The Application Of Religious Freedom In Australia And Iran

For my poem I decided to look at Angel Butcher by Phillip Levine. For a poet that later became known for his poems that supposedly authentically depict working class factory life in the Detroit factories, Levine’s early poetry is almost allegorical – complete with the kind of poetic artfulness that is generally believed to be against reality and actuality. For one thing, it’s full of angels, which is probably the last category of character you expected to see in a work by this type of author. And somehow of course, they are very common in his works. In many of Levine’s early works depicting industrial life, angels are very commonplace and are almost always handled with violence.

There is nothing as influential and powerful as the concept of money. As a medium for exchange, money is value given or received in exchange for anything of value. Because money stands in place for value, why is it that gold has been the scale for evaluating money throughout history? Ted Cruz, in a Republican Presidential Debate, answered a question regarding monetary policy. He thinks “the Fed should get out of the business of trying to juice our economy and simply be focused on sound money and monetary stability, ideally tied to gold” (Cruz 2015). Cruz aligns “sound money” to gold because gold stabilizes pricing and reduces inflation percentages over the long run. The problem with

There is an ‘us and them’ mentality in terms of Australian relations with Muslims living in Australia. There seems to be several reasons for this. The Australian society doesn’t seem to cater nor care for the traditions and religion of Muslim people living in Australia, there is a high volume of discrimination and racism targeting Muslims. Western Sydney and Charles Sturt university recently conducting a survey regarding the issue of the marginalisation of Muslim

Thesis: The ability to practice Islam and feel at peace in Australia is significantly impacted upon by the action of more radical elements within the culture and the way this is treated in the media. Intro: The Islamic faith is the second fastest growing religion in the world. Knowing this fact it is clear that Islam is a major religion which would mean that it has spread through all of the world including Australia. Australians haven't taken Muslims too well because of the events that have occurred such as the Sydney siege which resulted in the death of two Australians. This caused major anti-terrorist raids in Australia most Muslims were affected by this in some way shape or form.

The practises, beliefs and values of Christianity and Islam have an impact on Australia society; however, the media exploits the perceived tension between the two groups which has led to discrimination and violence. Over many years the way of which an individual lives their life has been shown to be affected by the religion of which they follow. This affects the way of life throughout the community surrounding these people, as well as having an impact on the social issues throughout this particular community. Christianity has a huge impact throughout Australia, this includes through schools, dress codes, the way of which people live in their day to day lives. Christianity has always been a highly popular religion throughout Australia as

In the public speech made by Pauline Hanson in Australia to the Australian Parliament, she explains how Islam cannot be part of Australia’s society, which is secular and cohesive. Islam is about being obedient to the tradition and a secular society is about abandoning tradition and moving onto progress. Hanson explains that the reason for the incompatibility is because of Islam’s way of controlling every aspect of the lives of Muslims, in which it will be influenced onto their society. And she argues that Australia has a separation between religion and politics, which is not acceptable in the law of Shari’a. She concludes that the Muslims are negatively affecting Australia by their religious laws, such as the Shari’a and the Halal certification

Juxtaposing Australia and China reveal two fundamentally different concepts of freedom. The contrasting nature of internet regulation is stark, especially in the case that China has banned many major websites such as Google, Facebook and YouTube. All of which can be seen to portray ideas and views of the surrounding world. The autocracy held by the Chinese president, Xi Jinping is startling on the basis that he holds numerous positions of power. Subsequently, leading to crackdowns on all of his opposition.

In America, the Islamic Revolution means absolutely nothing to a ten year old child, but in Iran it’s like a plague that’s draped across their entire world as they know it. Most Iranian children are unlike the children of the United States, which have no restrictions on dress or schools, even freedom. Iranian children live in a country controlled by their government that prohibits simple pleasures and freedoms because this government forbids Iranian families the ability to control their own lives. Iranian’s live in a country that demands they have obedience to their religious culture at all times or pay the consequences.

Religious beliefs are an important aspect of many people’s lives. Results of the latest national census have revealed the religiously diverse nation that Australia has become (ABS 2017). The religious makeup of Australia has gradually changed over the past 50 years with Hinduism, Sikhism, Islam and Buddhism all increasingly common beliefs as can be seen in figure 1.

We reside in a country geographically and, in some sense, socially isolated from the rest of the world. As I’ve already discussed, we share quite a few similar qualities with our sibling Australia. However, it seems that Australia experiences higher levels of religious intolerance. Let’s take the Cronulla riots of 2005 as an example, the riots occurred in the suburb of Australia’s Cronulla, bubbling up from the tension between Lebanese and white residents of the suburb. Some could argue that this was a race riot, not a religious one, however many rioters mentioned Islam as a reason for the violence. New Zealand has not experienced a conflict like this on such a large scale, does that mean that we are more tolerant of other

Australia has a history imbued with controversial views on matters of cultural diversity, with a multicultural reputation; consisting of individuals from over ‘100 ethnic backgrounds’ (Smolicz 1997, pg.171). These controversial disputes have been displayed by the behaviours of the majority Anglo-Christian culture representing Australia. A significant amount of hostility has been predominantly towards Muslims, and their notorious reputation promoted by Western nations. Assimilation is described as the ‘process by which a group or an individual adjusts their behaviour to suit’ the social cohesion and culture of the majority larger group (Foroutan, 2008, p.222). Thus, the lack of acceptance and media provocation of Muslims has made it increasingly

During the Iranian Revolution in 1979 transformed Iran’s political,social,and economic structure. Secular Laws were replaced with Islamic laws creating an outburst. Women were often abused,raped,treated as slaves,and accused of false imprisonment. These tortures things that most women had to face are against the Islamic religion.

The novel “1984” by George Orwell is a highly praised and influential work in the dystopian genre. Since its release in 1949, its themes have been admired by many, and its world an alarming insight into a seemingly foreign, but very possible situation.

First, what is freedom? It's an ambiguous term that can hold many different meanings to different people. Where a person comes from, their socio-economic status, their race, age, gender and other factors play a role in defining what freedom is. It's used in many different senses, for example: is freedom being able to do as you like

Freedom has a large range of meaning. The encyclopedia Britannica defines freedom as “the quality or state of being free, and the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action” (Britannica). In the American society there is a lot of emphasis on freedom, and the right to be free, but one must question to what extent we are truly “free”.