Being A Catholic Essay

I also feel it’s necessary to point out that many Muslims live peaceful lives all throughout the globe. Muslims aren’t confined solely to regions were extremism is more prevalent. There are Muslims in both developing regions and developed regions. The book makes a point to briefly mention the impact that emerging Muslim communities have made within the Western World. It’s safe to say that the majority of Muslims don’t and won’t follow extremist ideals as time ticks on. I look forward to reading the final chapter of the book, which will discuss this topic in

Associating Islam with violence is a false impression that the Western public has long cultivated about this religion. An example of this misconception is that Islam is a religion spread by the sword, meaning that Muslims went from one end of the world to the other, conquering nations and forcing the inhabitants to either convert or die. The truth is that Islam spread through the expansion of the Ottoman empire, not that people were forced to convert or die. A modern day example of the Islam=violence misconception is Saddam Hussein. Although Hussein is of the Islamic faith, not all of his actions necessarily represent Islamic beliefs.

Not all Muslims support violence and terrorism according to popular belief. In fact, encounteringislam.org states that 93% of Muslims do not support extremist views of terrorism. Due to constant repetition of a certain portrayal, the misconception of all Muslims supporting terrorism has definitely strengthened. Despite a certain few who fit the depiction, this delusion is noticeably wrong.

So the biggest stereotype that I feel I had and that has changed is that all gay people talk and dress “funny” and are not Christians. I guess that I got this stereotype from only having a small influence of gay men from TV when I was growing up and never actually meeting anyone who was gay until I got into college. My parents were very religious and my step dad was extremely hateful to things he didn’t understand or like so when there would be anyone who was LGBT on T.V. it was immediately changed and discussed as a negative thing.

In the coming years, I not only hope to grow as a student but also as a Catholic. I have always strived as a person to be the best I could be towards others and to be an active member in my faith community as well as in the city I live in. By the year of 2024 I would have hoped to establish myself in my profession as a kindergarten teacher. I value the importance of education and believe that by being able to help young children learn the necessary skills to be successful it can leave a big impact in our society. We live in a world where education is not as valued as it used to be and considered as a right of passage rather than it being a privilege or chance to further your knowledge. I hope to have been able to use my profession as a teacher

Even though Islam is a religion that does not seek to promote violence among its followers, terrorist leaders have managed to manipulate the interpretations of Islam and other religions for their own benefit (Khan, 2012). Terrorist leaders modify the interpretations in way in which the tasks within the personal agenda of the terrorist leaders will be accomplished. When terrorist leaders modify the religious interpretations, they mainly seek to make violent acts appear justifiable by their religion so that the members and supporters of the terrorist organization can gain the valor and motivation they need to commit terrorist attacks against the enemies of the terrorist leaders (Khan, 2012).

Despite the fact, that one could argue that the Catholic Church has become more progressive overtime. Pre-1960s, the church thought very linearly; you are with us, supporting the divine law or against us, refusing it. However, times have changed and the Church see that things are not so black and white; there is a grey area. However, even though that may be true, the Catholic Church has always, and will always proclaim that are the superior. In all aspects of life, people want to be a part of the best things—this especially applies to religion. With this in mind, if one carefully examines some of the papal doctrines ranging from 1880-1995, they will find a trend. In each of these, encyclicals, during that one hundred plus time period, the Catholic Church

While reading through these passages addressing partnerships in development work, I could not help but think of Catholic Social Teaching and its call for solidarity in development work because we all belong to one human family. In fact, Edward DeBerri and James Hug describe authentic human development as involving “a commitment of solidarity with all people” in Catholic Social Teaching: Our Best Kept Secret (DeBerri and Hug 20). Therefore, when development organizations partner together, they are standing in solidarity with each other searching for ways in which to improve the well-being of others. However, these partnerships do not always stem from an altruistic place in search of solidarity. Rather, sometimes these partnerships are created out of convenience

Understanding the religion Islam and how it came about will be a big part to understanding why violence is so rich throughout the religion. “The religion of Islam was revealed to Muhammad ibn Abdullah, who became known as the Prophet Muhammad, in central Arabia between 610 and 632 C.E.” (Riggs). The religion began in the Middle East in Arabia now the country known as Saudi Arabia in early 600 C.E. Muhammad was considered the last of the prophets of god and the holy prophet. Muhammad spread the world of Islam until his death one June 8th 632 A.D. “At the head of the shrine 's pantheon was the supreme god, Allah,

The fact that both of these sides of one religion exists supports the claim that Islam is not solely a religion of violence, or solely a religion of peace, but instead a religion of reaction and circumstance. The modern Islamic extremism that dominates news networks internationally is centered in the Middle East and parts of Africa, which are places that have experienced economic oppression, social oppression, and are consistently a victims of Western interference. All of these factors put together leave Middle Eastern and African Muslims, who in 2010 only formed 36% of the total Muslim population, with an interpretation of violent circumstances, in which they feel compelled to respond to with violence. While this may not be the right course of action, it is justifiable. On the other hand, the large sects of Islam that are peaceful and non-violent tend to be centered in areas that lack the same history and ongoing oppression that those areas have, such as the 62% of the Muslim population in the Asian-Pacific and 3% in Europe. Whether or not Islam is a religion of peace or violence is all determined by circumstance and

The lack of knowledge of Islamic faith is the reason for stereotyping and discrimination in the United States. Many people get the misconception that Islam is a vicious religion when they should use the reference culture. It is a misunderstanding to say that a religion is vicious since every religion has knowledge to solve problems viciously. “Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, or any other, even the atheists, have their own ways of resolving conflicts violently and non- violently.This notion that Islam is a violent religion really comes from ignorance, lack of information about Islam, as well as inability to understand that not only Islam, but your own faith, if you are capable of saying that Islam is a violent religion”. (Portilla, 2003) Muslim’s encourage compassion, mercy, forgiveness to people who do misconduct or who commit any mischief. The reason people see Islam as a religion of violence since there a group of militant Muslims who have an agenda to free their own religion by using terrorism.

Terrorist events such as 9/11 are widely known as an attack by the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda. This event, one of the most remembered moments in the U.S., may have been the start of the pressure towards defining Islam as a violent religion. Islam was developed in the Middle East and spread around the world to form a following of over 1.5 billion people, which is over 1/7th of the total population of the world. Islam is the 2nd largest religion in the world, to say that the majority of Muslims are terrorists or criminals because of their religion would mean that a large fraction of the world are criminals. Most Muslims in modern society are ordinary people who practice Islam, but because of Islamic extremists, certain scriptures in

     In this essay I will be comparing the rituals, and festivals chosen from two different religions. The two religions that I will be comparing are Judaism and Buddhism.

(Huffington 2015) Nonetheless it can be argued that the Muslim population consists of 1.6 billion people, if they were “radicalised”, this would have been easily noticeable. Muslim could do a lot as a religion if they were to try and impose their religion or resent non-believers. Another point to argue is if Islam, indeed depicted violence, then why it is that victims of Islamophobia incidents do not respond back with brutality, the question to understand is why is an assault not responded with more assault. Another point to highlight is currently Middle Eastern countries including Syria, Palestine and Burma, whose majority population is Muslims are abused, brutalised and tortured, yet why that is Muslims have stayed silent and not responded back with force to Assad’s regime and ISIS. This may be as the Quran mentions that anger and violence is not the way to respond but with patience and prayers. (Sahih Muslim)

The Islamic religion according to the Quran, is supposed to be a nonviolent religion that promotes peace to others and especially people of there own religion. The way that the Islamic religion is now is much different than it was in the past based on the Quran. During the times we studied in class, the Muslims were very obeying of their ruler and their religion. An example of proper loyalty shown by the Muslims is during the crusades. In today’s society, people continue to break the rules of the Quran through terrorism. Terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda and Isis are two examples of Islamic terrorist organizations. Since the time we studied in class, the Islamic religion has turned to a much more violent religion