Introduction Multiculturalism‚ and the position of the Islam specifically‚ has been subject to numerous debates in Europe. In the Netherlands‚ aversion to Islamic communities has been observed‚ where politicians like Geert Wilders received substantial support for their campaigning for measures against these communities. The impact of greater cultural diversity on gay rights is significantly present in this discussion. Moreover‚ a shift in the position of the gay community and gay rights in politics
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INTRODUCTION: Pakistan literature‚ that is‚ the literature of Pakistan‚ is a distinct literature that gradually came to be defined after Pakistan gained nationhood status in 1947‚ emerging out of literary traditions of the Indian subcontinent. The shared tradition of Urdu literature and English literature of British India was inherited by the new state. Over a period a body of literature unique to Pakistan has emerged in nearly all major Pakistani languages‚ including Urdu‚ English‚ Punjabi‚ Balochi
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of Political Facts from Abu Ghraib to Zippergate ’ ’‚ Methuen Publishing Ltd‚ 2006. 10. Richard Hofstadter‚ ’ ’The American Political Tradition ’ ’‚ Vintage Books Edition‚ 1989. 11. Walter Laqueur‚ ’ ’The Origins of Fascism: Islamic Fascism‚ Islamophobia‚ Antisemitism ’ ’‚ Oxford University Press‚ 2006. 2. ’ ’The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ’ ’‚ September 21‚ 2008 3 4. ’ ’Weekly Standard ’ ’‚ March 27‚ 2009 Websites
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Islam‚ Gender and Education in Kazakhstan Nazgul Mingisheva (Karaganda Bolashak University‚ Kazakhstan) nazgulm2006@gmail.com Paper presented at the ASN World Convention Columbia University‚ April 19-21 2012 Please do not cite without the author’s permission © Nazgul Mingisheva Abstract My paper is focused on the preliminary results and hypothesis of my research on Islam‚ gender and education in present-days Kazakhstan. The research purpose is to discover some relationships between dynamically
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Christean Smith Sociology Racial and Ethnic Relations Paper 9/20/2010 When colonists came to the New World‚ they found a land that did not need “discovering” since it was already occupied. While the first wave of immigrants came from Western Europe‚ eventually the bulk of people entering North America were from Northern Europe‚ then Eastern Europe‚ then Latin America and Asia. And let us not forget the forced immigration of African slaves. Most of these groups underwent a period of
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2005b. The uncertain futures of multiculturalism. Canadian diversity‚ 4 (1)‚ 82_85. 9- Joppke‚ C.‚ 2004. The retreat of multiculturalism in the liberal state: theory and policy. British journal of sociology‚ 55 (2)‚ 237_257. 10- Field‚ C.D.‚ 2007. Islamophobia in contemporary Britain: the evidence of the opinion polls‚ 1988_ 2006. Intercultural City’ 13- Quoted from Phil Wood and Charles Landry‚ Report by Comedia‚ 2010‚ ‘Helsinki as an open and Intercultural City’‚ Figures from the Duo Project www.familiaclub
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Religion in Britain Barely 16 per cent of the adult population of Britain belongs to one of the Christian churches‚ and this proportion continues to decline. Yet the regional variation is revealing. In England only 12 per cent of the adult population are members of a church. The further one travels from London‚ however‚ the greater the attendance: in Wales 22 per cent‚ in Scotland 36 per cent and in Northern Ireland no fewer than 75 per cent. Today there is complete freedom of practice‚ regardless
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SEMINAR PAPER ON MINORITIES AND GHETTOISATION: COMMUNITY PERCEPTION‚ COPING MECHANISM AND EVERYDAY STRUGGLE [pic] INTRODUCTION Minorities constitute religious minorities‚ racial minorities; sexual minorities so on and so forth. With the passage of time‚ the meaning of the term “minority” has undergone a change. In the past‚ the minority of mere number was rather the privileged class with full control over resources possessing material advantages
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Table Of Content 1. Abstract “It is never too late to give up our prejudices”. ~Henry David Thoreau Prejudice is an attitude (negative or positive)‚ evolving a behavior‚ where an individual generalizes their opinions and distorts flexibility and adaptability. Nazi’s mass murder of Jews in the Second World War is one such event of history‚ which is liable to the prejudice giving way to cruelty and discrimination. 2. What is Civil Right Act of 1964
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Censorship and Literature: Term Paper Ours is an age of information and technology‚ convenient‚ and readily-available. Any piece of information‚ opinion and critique is all but a mouse-click away. Like most advancements in technology‚ this is both a boon and a bane‚ a double-edged sword. The age of the Internet‚ in which we all reside now‚ has brought forth its fair share of controversies over the past few years. From the leaked sex tapes of Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian‚ to the relatively more
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