Fundamentalism

Dear Professor Walter and members of the tenure committee, I am pleased to write this tenure review letter for Dr. Cash Ahenakew. At the outset, my contact with Dr. Ahenakew has been confined to occasional interaction at scholarly conferences. In this evaluation I specifically respond to the questions asked by Professor Walter in his ‘invitation to review’ letter. I will also review the research dossier of Dr. Ahenakew, briefly, assess his service to the academic community as well as his…

The book is a amalgamation of contributions of Novel Prize winner renowned economist Amartya Sen’s, glorious papers on public conversation and rational pluralism in Indian society that incorporate Indian history and uniqueness, culture, focusing on the custom public debates and intellectual pluralism. It is the perceptions of Indian culture, history, or individuality which is not inevitably distorted or discerning but also without having a clear scientific interpretation. The book is a coherent…

Iranian Islamic revolution beginning in 1978, it led for a complete shift in roles for women. The government rewrote laws to force women out of the workforce, being seen as incapable to have a job. Both of these changes happened because of religious fundamentalism. Gilead formed due to religious influence from a skewed from of Christianity. Similarly, the Iranian Islamic revolution occurred due to a dictator excusing Islam as the reason for the regressive…

because they could not be held accountable due to loopholes in laws. Also, many Iraqis were stripped of habeas corpus to further justify the mistreatment. Furthermore, the failure to reconstruct the country led to sectarian conflict and religious fundamentalism. An example of the sectarian violence is the bombing of Shia mosques after the invasion. The lack of economic development left a vacuum to provide basic services to the people of Iraq. This was often filled by people such as Moqtada…

The nature of multiculturalism in Australia encompasses the ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity of the Australian society and actively pursues equality of opportunity for all Australians to participate in the life of the nation and the right to maintain ethnic and cultural heritages within the law and the political framework (Berman and Paradies, 2008). Despite this a plethora of research argues that Multiculturalism in Australia is hampered by concepts or ‘race’ and ‘racism’. The term…

Throughout the book, Armstrong provides a vast amount of information that deals historically with how men and women have perceived God. She provides a chapter, and sometimes more than one chapter, dealing with how each one of Judaism, Christianity and Islam perceived God throughout history. Each historical chapter of the book is rich with information concerning how and why each religion has certain beliefs. However, a flaw of being so rich in information is the lack of simplicity and clarity. It…

“The Lottery” can be said to be one of the most well known short stories in American literature, and is described as a chilling tale of conformity gone wrong. Shirley Jackson, the author of “The Lottery” writes a story of a small town in modern-day America with a peculiar yearly tradition. Jackson centers her story on a small town, in which once every year on June 27th, its citizens randomly draw the name of one townsperson to be sacrificed, death by stoning, in order to ensure a good harvest.…

Moreover, MDGs impose a political development onto Third World countries, as well. For example, the spread of neoliberalism and religious fundamentalism (from First Nation countries) become embedded in goals and policies. This further alienates Third World countries from achieving any development . There is an idea that Third World nations increase their ‘backwardness’ because they aren’t catching…

Women’s reproductive rights are a human right that cannot be taken away. Due to religion and/or lack of education, women do not have the freedom and privacy to choose what is best for their bodies. This social injustice is highly neglected upon because people feel uncomfortable talking about a topic that millions of women struggle with on the daily basis. Although women’s rights have improved drastically, women around the world still face oppression on a daily basis and women’s reproductive…

73. What is The Organic Connection between RELIGIOSITY and WAR? • The religious circles use all available means to contradict now predominant opinion, they call ‘the myth’, that fundamentalism & religious extremism is the prime cause of both violence and war. They state, the assertion propagandized by disliked atheist and secular humanitarians is false, but, regretfully for them, such standpoint is, contrary to their hope, weakening by a day. The evidence for the counterclaims religious…