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• What is criticized about the churches/televangelists/message they preach?
• What is the prosperity gospel?

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• Describe and analyse this cartoon!

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• Information on homework and oral grades
• Reading and Marking technique - SQ3R Method A useful method to read, mark and annotate texts.
• Working with Cartoons

• A good speech/speaker ...

• Working with statistics ...

• Writing an interview

• Answering questions on the text

• Starting a paragraph
• Starting an Essay/Comment
• Shaping/refuting an Argument/Comment

• Mediation
• Characterization
• Review

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Muslims in Britain

Texts and Summaries

• A problem of perception: Muslims are well-integrated in Britain – but no one seems to believe it
• Problematic issues between British Muslims and the "Christian" majority:

Muslims: fast-growing, disadvantaged part of population

Government and population

Situation: are quickly judged as spies, terrorists are bullied at school disproportionally often in jail and high unemployment rate  want to be more accepted oppressed by gov. and police (racial profiling)   Attitude: do not like radical muslims feel/think unlike those extremists Britons, who happen to be Muslims embarrassed about radical Islamists came to Britain to find a better life Fanatics: want an islamic rule and division of Muslims from Christians don't want muslims to join the police and the army want every muslim prisoner to be set free rejection of the British democracy

Attitude: do not trust them judge all Muslims as dangerous scared of them, prejudice fear of being outnumbered (immigration, high birthrate) massive growth of Islam in Britian ==> afraid of loss of christian lifestyle   Treatment: abuse their power to oppress muslims often deny "ethnic profiling" call for less immigration and more integration fight against extremism spreading at schools, universities, mosques Reasons: 9/11, London bombing and other acts of terror fundamentalist groups (Islam to rule Britain) do not want islamic Britain want to prevent radical Islamist views from being taught atschool/universities

Statistics
Statistics on muslims' education and emplyment!

If you are not sure how to work with statistics, see here!

• What effects does this have on the muslims' situation, attitudes and integration?

Concepts of Intergration and Assimilation

Multiculturalism - positive ethnic diversity

• descriptive approach: assessment of fact of cultural diversity
• normative approach: ideologies or policies that embrace and promote this diversity - multiculturalism as a society “at ease with the rich tapestry of human life and the desire amongst people to express their own identity in the manner they see fit.”

• focus on interaction and communication between different cultures
• focus on diversity and cultural uniqueness
• common aspect : no specific ethnic, religious, or cultural community values presented as central.

 

Cultural assimilation

Process by which a person or a group's language or culture come to resemble those of another group.

• Full assimilation: new members of a society become indistinguishable from members of the other group.

• quick or gradual change?
• desirable for an immigrant group?

• Immigrant assimilation:

• complex process in which immigrants fully integrate themselves into a new country.
• four primary benchmarks for immigrant assimilation:

• socioeconomic status (education, occupation, income)
• geographic distribution
• second language attainment
• intermarriage

Why do young muslims turn extremists?

• Reflections of a Former Islamist Extremist

Read from beginning to "And it's a very powerful grip on one's mind. And in my case it took years to shed that influence." (third box)

Reasons for Extremism:

• crucial event: death of thousands of European muslims in war in Bosnia in 90s! West just watches and doesn't help the muslims there. (Parallels to wars in Iraq .... muslims are being killed and no-one cares)
• Islam is cleverly presented as way of looking at history: like in Marxism it is always a struggle, them against us, bad against good, everybody against the muslims (idea of Western/Jewish conspiracy against Islam/muslims)
• at school/in university young muslims become part of an active, organized, outspoken movement ⇒ proud to be an active muslim, feeling of power, feeling of belonging to group and of changing the world.

Two Generations of British Muslims

• Answers to book, p. 86/87 q. 5 + 6: Two generations of British muslims

Cartoon

Cartoon women's rights in Islamic countries

Who/what/where:

• two women who accidentally meet on the street
• both turn around, after the have have met and look at the other …

• contrast

left:	right:
* clothes, shoes => shows … jewellery, sunglasses expression hair pose/way of walking attitude/to other woman) thought bubble	* garment no jewellery, glasses etc. no hair , almost no face visible ==> doesn't show … expression? pose/way of walking attitude to other woman thought bubble
Who ==> modern, western woman: ….	==> conservatively dressed muslima: ….

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Religion in the USA: The Christian Right, Megachurches and TV-Preachers

Vocabulary

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Facts on Religion and Politics in the US

Special Religious Groups and Institutions

• (Evangelical) Mega-Churches

• church should not play the role of the state, but have clear positions
• against stem cell research
• against gay marriage
• against abortion
• some are liberal in enforcing their views
• some churches are big: up to 8,500 seats in church and about 11,000 congregants (Megachurches even bigger)

Trends

• 72% of the Americans want their president to be clearly religious
• half of the Americans think churches should express views on political matters
• 41% of the Americans want more religion in politics
• Americans vote for candidates who aren't afraid to express their religious views
• Americans are comfortable with showing their faith in public
• about 25% are white evangelical christians and vote republican

BUT:

• majority says churches should not endorse candidates
• only about 30% of Americans refuse gay marriage in 2003 - as compared to 41% in 1996
• many Americans believe that religion should not have any direct influence on US politics but believe in religion being a privately exercised, individual matter
• many American Christians are not evangelicals and clearly want a more liberal, open-minded idea of Christianity and belief in God

Typical aspects/facts concerning religion in the USA

• US constitution strictly separates church and state

BUT:

• US politicians - unlike their counterparts in Europe - often mention God in their speeches (God bless you, God bless America ...)

Megachurches

Download Summary of facts about Osteen's megachurch

TV-Evangelism

Comedy can be so informative ...

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TV-Preachers