Unit 4- Lesson 4: Prejudice and Discrimination Flashcards
What is Prejudice?
Pre-judging; judging people to be inferior or superior without cause.
What is Discrimination?
Acts of treating groups of people, or individuals differently, based on prejudice.
What Islamophobia?
Dislike of or prejudice against Islam or Muslims.
To fight Islamophobia, the Muslim council of Britain created Visit my mosque.
Summarize what this event is.
Over 80 mosques are open to the public throughout the day and many activities take place
It’s an opportunity for people to ask questions an understand the role of the mosque in local communities.
Christian views against prejudice & discrimination- Jesus teaches Christians that discrimination is wrong. Find a quote to support this.
‘you are all one in Christ.’
Christianity and women in worship- Do Catholics allow women to become priests? Find a quote to support this.
Catholics believe Men and Women are EQUAL but that they should
make different contributions to society
Men should take religious roles whilst women are more important
in the family
‘I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man’
Islamic views against prejudice & discrimination- Do Muslims permit discrimination? Find a quote to support this.
Islam teaches that Allah created everyone as equal but different. This means any discrimination against any human is unjustified.
“We have created you from male and female and made you peoples
and tribes that you may know one another’’
Islam and women in worship- Are women allowed to lead prayers? Who the first Muslim born women to lead a prayer in Britain. Find a quote to support this.
The Qur’an does not mention whether females can lead prayers
however historically this role is completed by men.
In Britain, Raheel Raza became the first Muslim born
woman to lead a mixed gender congregation at a small
prayer session.
'’it’s about reminding the Muslim community that 50 percent of its
adherents are women who are equal to men”.
