of people. It can also be manipulated or distorted to rationalize immoral actions. Religion can cause genocide‚ motivate war‚ and be used to control people. Religion can cause genocides‚ which can be seen with the Salem Witch Trials and Westward Expansion. In Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ accusations of townspeople being witches were rampant between 1692 and 1693.
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the U.S. dropped 2 million bombs‚ approximately 250‚000 tons‚ in Cambodia until 1973. (Among the disappeared) An anti-U.S. group had formed in return of this reaction‚ and it had given tremendous amount of power to the Khmer Rouge that allowed the genocide in Cambodia. There had been 100 soldiers that were enlisted before the bombing‚ but afterwards the number had multiplied to 100‚000 soldiers. (The Angry Skies) The mercenaries’ reasons of joining the army had been the same‚ and it was because of
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that exceeded their physical capacity‚ the terror that raged in the camp‚ executions‚ the inhuman living conditions‚ disease and epidemics‚ punishment‚ torture‚ and criminal medical experiments. Through this‚ Auschwitz has become a symbol of terror‚ genocide‚ and the Holocaust. It was established by the Nazis in 1940‚ in the suburbs of the city of Oswiecim which‚ like other parts of Poland‚ was occupied by the Germans during the Second World War. The name of the city of Oswiecim was changed to Auschwitz
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Armenians consider April 24‚ 1915 being the beginning of the attacks. On this day‚ several hundred Armenian scholars were brought together‚ arrested and then executed. Many of the Armenians consider the genocide to have lasted to 1917. At first‚ the CUP passed even more laws that were malicious towards the Armenian population; including a law that gave the military to deport anyone that they “sensed” to be a security threat. (Kifner‚ 16) Soon after‚ their
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Mehmet Celal Bey probably sounds like a rock band but it is in fact the name of a hero of the Armenian genocide. He did so at his own expense‚ losing his position in the process. Celal Bey saved many and lessened their suffering at the cost of his government position. Celal Bey’s story begins as the governor of Aleppo at the outbreak of the first Great War. It took little time for him to realize the purpose of the mass deportations of Armenians was to exterminate them. The reason they were being
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Richard Dawkins and His Genocide of Faith The prominent evolutionist Richard Dawkins has emerged as the leading spokesperson for the point of view that a belief in evolution demands atheism. Dawkins is a brilliant author and speaker. He teaches at Oxford University and in 2006 published a book titled The God Delusion‚ where Dawkins argues that a God most certainly does not exist and so therefore faith‚ qualifies as a delusion. In 1996 Dawkins was named "Humanist of The Year" and in his acceptance
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When I was 8 years old‚ my father took me and my brother on a picnic. On that day‚ I did something wrong‚ and I will never forget it. It was a sunny day; I was very happy and excited. When we arrived there‚ my father warned me that the river was very dangerous and made me promise not to walk up to it. I promised my father‚ but I did not keep my promise. I forget why I walked into the river. Maybe I was curious. I walked into the river‚ and I fell down because the river was very deep. I could not
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Ismail Enver Pasha (1881-1922) was an initiator of the Armenian Genocide. A military officer‚ Enver was the principal supporter of Germanophile policies in the Young Turk government. Enver showed confidently and administration abilities at an early age He was one of the organizers of the 1908 Young Turk Revolution. In 1911 he organized the defense of Libya against Italy what’s more‚ in 1913‚ subsequent to driving the January 23 upset which introduced the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) to
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The crime of Genocide classified by the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber’s decision in the Al-Bashir case In this essay‚ I will be discussing the Pre-Trial Chamber’s decision on the elements of the crime of genocide. In order to do this‚ first I will be explaining what are the contextual elements‚ required for a crime to be classified as a crime of genocide. Further‚ I will point out the criteria for the targeted group‚ developed by the Pre-Trial Chamber‚ in their process of identification of the group
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A mass genocide for Armenians in Turkey occurred due to a variety of reasons between 1915 and 1918. World War 1 was a key factor leading to the genocide‚ yet there were others to be taken into consideration. There was a long-term factor of religion‚ and a short-term factor of the rise of a group by the name of the ‘Young Turks’. Lastly‚ there was the immediate factor of World War 1‚ which started in 1914‚ a year before the genocide. All of these reasons led to many Armenians in Turkey being deported
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