Challenges Facing the Youth in Today’s Society Most of the problems facing today’s youth are not restricted to any one ethnic or religious group‚ but affect young people generally. Most discussions on youth have focussed on issues such as drug abuse‚ crime‚ violence‚ sexuality and poverty. In addition to these‚ today’s youth are afflicted by new challenges. These include: 1. An Identity Crisis: Who am I? 2. Lack of self confidence and low self esteem: I am worthless 3. A sense of hopelessness:
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HTM 4105 Contemporary Tourism Issues Topic: TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE TOURISM – KEY PROBLEMS AND ISSUES FACING HONG KONG Introduction Unquestionably‚ Hong Kong is a blessed land where possesses prosperity and most of the elements of being a world class cosmopolitan which has successfully attracted visitors over years‚ especially from the mainland by emphasising our world-class shopping‚ dining and other urban attractions (Lam‚ H.‚ 2004). Despite the flourishing scene of the tourism industry‚ the
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11-21-2009 Hafiz M. K. Siddiqui Introduction to Islam Islam & Muslims in Western Media In July 12‚ 2008 publication of the New York Times‚ it was reported that the President of Sri Lanka was killed in a suicide attack. The religion of the suicide bomber was never reported. The very same newspaper (on November 5‚ 2009)‚ reported that how a Muslim attacker attacked the US Base and killed US army soldiers. This discrimination against the Muslims and Islam is nothing but the fruit of Western Media’s
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ISLAM IN ERA OF GLOBALIZATION A primary question imposes itself. Do we (muslims) represent an umma in the contemporary world? What is meant by the question is not the umma as known in the political geography asa nation recognized by international law‚ but the umma is meant here as a concept of universal communal based on self awareness of the concerned entity about its identity on side‚ and the acceptance of the distinctive identity of the muslims on the other side. Muslims are supposed
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terrorists‚ wife-beaters‚ poorly-educated‚ hateful of America‚ etc. In others (and this is how it should have been from the beginning) Muslims are looked upon just like everyone else... normal‚ harmless human beings. The religion of Islam has spread due to the tolerance of other religions. They acted peacefully and with good morals instead of killing off people like the Europeans did to people if they did not convert to Christianity. It also spread due to honoring human free will and free choice of thinking;
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Assess the view that Religion inhibits social change Religion can be seen in two different ways by society. Some theories such as Functionalism and Marxism see it as a force for conservative change‚ however‚ Feminism address it as a force for social change. Some argue that religion can prevent social change in society which is done by using religion as an act for conservative force‚ so keeping the status quo the same. Religion is seen as a conservative force in Functionalism‚ where Durkheim believes
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Christianity and Islam are the two largest religions in the world today. The religions share a few similarities‚ but contrast with one another in the areas of belief‚ tradition‚ and culture. Both religions proclaim to be monotheistic‚ serving one god‚ but their faith in whom the supreme power is contrasts. Each religion has its own set of principles that guide the believers in everyday life. Even though both religions originated in the Middle East‚ the tradition and culture of these two groups are
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Perspectives of Religion Perspectives of Religion Religion has always been a part of society; it has played a key role in many social events and will continue to. Within all these religions there are many things they have in common and it’s interesting to see that even though they still continue to have conflict. Religion has many aspects and different ways to perceive it. Throughout this paper I will look at religion in four key perspectives‚ which are Conflict‚ Functionalism‚ Feminism‚ and
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Facing the Facebook “Response” I’ve realized technology is very helpful now days but in the classrooms it’s more distracting than anything else. As Michael J. Bugeja stated in “Facing the Facebook”‚ Academics assessing learning outcomes often discover that technology is as much a distraction in the classroom as a tool. I catch myself checking my phone in class every now and then but when I do I miss out on what the instructor is teaching. Technology is a great tool for us to learn and gather information
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Living in America‚ I came to understand the difficulties of practicing Islam in urban life. There is not enough time to pray five times a day because most of the time I spend is in school. For example‚ waking up at 7 a.m. to get ready and go to school until 3 pm. Also‚ there are no facilities in high school where you can pray during lunch time or breaks to pray unlike in rural areas of Bangladesh. There are other challenges such as types of food that are served in the school cafeteria. I remember
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