In the article The Gaza Crisis, by Phyllis Bennis, she makes the claim that Israel violated international law when attacking Gaza since Israel knew that scores of the civilian inhabitants within Gaza would be injured or killed. Bennis also makes the argument that the United States was complicit towards the Israeli attacks. The author states that everyone reading this piece of writing ought to get in touch with their congressmen, their local and state governments, start petitions, and to criticize the brute force in which the Israelites have used against Gaza, illegally. The author anticipated this paper appealing to a large audience of citizens sympathetic to the Palestinians. Bennis is making an appeal to the world, and it does sound like
Many in the empire saw their defeat as "Allah's divine punishment for a society that did not know how to pull itself together. "[32]:84 The Turkish nationalist movement in the country gradually came to view Anatolia as their last refuge. That the Armenian population formed a significant minority in this region would figure prominently in the calculations of the Young Turks who would eventually carry out the Armenian Genocide. An important consequence of the Balkan Wars was also the mass expulsion of Muslims (known as muhajirs) from the Balkans. In fact, beginning in the mid-nineteenth century, hundreds of thousands of Muslims, including Circassians and Chechens, were expelled or forced to flee from the Caucasus and the Balkans (Rumelia) as a result of the Russo-Turkish wars and the conflicts in the Balkans.
People were so upset because they were afraid that sending troops to Iraq would take the focus off of Afghanistan and the mission to find Bin Laden. Seeing the way that people just turn against and decide that they want to kill innocent people just does not make since. Looking at this serious situation, many people see that the September 11th attacks badly because it was more of a modern day situation. Also it was in the United States, which we live in. The attack was a very tragic and hurting time in American history.
Canada prides itself in its multiculturalism, but Muslim immigrants after 9/11 felt themselves being targeted, humiliated and discriminated against. It was found that 75% of new Muslim immigrants could not find jobs within their professions, and that even the spare cleaning or security guard job is kept away from them . A large reason why the Jews were allowed to be persecuted and denied entrance to Canada during the Holocaust is due to the population’s anti-Semitic views influencing the government’s decisions, and Muslims are facing a similar problem, with the attitudes of the rest of the population turned against them. The amount of immigrants and the diversity of them has helped change Canadians’ attitudes greatly, but there is still work to
This fear consists of going to school, going to work, going to worship their God (Allah) without being harassed. It is unthinkable how in a country of Freedom such free acts are questionable due to the discrimination a Muslims faces. Thomas Perez, the assistant U.S. attorney general for civil rights, told the panel that anti-Muslim sentiment has brought a surge last May in the number of federal discrimination cases involving zoning boards and other local authorities that have acted to prevent mosques from opening in their communities. That comes on top of more than 800 incidents of violence, vandalism and arson against people believed to be Muslim, Arab or South Asian, that the Justice Department has investigated since the September 11 attacks. Perez said there has been a 150 percent jump in workplace discrimination against Muslims, often over religious dress and worship schedules, while Muslim youth can often become the victims of school yard bullying."
Joy Bassett English 102 April 4, 2011 Research Paper Women and Children of Darfur—Basic and Mental Health Needs The Darfur region has been under siege both by neighboring countries as well as the Sudanese government. They have cut off all attempts at restoring Darfur to a settled country. This civil war that has lasted for over 20 years saw a short reprieve in January of 2002 when a ceasefire was reached between the two sides. The conflict at hand started in 2003 and is increasing at an alarming rate. It is causing damage to both the mental and physical welfare of the population of Darfur.
For the most part, the hurricane resulted in mass displacement of people, thus breaking apart communities. Estimates as to the number of people displaced range from 600,000 people to 1.2 million people. (Gabe, Falk, McCarty, and Mason 2005). While many families have eventually returned home, still others are living in trailers, apartments and interim housing provided by FEMA. According to FEMA reports, in September 26, 2005, they have already approved 265,000 applications for temporary housing payments.
Many people of Arab descent were harassed; churches and mosques were damaged, and in a few instances people were physically attacked, shot, or killed. Mousavi, S. (2006). Transnational Afghani Audiences after September 11. Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies, 32(6), 1041-1061. doi:10.1080/13691830600761560. This article discusses the news viewing patterns and responses after the events of September 11, 2001 amongst a sample of Afghanis resident in the UK and Germany.
Let’s Welcome Syrian Refugees to the U.S. Syrian refugees are Syrians who fled their country due to the extreme conditions in their home country. Over 4 million refugees registered to February 2016 to migrate to western countries in search of a better life. However, not all people in those countries are willing to accept them. Republican candidate, Donald Trump, considers refugees as a threat to the U.S. as he wants to “make America great again”. However, I consider aliens beneficial in a country.
The first four crusades were seen as the most important and little reference is made to the other crusaders, with the exception of the Children’s crusade, which effectively led to the decline of the crusades. The crusades first started because the emperor of Constantinople request for help to the Pope Urban II and the Catholic Church to defend himself from the Turks. The Pope saw this as an opportunity to control the Byzantine Empire and to expand to towards Jerusalem. The cost of crusading was enormous and very few men had the money to pay so they were force to sell their properties. A crusade army was a mix of rich and poor but they all had the same objective liberate the lands of Christ.