much reason to question certain aspects of the Islamic religion- specifically the violence that it portrayed. I did recall of quite a few civil unrests that broke out back in my younger days‚ and these were mostly attributed to local Islamic fundamentalists who started what they believed in their interpretation was a "Jihad". Today the local news in my country is filled with reporting of daily killings of innocent and unarmed people by the terrorist group known as "Boko-Haram". They have killed
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“Youth” terrorist organization HLSS June 9‚ 2013 The organization Al-Shabaab‚ or "The Youth‚" is an al-Qaeda-linked group and U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization fighting for the creation of a fundamentalist Islamic state in Somalia.i The group‚ also known as Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen‚ and its Islamist affiliates once held sway over Mogadishu and major portions of the Somali countryside‚ but a sustained African Union military campaign in recent
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Policy Forum Globalization and Culture C ritics of globalization contend that‚ even if increased trade promotes material prosperity‚ it comes with a high spiritual and cultural cost‚ running roughshod over the world’s distinctive cultures and threatening to turn the globe into one big‚ tawdry strip mall. George Mason University economist and Cato adjunct scholar Tyler Cowen has for years been one of the most insightful and incisive debunkers of that view. At a recent Cato Book Forum‚ Cowen
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[BACKGROUND INFO & TOPIC SENTENCE] “The Taliban claimed to follow a pure‚ fundamentalist Islamic ideology‚ yet the oppression they perpetrated against women had no basis in Islam. Within Islam‚ women are allowed to earn and control their money and to participate in public life. The 55-member Organization of Islamic Conference refused to recognize the Taliban as Afghanistan’s official government. The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt‚ regarded by many as an ultraconservative organization‚ denounced the
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Harmony is tuning of our lives to those around us and the natural world that sustains our wellbeing. We listen and watch so that we can move in time with that Great Dance in which we all have a small part. To live in harmony requires that we be conscious of the hopes and needs that surround us and flexible in our own course of action. In a harmonious relationship each party at times sets aside his or her own desires to nurture the relationship itself. We can be in harmony with others only when
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Section1: Quesiton1 When looking at the state of international relations in the post September 11th era‚ it is important to revisit influential arguments made by renowned political scientist in the past and see if they still apply today. Two theories‚ Frances Fukuyama’s “The End of History” and Samuel Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations” have caused much debate in terms of their validity in this new era. While both theories emerged in the post-Cold War era‚ many try and fit them into the post
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“To what extent was WW1 a catalyst for changing attitudes towards immigrants after 1918?” WW1 increased a rapid change towards the movement of limiting immigration in 1918. This was not caused through any actions of the immigrants‚ but rather through speculated fear and suspicion which lead to patriotism degenerating into an ugly xenophobia. Many Americans saw the war distinctly as an European problem‚ causing the United States to attempt to shield itself from the influences that had helped
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* Fundamentalist-against contraceptives * Liberals-appreciate how contraceptives enhance sexual intimacy Cross-Cultural Perspectives: Islamic Middle East * Based on beliefs of Muhammad * Belief that sex should be enjoyed by both sexes * Women viewed inherently more sexual than men (this power contained by veils‚ segregation‚ female circumcision) * Oppression of women and many sexually related restrictions stem from patriarchal cultural traditions and fundamentalist sects
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Furthermore‚ the two models follow a similar timeline‚ yet in starkingly different ways. The NCC model splits into three steps of radicalization‚ mobilization‚ and action‚ essentially asserting that certain catalysts from personal and sociopolitical factors lead to preparation‚ and eventually action.1 It places all the factors into said three distinct nonlinear steps that work together dynamically in order to get to the final action. Overall‚ it seems to narrow in on physical‚ tangible items. Conversely
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Impact of the Second World War Home-front experiences generally differed between people of different ethnicities‚ especially during the time after World War II. During the time after World War II‚ relocation was a major issue between certain groups in America. Relocation took place regularly after the Second World War‚ particularly with the African Americans who had a choice‚ and the Japanese Americans who were forced. The African Americans living in America after WWII were able to live a pretty
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