chalcedonian Churches, the Latin and Uniate Churches, and the Protestant Churches.3 Specifically, the state of Israel officially recognizes a number of Christian Communities. This recognized status allows the ecclesiastical, or church, courts of these communities to be granted jurisdiction in matters of personal status, for example the areas of marriage and divorce. These recognized communities are the Greek Orthodox, the Greek Catholic (Melkite), the Latin, the Armenian Orthodox, the Armenian Catholic, the Syrian Orthodox, the Syrian Catholic, the Chaldean Catholic...
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...1. What are the dimensions of cultural diversity? Identify and briefly explain the dimensions by referencing both textbooks. Diversity in the workforce has evolved throughout history. From ancient times where nobility and religious figures ruled all to more current times with the struggle for civil rights in the 1960s or the workforce diversity in the 1990s with woman and different ethnic groups becoming leaders and executives. According to the text, diversity is defined “as the ways in which people differ that may affect their organizational experience in terms of performance, motivation, communication, and inclusion” (Harvey, 2009, p. 1). Dimensions of diversity include components related to a person's race, gender, ethnic background, religious/spiritual dogmas, lifestyle, sexual orientation, age, abilities, and appearance (Schaefer, 2012). These are known as primary dimensions. Secondary dimensions are considered less central to someone’s social identity. Some examples are: Geographic location, military/work experience, family status, income, education, communication and work styles, and first language/education. 2. With what ethnic, cultural, or other groups do you identify? Describe what members of your social circle have in common. I am associated with many diverse groups of various backgrounds. Culturally and ethnically, I identify with Latino/Hispanic, African American, Caucasian/Anglo and Asian. Being of an “All-American” Caucasian background...
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...intention was for advocating for women to be able to participate in sports and for a women's soccer team . Rather than women only being house wives which is believed in the Middle East . Doc #6 comes from Malala yousafzai a Nobel prize winner and also a victim of the taliban's tyranny and abuse of women in the swat valley her school and 400 other schools were destroyed and because she wanted to get an education she was shot in the head . She speaks out to help the girls still trapped in the m.e that can't get an education or even leave their homes without fear of being hurt .she wants girls to speak up and have a voice she says “Quran Allahabad if you kill one it is as if you kill the whole humanity” groups like Isis and the taliban's derive their own beliefs and extreme understandings of the quran rather than listening to actual teachings of it . They kill women for going to school and not wearing veils but this is not allah's wish , what they are doing is completely disregarding the benevolence allah wishes for. Although many reacted positively to the idea of women having more freedom and more rights many disagreed and believe women are not equal to men therefore should not be treated that way imam Khomeini once supreme leader of Iran was completely against the westernization of women in the Middle East and when he came into power he made it mandatory for women to wear their hijabs and if they didn't wear their veils they were punished to up to 60 lashes “I'm looking to take...
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...------------------------------------------------- WRIT1301 ------------------------------------------------- Final Paper Assignment ------------------------------------------------- ROUGH DRAFT In television, and almost every other medium the media uses today, there’s a fine line between promoting and properly integrating diversity, and exploiting it. In this paper, I will be critically analyzing the hit television show, Lost, and how in leans more towards exploitation because of its incorporation of token characters from different races and genders, which hurts more than helps our society, particularly American society, in its goal of expelling racism and sexism. The racial and gender stereotypes displayed in the hit television show Lost contribute negatively to society and its attempt to expel racism and sexism. By having characters that blatantly follow both racial and gendered stereotypes broadcasted on one of the most popular American television shows, it communicates to its viewers that their own stereotypical views on different races and cultures are inherently true and further cement that view point into the American mindset. If you’ve never seen the television series Lost, then it’s safe to say you’re lost. Although the series has long come to a close, when it was being aired, it was one of the most talked about shows on television. The one thing people didn’t seem to notice, and neither did I until I looked at it with a very critical eye, is that a large amount...
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...gradual and dynamic process of the unification of the Islamic Middle East. By 1187 this resurrection of Muslim authority was albeit confirmed, manifesting itself in its fundamental intent; the reclamation of the Holy City of Jerusalem. And yet while a Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem remained in the Levant till 1291 with the fall of Acre, it was crippled, never to reclaim its former holdings nor its dominion or aspirations in recreating a Christian Holy Land. As William of Tyre aptly noted of the situation in the 1180s “the strategic balance in the Near East had tilted decisively against the Franks“. Throughout the 12th century, this process of resurgence was the conjunction of several contributory factors throughout the period, both that of growing Muslim unity and strength, attached with underlying instabilities and structural ailments of the Crusader States. The impact and the role of the succession of the prodigious leadership, notably that of Zengi and his successors Nir Al-Din and Saladin, in facilitating the rise of Muslim ascendency in Syria and Palestine can be distinctly identified as a powerful driving force in this process. Ultimately therefore from 1144 to 1187 what this period highlights is the complex backdrop from which the narrative of Muslim resurgence is built upon. As noted, the succession of exceptional and charismatic leadership and the continuation of the process of Muslim unification in the Middle East can be lofted as the main proponent in the ascendency of...
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...ADLER CHAPTER 6 RESPONSE QUESTIONS 1-4 1. The first world leader would have to be first off Obama. He lives in and comes to power in the modern American empire while embracing his relationship to both an African and Islamic diaspora. Through emigration, dispersion, the Disaporic personality and cultural entrepreneur have a connection to a homeland or broader civilization outside of the country in which we call home the United States. Barack Obama internationalizes the individuals, events, circumstances, and institutions that he engages, as he is claimed simultaneously by different communities: African, Muslim, Southeast Asian, Hawaiian, White American; Black American and all other cultural groups alike. Overall I think he is a terrific example for this question and represents a great image of a cultural entrepreneur. The next world leader that I feel would qualify for interest in the cultural behavior would be Hilary Clinton. I feel as though she is a fitting example because she represents the whole idea behind Religious beliefs and cultural values. Lately she has been enforcing the whole concept of homosexual matters, fighting for their rights. I have seen her often on the news in conferences in the Middle East among world political leaders. Her kind of behavior lately seems too be associated with different cultures and meeting their leaders and making peace. Personally I think her behavior in cultural terms has been more professional than Obama in the sense of going...
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...populations used donkeys and camels for war. Camel’s donkey was used to supply equipment and they were used as defenses for fighting when conflict arose. These animals were also convenient for the economy. In Middle East and neighboring countries like Pakistan played a huge part in its economy. It gave people transportation, so they could move goods and services around the region. Mena societies had huge numbers of draft animals while societies In Europe acquired more technology and alternative energy sources. The costs to feed the animals was low so the MENA benefited from gains economically without having trading restraints. There are some differences between how water is being represented in this article. In Europe individuals applied watermills to make their industries powerful and the MENA used methods that involved animals for producing energy. When oil got discovered it put the Middle East in the higher ranks of the world’s energy production. While there many draft animals in Europe communities in Arash Khazeni “Through an Ocean of Sand- Pastoralism and the Equestrian Culture of the Eurasian Steppe article Khazeni explains Pastoral nomads are an influence in in The Middle East both economically and military wise. The nomadic horse civilizations in the Middle East played a huge role. During 1800 there was a horse seller named Mir Izzat Ullah and he started an expedition from New Delhi to the Central Eurasian Steppe to look for the fastest horses in the world. He was sent...
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...The social behavior and roles of women in the Middle can vary according to tribe, custom, religion, and national law. There are also various regional factors, influenced by geography, social class, and economic development. In most Middle Eastern countries, the Shari'a, or Islamic law, defines the rules of traditional social behavior. Under the law, women are accorded a role inferior to that of men, and are therefore discriminated against with regard to personal rights and freedoms. Islamic law is enforced through the media, education and through community leaders collectively, Islamic views on female sexuality is one of the main determining factors for strict adherence of Islamic laws, and many perceive that it is the government's job to enforce this morality. Islamic female sexuality is thought of as being so powerful that it constitutes a real danger to society therefore, unrestrained females constitute the most dangerous challenge facing males trying to carry out God's commands. In combination, it is believed that a females desires and their irresistible attractiveness give women a power over men. Differing from other religions such as Christianity and Judaism, Islam does not see desire as a force that must be eliminated or systematically regulated. Rather, one must employ it in a way that coincides with what religious law dictates. For example, sexual desire, exercised according to Muslim beliefs, ensures the continuation of the human race. Sexual desires exerted...
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...specific local contexts and circumstances of individuals, communities, and nations. The challenge of western colonialism caused Muslims to be against European imperialism as it threatened their political, religious and cultural identity. Their responses to colonialism varied from rejection and confrontation to admiration and imitation (PP Islam and the West 24). Showing how reactions to westernization can be specific to region. The country Turkey operates one example of a nonviolent revolution. In Turkey, Islam was showing a more dominant position is the social-economic and political life of society. With the acceptance of westernization, Turkey had been able to experience the power of religion in Muslim politics cordially. A little to the East, the Iranian revolution in Iran reinforced the belief that Muslims wanted to emulate the ideas of the west; economic and political power could be attributed to the rebirth of Islam in contemporary Muslim politics and society (Esposito 222). Both of these examples represent an example of how regions practicing the same religion have a different approach to changes in their society have difference experiences with the experience of westernization. Although united though the confession of...
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