Why did the Taliban refuse to give up bin laden? Why did they treat Afghan women so poorly? Why did so many Afghan schools close when the Taliban took control?
Why did the Taliban refuse to give up bin laden? Why did they treat Afghan women so poorly? Why did so many Afghan schools close when the Taliban took control? In 1996 Osama Bin Laden moved back to Afghanistan. He established a close relation with Mullah Omar, the head of Taliban, and threw his support behind the Taliban. Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban regime have a close alliance on which both depend for their continued existence. They also share the same religious values and vision and both are radical and extremist. Osama Bin Laden has provided the Taliban regime with troops, arms, and money to fight the northern alliance. He is closely involved with Taliban military training, planning, and operations. He also has representatives in the Taliban military command structure. So we can see that bin laden and Taliban is closely related to one another which is the main reason that Taliban has refused to give up bin laden. The other two reasons that Taliban refused to give up bin laden are religious and family reason. I have already mentioned that both share same religious values and both are radical and extremist. Taliban believes that it is against their religion if they hand over the person who are in their protection. According to them, it is their duty to protect bin laden because he came there to seek protection from Taliban. Another reason the Taliban refuse to give up
Analyse and explain the ways in which a religious or moral issue of concern to christians has been dealt with in a television soap opera or the national daily press?
Aii) Analyze and explain the ways in which a religious or moral issue of concern to Christians has been dealt with in a television soap opera or the national daily press? Since the 1950s, soap operas have appeared on British television screens. During the mid-1950s, soap operas dominated late morning and early afternoon weekend television programming. When soap operas first began, they were usually based on middle-class families living in small towns, showing how good always triumphed. By the 1970s, soap operas had undergone a revolution. The started to include open discussion on abortion, drug abuse, wife abuse, suicide and so on. Even characters of various racial and ethnic backgrounds were introduced to what was once an all-white, Anglo-Saxon population. I have decided to analyze and explain the way forgiveness in Christianity has been dealt with in the television soap opera: Eastenders. Eastenders is a BBC production first broadcasted in 1985. It is watched by a little less than a third of the British population, by more women than men. It has become particularly popular amongst teenagers. Buckingham states that 'much of their fascination - and particularly that of the younger children - arose from its inclusion of aspects of adult life from which they were normally "protected"'. The programme makers regard it as a 'slice of life'. The producer Julia Smith reported
relegious themes explored in a film
RE Coursework - Section 3 Religious themes in a film The film in which I decided to review was a film called Anita and me. This film explores many different religious themes and issues which are either frowned upon in society or frowned upon by a certain religion. The storyline of the film is basically about a little Indian girl called Meena who now lives in England with her parents. The film was based on the highly successful novel write by the famous Indian actress called Meera Syal. In the film the main character Meena is supposed to be Meera from when she what a little girl and the film explores, from her point of view, experiences that happened when she was a little girl. The character of Meena is played by the young Chandeep Uppal.The character of Meena is a 12 year old daughter of Punjabi immigrants who is growing up in the early 70's in a small country village of whose inhabitants are nearly all white. The young Meena, after growing up in an English environment is not used to the Indian traditions and finds it hard to obey her mother's rules of being fashioned like a good Indian girl. She is a pop music loving young girl who loves a magazine called 'Jackie magazine. She writes to the magazine with her fantastic imaginative writing. She aspires to be a writer but her parents are not interested because they just want her to pass all of her exams. When a new girl
What Christians believe about life is up to them. They should not try to make others accept their position" Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer showing you have considered more that one point of view
Year 10 GCSE Coursework Task "What Christians believe about life is up to them. They should not try to make others accept their position" Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer showing you have considered more that one point of view Agree Everyone should have the right to make their own minds up on issues such as abortion without having others people's views forced upon us. Most people now believe in autonomy, were you have total control over your own life. In Britain today we are living in a secular society, which means we are a non-religious community. Only a small percentage of people in England are Christians so why should they decide what is right. Disagree There is nothing wrong with trying to influence what other people believe. At the end of the day, they do not have to listen to you. They do not have to listen to you but at least you know, as a Christian, that you have tried to help them. Even if they do not take any notice. Christians are called upon to go out and preach their message to the whole of the world. In Mark 16:9-20, Jesus said to his disciples to, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all of creation. Whoever does not believe will be condemned". If they did not try to influence others then they would be going against God. But trying to influence others, you are showing that you love them. In Mark 12: 31-32, Jesus said that the
Religious Studies: Describe the variety of specifically religious programmes on the four main television channels
When television first started in the 1920's there was a large influence on religion. There are a variety of religious programmes that are broadcasted over the four main television channels. The first of which is the service type, "Sunday Service" and "Songs of Praise." "Sunday Service" recites different hymns, prayers and readings from religious books (Bible). Both programmes celebrate Christmas and Easter with great enthusiasm. "Songs of Praise" is aimed at adult Christians who enjoy hymns. It is more popular than "My Favourite Hymns" as it is brighter and more modern. However, people might not like it if they are not Christian and others may think it's too modern, and not traditional enough. The second type is magazine. An example of this type is "The Heaven and Earth Show" which is broadcasted on BBC1. This programme shows life with a spiritual twist. It tackles current issues from the point of different religions, e.g. the attack on the world trade centre, and how it made people question their faith. It also covers unusual religious issues, like a football playing Muslim girl, a topic that was featured in the recent film, "Bend it like Beckham." The programme is aimed at adults who are interested in religion or current affairs. Many may like this show as it raises issues that will interest a lot of people and may give them greater faith in their religion. The
Assess the sociological for / against view of secularisation occurring.
Assess the sociological for/against view of secularisation occurring (2000). Although sociologists have disputed whether religion encourages or inhibits social change, most agree that changes in society will lead to changes in religion. Furthermore, many have claimed that social change would lead to the weakening or even disappearance of religion. In the nineteenth century it was widely believed that industrialisation and the growth of scientific knowledge would lead to secularisation, which very broadly can be defined as the process of religious decline. Functionalist Durkheim did not agree that religion was 'doomed' to total obsolescence. He once commented that there was 'something eternal in religion' (Durkheim, 1961). Nevertheless, he did anticipate that religion would be of declining social significance. In an industrial society in which there was a highly specialised division of labour, religion would lose some of its importance as a force for integrating society. Social solidarity would increasingly be provided by the education system rather than the sort of religious rituals associated with the more 'simple societies'. Weber too anticipated a progressive reduction in the importance of religion. He thought that in general people would act less in terms of emotions and in line with tradition, and more in terms of the rational pursuit of goals.
Religion is simply a brain-washing control device to make individuals behave in the way that the middle class wants them to.'
Rationale 'Religion is simply a brain-washing control device to make individuals behave in the way that the middle class wants them to.' I believe this statement is true and will try to prove it through my research into the functions of religion and why people believe in it. I have chosen to study this particular area because I myself was brought up in a religious junior school and think that religion affects everyone whether you believe in a religion or not. It should be fairly easy to gain access to my sample because I can ask friends, family and other students to fill in my questionnaire. I also think it is very important that everyone understands religious views because even if you don't agree with them yourself, you should try to see other peoples points of view to learn to be tolerant of others opinions. In order to research this I will create 100 questionnaires and ask people aged 15-80 to fill them in for me, the questions will ask about their own beliefs and ideas on the uses of religion, for example some people chose to follow a religion because they believe if you live your life according to the rules of a religion such as Christianity, they will be rewarded in the afterlife. I think 100 people will give a reasonable sample and there is nothing un-ethical about my research because anyone I ask to take part has the right to refuse, also I am being honest about
Religion and The Media - Describe, explain and analyse the way in which a religious issue has been dealt with in a TV soap opera.
GCSE RE Short Course Coursework Religion and The Media (ii) The way in which a religious issue has been dealt with in a TV soap opera. In Eastenders a few years ago, there was a storyline in which Ethel Skinner asks her friend Dot Cotton to help her die, because she had cancer. Ethel was in her eighties, and Dot was around seventy. The pair were best friends and had been inseparable since the very beginning of the series. Ethel moved away from Albert Square for a while, before moving back in the year 2000. A while after moving back, Ethel announced to Dot that she had cancer, and only had two months left to live. Ethel wanted to die comfortably, and with her dignity, so she asked Dot to help her die. Dot was very upset that her best friend was going to die, but said she would do anything to help, although actually killing her would be too much, as she was a Christian, and it would go against her religious beliefs. In Ethel's final week, a huge party was thrown, but as it continued Ethel was in pain, so Dot took her home, and told her she should take the doctors advice and go into a hospice. On hearing this, Ethel knew it was the end, and asks Dot again to help her die. Dot finally agrees, because she doesn't like to see her friend in pain, but for weeks after wrestles with a guilty conscience. She steals things in an attempt to get the polices attention, but they think
Sex Outside Of Marriage
Carl Shepherdson 26/11/02 Sex Outside Of Marriage For this assignment the religious issue we have chosen is 'Sex outside of Marriage'. Sex outside of marriage is very important to Christians because a lot of Christians think it is wrong to have sex without being married because you are not fully together. The Soap opera we have chosen is 'Eastenders', Eastenders is about families who all live in a square it is set in London. Sex outside of marriage has come up in Eastenders several times including. The first one being Dot Cotton who is a religious person of the soap; her storyline was she would not have sex before she was married. The second storyline is about Sonia she had sex at the age of 16 and ended up pregnant but never kept the baby she adopted the baby. The third story line is about Janine and Jamie, Jamie was unfaithful with Janine and slept with her. The fourth story line is about adultery Roy committed adultery when he was with his first wife he had an affair with his secretary Jane and now he is with Pat but after thirty years he's real son Nathan turned up. The fifth story line is about rape Kat was thirteen when she was raped by her uncle Harry and Kat had her baby and was told by her mum and dad that they would bring it up so it was her sister. The sixth story line is about Mark Fowler when he was young he enjoyed his self had a good life but
Memoirs of our journey to acquire Religious freedom
This is the record of an Independent Puritan from Bermuda and the memoirs of our journey to acquire Religious freedom. I will attempt to illustrate the course of our passage to spiritual sovereignty in this log. My name is Diana Petrie and this is the narrative of our struggle for freedom of worship. 512 I was an associate of a British Company that Settled in Bermuda in 1512. I was only a teenager and came with my parents. Subsequent to long years of destitution because of un-profitable farming Bermuda began to prosper. Life was good and I was enjoying my time in Bermuda. 640's The 1640's move stealthily, as did the uprising of a religious conflict that seems to have been brewing for a while now. It appeared to be a reflection of what caused the civil war in England in 1642 and subsequent to the execution of Charles I in 1649. The origin of the quandary was the people. Some wanted to worship contrary to the way of the Anglican Church. Even when Sir Oliver Cromwell a Puritan in Europe came to preeminence the Anglican Royalist in Bermuda repudiated to acknowledge the rule. This started a journey in our lives for us independent Puritans were not going to stay shackled to the chains of Religious oppression anymore; NO we were going to find a place where we can worship free of chains and shackles then we can truly be liberated as worshipers. We all elected a spokesperson to