Human rights Flashcards
What is censorship?
The practice of suppressing and limiting access to materials considered obscene, offensive or a threat.
What is discrimination?
The act of treating groups of people or individuals differently, based on prejudice.
What is extremism?
Believing in or supporting ideas that are very far from what most people consider correct or reasonable.
Why are human rights important to christian?
- teachings of the bible support human rights
- all humans are created by God and in his image so are sacred
- God loves everyone qually therefore, all people should be treated equally
- The ten commandments support most human rights laws
What are muslim teachings on human rights?
- It is our duty to life
- All humans were created by Allah - All humans should have the same entitlement
- We stand up against injustice in the world where human rights are being denied
- Muhammad tried to demonstate the fair treatment of all people and muslims should follow his example
- The Qur’an has teachings in it that support human rights
Why should christians promote racial harmony?
- Parable of the good samaritan Jesus taught that people follow God’s command to love one another
- Golden rule to treat others how you want to be treated “do unto others what you would have them do to you
- They should promote racial harmony as its putting God’s teachings into practice
- “love thy neighbour”
- “God created man in his own image”
- e.g Martin Luther King worked for black poeple to get equality in /usa, putting christian principles of helping others into action, his work got black people the vote
- Desmond tutu - First black anglican archbishop of capetown, taught that everyone was equal regardless of their skin colour and campaigned for gay rights
Why muslims should promote racial harmony?
- Muhammed declared in last sermon “there is no difference between arabs and non-arabs” people from all races are equal and racism is wrong
- Qur’an teaches that no race is better than another
- Muslims believe Allah created all humans equally and, therefore, all humans should be treated equally regardless of race
- All muslims are part of the worldwide ummah, from every race across the world
How do muslims promote racial harmony?
- Muslims from all around the world pray together in arabic - shared language
- All male pilgrims shave their heads and all muslims wear white Ihram as symbol of equality on pilgrimage to mecca
- All muslims from around the world face mekkah when praying, attend hajj and fast during ramadan
- There are examples of individual Muslims who campaigned for racial e.g Muhammad Ali
What is relative poverty?
A standard of poverty measures in relation to the standards of a society in which a person lives.
What is absolute poverty?
An acute state of deprivation, whereby a person cannot access the most basic human needs.
