4/4/14 Is Honor Killing a Muslim Phenomenon? In communities where there is a high occurrence of honor killings‚ there is a powerful shared belief that honor is the primary value in life. Honor killing is defined as the murder of a family or community member by other members due to the belief that the victim brought shame upon the family or community. In these communities‚ people use the concepts of honor and shame as a way to assess and maintain a certain level of conduct. Although honor
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Christian and Muslim responses to the plague were different. The Muslims thought it was a blessing from God while Christians thought it was a bad sign from God. The plague was caused by fleas on rats. So many believed that the plague was the end of the world. Civilizations in the East and West were affected by the plague. To explain that the plague was caused fleas on rats is that the fleas carried the disease that infected rats‚ and then the rats infected the humans. The plague spread through
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Economic effects of subprime lending A subprime lending is an option for individuals that have difficulty meeting mortgage payment schedules or for individuals who have low credit scores and considered risky borrowers. For example‚ an applicant with a low credit score of 500 will have a very difficult time locating a loan. Subprime lending comes with a high cost to borrowers. Lenders see bad credit applicants as riskier than applicants with better credit scores. Borrowers in turn pay for this
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encounter the differences and similarities which make these religions what they are to the people who practice them. Although‚ no one religion is greater than the other they are only as great as the people who vow to live them daily. Christian and Muslim faith have both help to develop the country‚ America as two of the most widely practiced religions‚ and although they are different they both have made positive impact in the development of the country. With a place like America‚ considering the
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to the differences between Muslims and Arabs. A Muslim is a person who lives their life according to the laws and traditions of the Islamic faith. Arabs are people whose roots come from the Arabian Peninsula or either a person that speaks the Arabic language; the people in this ethnicity live in the Middle East. There is one important change within the last two years that has been notable by the United States that has made to policies relating to the treatment of Muslim and the Arabic members of the
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Alcohol Addiction: A Case in the Muslim Community Nabawia Abou-Basha Introduction This paper is a brief overview of addiction among Muslims in North America. There is an increasing number of Muslims in North America coming with experiences of trauma as a result of the violence and war occurring in parts of the Middle East. These individuals often experience depression‚ difficulty integrating into Canadian culture‚ and intergenerational conflict as the new generation adapts to Canadian culture
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them being able to seek treatment‚ because it is a sign from God. This paper will talk about the Middle Eastern Community and their views on health care. Arabs & Muslim Beliefs toward healthcare The Arab and Islamic religions emphasizes to its members that they need to maintain good health or consequences will result. Muslims in particular
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Racism against Muslim People in America Last October‚ my older brother and I were at Madison Square Garden watching the Knicks season opener against the Miami Heat. We both were ecstatic because we have never seen a live sports game before. At the end of the night‚ after the Knicks first win of the season‚ we were leaving Madison Square Garden. Soon after we left‚ a group of Middle-Aged men started to follow us. Slowly they caught up and were only a few feet behind us. At first we thought that we
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In the beginning of Christianity‚ trade was considered sinful‚ while the Muslims thought trade was a lesson of appreciation and hard work. Christians had a strongly negative attitude towards the interaction between trade and merchants. Islamic people‚ however‚ had various different opinions on trade in comparison to the Christian religion. However‚ over time‚ the thoughts on trade and merchants shifted to a more negative point of view from both religions. The opinions from these religions were opposite
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the everyday groups we fall into such as male‚ female‚ heterosexual‚ bisexual‚ homosexual‚ freshman‚ sophomore‚ senior student‚ working class‚ upper middle class‚ white‚ black‚ Christian‚ Muslim‚ young‚ old‚ foreign‚ American or many others. These levels closely intertwine to form identity‚ at the conscious or sub-conscious level‚ with or without our agreement. I agree with Okazawa-Rey and Gwyn Kirk (2006) in their book titled Women ’s Lives Multicultural Perspective when they write that‚ "each of
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