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The word nation came to English from the old French word nacion, which in turn originates from the latin word natio literally meaning “that which has been born”. (Harper, Douglas) A nation may refer to a community of people who share a common language, culture, ethnicity, decent or history, it can also refer to people who share a common territory and govt. Where Nationalism is a belief system, creed or political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a…

A hero can be defined as a person who shows exemplary courage while undergoing a quest for enlightenment. In the novel “Life of Pi” by Yann Martel, the protagonist, Pi, is considered a hero. According to Joseph Campbell, the man who created the quest pattern, a hero must undergo three distinctive parts of his or her journey for it to be considered a true quest for enlightenment. The innocence factor relates to the life the hero lived before their journey of becoming a hero begins. They normally…

A Long Way Gone by: Ishmael Beah Chapter 1 Ishmael (main character) ten years old describes the idea of war as entirely abstract to his young mind and insists that he and his fellow villagers didn't have the capacity to understand what the refugees coming through his village had experienced Ishmael, Junior, Talloi, and Mohamed sing rap music- learned during visit to Mobimbi (fathers and other foreigners worked for an American company) music has defined how they dress and speak January 1993- set…

In 570 AD Saudi Arabia was suffering from the excessive violence of small clans. Muhammad was born into this culture of unnecessary violence lived his life as such. The Quran claims Muhammad was visited by Allah's angel Gabriel who called on Muhammad to do the bidding of Allah and preach his word to the middle east who at the time Was polytheistic. In the midst of disorder and chaos in the middle east Muhammad rapidly gained followers, creating not only the religion of Islam but gathered his…

When it comes to religion Islam which is the second largest religion in the world with Christianity being the first is constantly increasing. There are many misconceptions about the Islamic beliefs, value, and goals, for example islamophobia. This paper will address the teaching of the Islamic religions and how the religion is interpreted in different countries and cultures in the world. This paper will address Islamic religions in the United States, Great Britain, the Middle East, India,…

In a nation that is characterized by a strong survivalist orientation, all residents may be less likely to tolerate attitudes and behaviors that deviate from the societal norm. In a nation that is characterized by such notion, majority of its residents, for example Muslims in Muslim nations, tend to have views against homosexuality. Homosexuality is not viewed as a societal norm and not falling into the gender binary views. It’s the religious leaders from these nations that are more likely to…

Many things distinguish Western culture from Arabian culture, but there are also some key cultural similarities that can be seen between these two cultures. One key thing that should be noted is the key role that religion plays is Arab culture. More specifically, the religion of Islam affects many of the customs in those countries. The first thing that sets these cultures apart is religion. In these Arabian cultures, Islamic religion is the main religion, and many of the laws that were given to…

What was the role of the Catholic Church and religion in medieval life? Which institutions and events were the most significant? Why? The Catholic Church and religion dominated the lives of people of the medieval period because they had staunch believe that God, heaven and Hell all existed staunch. In the medieval age, the fall of Rome resulted in the church growth in power as they took the role of leadership and the distribution of food to the needed. The church was largely a spiritual…

Terrorism is the threat or use of violence against a population or group of people to spread fear for the purpose of a political motive or agenda. The Taliban is possibly one of the most renowned terrorist groups in Afghanistan, and despite the containment methods used against them, they continue to grow and prevail in rural southern areas of Afghanistan and parts of Kabul. The Taliban is unique because they not only adhere by means of strict Islamic fundamentalism, but Pashtun laws and culture.…

The partition of India is the most painful and traumatic episode of Indian history. Partition in general was accompanied by a huge wave of violence, but the atrocities against women were probably the most horrible ones. Though women were neither the part of the political decisions that divided the nation nor they had any role in the violence that followed partition, yet they were the worst targets of brutality inflicted by the men of other communities. The impact of the partition on women was…