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Human rights Flashcards

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what is censorship?

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limiting access to materials considered to be offensive or a threat to security.

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What is discrimination?

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act of treating groups of people or individuals differently due to prejudice

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What is extremism?

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believing and supporting ideas far from most peoples correct or reasonable views

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What are human rights?

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The basic entitlements of all human beings, e.g all people should receive an education

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What is personal conviction?

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Something people feel strongly about or believe in

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What is prejudice?

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Pre judging someone without knowing them

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What is relative poverty?

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standard of poverty measured in relations to standards for society

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What is absolute poverty?

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Cant access basic human needs

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What is social justice?

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promoting fair society, ensuring everyone has equal opportunities and rights

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When was the declaration of human rights made?

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1948

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What do Amnesty International do?

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Monitor where human rights arent uphelp
set up in 1959, protest marches, write letters to government, raise awareness through social media, run school programes
1977 given nobel peace prize

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What do the United Nations quote?

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’ we advance social justice when we remove barriers that people face because of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, culture of disability’

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Who was Malala and what did she do?

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Campaigned against lack of education for girls in North Pakistan
‘i raise up my voice- not so I can shout but so those without a voice can be heard’
Taliban banned girls from education (goes against article 26)

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What is the dignity of human life?

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each life is as important as eachother, we should respect ignoring age gender and ability.

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Whats a humanist view on social injustice?

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‘every person to be treated with dignity and respect’
all humans are equal
support freedom or belief and expression
Among the founders of the United Nations

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What are Christian views on social injustice and human rights ?

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human rights reflect main principles of Christianity
all people are children of god= equal
‘god created mankind in his own image’

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What is agape in action?

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unconditional, selfless love. We do things to benefit others without expecting things in return following example of jesus.

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What is liberation theology?

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teachings and actions of jesus, he helped to liberate people from unjust. Jesus is a FREEDOM FIGHTER, Christians can take part in peaceful protests e.g Oscar Romero.

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Who was Oscar Romero? what did he do?

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A priest, close friend was murdered so spoke out against injustice, government banned his meetings and protests, he was gunned down while celebrating mass.

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What was a saying associated with Oscar Romero?

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‘be a patriot- kill a priest’

21
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What are Muslim views on helping and equality?

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everyone should be respect and treated with dignity
give zakah

22
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What article doesn’t allow censorship?

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Article 19- everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression

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Examples going against having freedom for religious expression?

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In france you can’t wear any overly religious symbols in school
‘American 13 year old banned from wearing rosary to school’ even though jewllery was allowed

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What do christains do to show freedom of religious expression?

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Go on a mission to convert people to their faith, ‘go into all the world and preach the gospels to all creation’

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What did Anti-abortion extremism lead to?

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2015 Robert Lewis dear shot and 3 and injured 9 at a planned parenthood clinic, bible condemns abortions so he was doing gods work

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What are examples of religious discrimination?

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name calling, attacks on place of worship, burning sacred texts, violence.
Islamophobia- dislike or distrust in Muslims

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What have Muslims done in response to religious discrimination?

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Isra 15 years old, spoke out in school after Paris terroist attacks in 2016
visit my mosque day, each year a mosque is open to give people the opportunity to ask questions and understand the role it plays.

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What are christain views on discrimination?

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‘do not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice’
Jesus healed women and befriended a tax collector
women cant be ordained as priests

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What are Muslim views on discrimination?

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all created equal but different
pilgrimage to Makkah (all wear white) shows equality
‘do not let the hatred of a people prevent you from being just’
doesnt mean men and women are the same but their roles are equally important
woman cant lead prayers, woman in canada done this and recieved death threats

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What are humanist views on discrimination?

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believe in evolution, scientifically we are all the same, must treat people are individuals not discriminating, stephen fry spoke out about prejudice and discrimination

31
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How has racism been brought into the light with football?

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‘show racism a red card’ 1995, high profile sports stars combat racism, work with schools to produce anti-racism education

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Who was Martin Luther King and what did he do?

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Minister, non violent protests to support civil rights, imprisoned and suffered violence but didnt retaliate with violence, follows Jesus teachings
‘we must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools’

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What are Muslim views on racism?

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God sent angels to earth to collect different types of soil to make men, different colours, strenghs, from different areas
Adam was destined to be as diverse as the handful of soil

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What are the issues of wealth and poverty?

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Oxfam indicates 2 million malnourished people in uk.
kids born into poor families are more likely to do worse in school and develop chronic illnesses, repeating the cycle.

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What is fair trade?

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produced on a small scale farm to meet social, economic and environmental standards

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What are christain views to racism and wealth?

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peoples values should be judged on their actions not their looks
must ask themselves if their job is helping or exploiting people
quakers are opposed to gambling, gaining at the expense of others
parable of sheep and goat, god judges people of their treament to the poor not their wealth

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Who are christain aid and what do they do?

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help those in need regardless of religion, ethinicty or nationality
aim to stop poverty
love and solidarity
dignity and respect
justice and equality
cooperation and partnership
accountability and stewardship

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What are Muslim views on wealth?

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wealth is a gift from god, receiving interest on loans is forbidden, cant be money lenders, forbids gambling, pay zakat, khums (wealth tax of 20% in shi’a muslims)
sadaqah- voluntary giving
zakat-id-ul-fitr donation at end of ramadam to give to poor
Muslim children learn about importance of zakah through poems

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What is Islamic relief? what do they do?

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help those in need, upholding principles of Islam
compassion- support in disaster
justice- raising awareness of marginalised voices
custodianship- recyling and selling donated clothes
sincerity- sponsoring 30,000 orphans in 1 year
excellence- signing red cross code of conduct, set standards on working in disaster zones.

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What are humanist views on poverty?

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important to care about poverty due to shared humanity
do not believe that we have poverty through punishment or suffering caused by fate, need to consider why there is poverty and actively campaign against it.

41
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Westboro Baptist church?

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Banned from entering the UK, hates gays, blacks, abortion.

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