Many Muslims throughout the world were affected by the attack against the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11th‚ 2001. Although the United States and other countries of the West were obviously affected nationally‚ how did these 9/11 attacks affect Muslims individually‚ especially those living in the United States and other countries in the West? The United States has been called many things‚ such as the "Melting Pot"‚ the "Land of Opportunity"‚ and the "Golden Mountain". The United
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Assignment 1 Stereotypes and Racial Profiling Inquiry ’All veiled Muslim women are oppressed ’ ’All veiled Muslim women are oppressed ’ is a well-known negative stereotype that is heard not only from the wide public‚ but also from the feminists‚ journalists and in the politician ’s contemporary debates over immigrant integration and gender equity into the Western world (S.Bilge‚ 2010). The Muslim veil has drawn a variety of interpretations and controversies‚ such as its shifting
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APPROACHES…………………………………7 • METHODOLOGICAL STUDY………………………………………………….7 • VEIL AND THE WEST………………………………………………………....11 • MUSLIMS IN THE WEST………………………………………………………12 • MUSLIM WOMEN IN FRANCE………………………………………………..13 • MUSLIM WOMEN IN INDIA…………………………………………………...13 • THE VEIL…………………………………………………………………………14 • CONCLUSION……………………………………………………………………14 OBJECTIVE To study the conditions of Muslim women in various regions and to draw the conclusions related to the topic. INTRODUCTION The veil should be
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Being a Muslim in America By Jeffrey Sheler and Michael Betzold In the article Muslim in America authors Jeffrey Sheler and Michael Betzold describe the hardships of being a Muslim in modern American society‚ they also give us in depth look at the normality of these American citizens and how they do not differ from any other ethnic group‚ how they yearn for acceptance‚ and how they’re adapting to American life. "Muslims feel very much at home in Middle America"(655). As a Muslim who has
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Course: English 101 Topic: Discrimination Date: 30 June 2014 Nadesh / Mathurayar‚ 1 Varun Nadesh / Sureshram Mathurayar A/L Ramayiah Ms. Bernice Chauly English 101 30 June 2014 Discrimination Around 66 years ago‚ the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was scripted for the sole purpose of ensuring the welfare of all human beings are safe guarded regardless of the individual’s background. Discrimination is stemmed from a subtle form of prejudice and
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Ali Jinnah: Leader of Muslim League Jinnah was a Muslim‚ lawyer‚ statesman and more importantly the founder of Pakistan. He was born in 1876 and is known as Quaid-e-Azam. Jinnah ac- quired his education from Sindh Madrasa and went to Karachi’s Mission School. He went to England to pur- sue law studies and was included in the bar in 1896. He initiated his political career in 1906 by becoming a member of the All India National Congress and devel- oped relations with Muslim Leaders. In 1913 he joined
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Discrimination in a Classroom Today‚ I would like to tell about a racial discrimination which happened when I was studying at high school of “Computer Technologies”. I personally witnessed that discrimination. The situation was between the teacher and the students. The teacher‚ who was a white female of Uzbek origin‚ behaved very differently towards her white students and the two black Egyptians. She was unjust towards her black Egyptian students.A white Uzbek student always arrived late‚ put her
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special Muslim ID card” by Wajahat Ali the author uses effective satire to capture the attention of his audience in order to stress emphasis on his thoughts and views of American Muslims being assigned an ID card. Wajahat Ali is qualified to speak on this issue as he is a national correspondent for Al Jazeera America‚ an award-winning playwright‚ an attorney and a former consultant for the State Department. In addition‚ he is capable to speak on this subject as he is an American Muslim who was
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Shkarni ENG 110-04 9-6-2013 Discrimination This has been on my mind lately. We grow up in the world where equality is preached all around us. Because of this‚ a person may just believe that modern societies are void of discrimination‚ that we’ve evolved‚ that it’s a thing of the past. But discrimination happens every day and on many levels: race‚ disability and‚ religion. One day‚ you wake up and realize equality may just be a myth. You realize this when discrimination happens to you. While I
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western culture in Bengali girls-----------------------------------------------12 iii) Women on the threshold of the 21st century-----------------------------------------------13 iv) The diversity of Muslim communities------------------------------------------------------14 v) Muslim women in the socio-political turmoil of the twentieth century----------------15 vi) Womens responses at the international level----------------------------------------------18 vii) Survey----------
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