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    story. Yet these people seem to ignore the how it has been proven time and time again that religion and government never mix well, and in the case of the United States they have never really mixed that much at all. A healthy relationship between religion and government is one…

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    Beyond Religious Freedom

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    in her recent book Religious Difference in a Secular Age delves deeply into the nuances of how the secular state acts in regards to religious freedom and minorities. While we had seen such ideas such as the secular state’s ability to craft a particular definition of religion when creating governmental policies in Elizabeth Hurd’s Beyond Religious Freedom, Mahmood pieces much more of the theoretical depth underpinning the secular state (its role, premises, temporality, and religious and…

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    within the constitution. It includes our freedoms of “religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition” (Sidlow and Henschen). This amendment entitles us to protection of our rights away from government interference. It “forbids Congress” from prohibiting our first amendment rights in any way (Cornell University). When the constitution was drafted, the framers of the American constitution did not realize the need to implement the limitations of our freedoms. In our time, people are often confused…

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    In today's world we have freedom of speech. We take that to grant and if and if we would’ve been in the olden days we would get our heads cut off because they didn't have the right of freedom of speech.In the late 17th and 18th centuries, europe philoshers explored ideas on how to imporve the world socity. The enlightenment was about equal rights, the philosophers influenced the enlightenment in the 17th century were John Locke, adam Smith, Voltaire, and Mary Wollstonecraft. The philosophers…

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    According to Islamic perspective, freedom of expression is allowed and permissible to everyone in this world regardless of their status, gender and belief as there is no Quranic verses that prohibit it. In Islam, freedom of expression can be in terms of criticism,thought,consultation speech and others. However there is some point where Islam restricted the freedom of expression when it refrain any truth from being revealed or the speech might be offensive in a way that caused hurtful. This is…

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    generation is freedom such as: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, and freedom of petition. These are just a few of the freedoms we have today in America. It is amazing all the freedoms we enjoy here in America, that other countries do not have. To me the greatest gift of freedom is the freedom religion. I know in many countries they have freedom of religion, but it is a wonderful freedom. Some people don’t understand how diverse America is. There are various religions…

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    The method of peaceful protest generally causes a positive influence in a free society. Peaceful protest is a conscientious plan for passionately disobeying the immoral laws of a society, which negate freedom, and as such upholds the First Amendment of the Constitution’s guard of religious freedom. Lacking harm and hopefully hate, peaceful protest also embodies respectful assertion to a society’s government, replacing coercing fear for popular support as a strategy for influence over law.…

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    Media And Religion

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    is a tendency to consider the right to freedom of expression as being of more importance than the right to freedom of religion. This is apparent through several cases in which, despite their actions causing deep offense to numerous religious individuals, the media’s freedom of expression has been defended and protected. In liberal democratic societies, one should seek to fairly balance the competition between the freedom of expression and freedom of religion. To accomplish this, I believe it…

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    the most important in the build of rights since it give us our basic freedom. The first Amendment describes the principal rights of the citizens of the united states. There are three important laws first freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and the right to peacefully assemble and petition the government. The first important law is freedom of religion. Freedom of religion is saying that we can practice whatever religion we chooses. Throughout history many people had to leave their…

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    America is freedom,opportunities, and justice. The America I believe in is a country where you work for what you have,you have rights,and is strong. A quote that I believe in is ‘America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves’. Abraham Lincoln. I believe in this quote because it states that we can't be destroyed from the outside. One of the first things I stated was freedom ,in the Bill of Rights it states the…

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