9/11 And Religion

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Millions throughout the world enjoy Christian music on a daily basis and connect with the songs on a personal and religious level. Unlike several genres today, Christian music tends to deal with social issues and promotes change in the world. This is what makes Christian and other types of religious music so interesting. Although other music artists make millions of dollars writing songs about money and women or men, Christian music makes the same amount of money and releases a respectable message out to the communities. While religious music encourages openness and worshiping the same god, it has had its issues as any other religion would. In Jeremiah Cataldo’s article Popular Music on Christianity in the United States: Christianity’s Failure to …show more content…
The discrimination against gays, lesbians and feminist in the Christian church has long been analyzed by followers of Christianity and those on the outside the religion. When thinking about Christianity one tends to think about togetherness and love. Being accepted for who you are no matter whom you love and what you believe. When the issue of 9/11 arises in Cataldo’s article, he brings famous televangelist Jerry Falwell’s discriminatory comments to the forefront. Stating that 9/11 happened because of people found in the Christian culture being judged on who they love rather than what they do as people. 9/11 did not take place because Christianity has gay and lesbian followers, 9/11 happened because of much more complex reasons. It is then up to people in the spotlight to create awareness to the generalization that gay and lesbians are deviant people. People like musicians who have the platform to call out those like Jerry Falwell and bring out the real issue. Disturbed, a

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Behind The Backlash Summary

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from the media and hate crimes since 9/11. Americans should not blame Islamic people for 9/11 because it was the actions of a radical group and not the actions of an average Islamic person. Treading carefully around the topic of Islamic culture leaves room for misunderstanding as well as prejudices. Educating students and opening up classroom discussions about Islamic culture is important because it reduces these gaps for misunderstanding and prejudices. The 9/11 World Trade Center attacks were devastating…

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Examples Of Misjudgement In The Crucible

and go around falsely accusing people of Salem. Witchcraft was eventually disproved after 19 people were hanged and 1 was crushed. Those who were accused of witchcraft, Muslims-Americans post 9/11, and myself because of my size were all part of a “witch hunt”. I can relate to the Muslim-Americans post 9/11, because…

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9/11 Cultural Perspective

Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center. On September 11th, 2001, two planes crashed in the World Trade Center in New York City, one plane crashed on the western side of the Pentagon in Washington D.C., and one in a field in Somers County, Pennsylvania. All the planes were hijacked by a group called Al-Qaeda. Looking at the 9/11 attacks we need to look through a cultural lens on both religion and ethical beliefs of both the Americans and Muslims. The events of 9/11 should…

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Essay about 9/11 Rebuilding Through American Culture

into American culture, and the influence that culture has on rebuilding after the 9/11 disaster “The bricks have fallen down, but we will rebuild with dressed stone; the fig trees have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars” ~ Isaiah 9:10 Capt. Michael Dugan hangs an American flag from a light pole in front of what is left of the World Trade Center after it was destroyed in the September 11 attacks. Culture is not something that can be directly attributed to genetic…

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The Influence Of 9/11 On Islam

The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 had a major impact on Islam and American Muslims, that sparked false ideals, speculation, and prejudice. I have analyzed and researched public sentiment about Muslim Americans and Islam in the aftermath of 9/11, researching available public opinion data. My analysis suggests that Americans do indeed hold latent resentment and skepticism about Islam and Muslim Americans. This spotlighting of Islam and Muslim Americans I have found in my research to be greatly…

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