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bbaker2

Sectarian tensions high, say Australian Muslim leaders - CNN.com - 0 views

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australian muslim leaders Ethnicity

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  • Muslim community leaders in Australia say sectarian tensions are soaring, as radicalized Sunni youth, inspired by ISIS, seek to import the religious conflicts wracking the Middle East.
  • a 47-year old Shia leader was shot in the shoulder early Monday morning, as worshipers observed the Shia ritual of Ashura.
  • Shia community focused around the Islamic center in Greenacre, south-west Sydney
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  • "Anyone who speaks against the fighting in Syria and advocating the government to take action against people in Iraq and Syria -- they are threatened and attacked."
  • brutal Syrian conflict, and the appeal of ISIS to radicalized Sunni youth in Australia.
  • Sunni extremist group, which controls large swathes of Syria and Iraq.
  • Sectarian tensions were a new phenomenon for Australia's Muslim community
  • bbaker2 on 18 Dec 14
     
    Sunni extremists, who are supporting ISIS, have launched attacks against Shia Muslims in Australia to bring religious conflict from the Middle East. Why are they launching attacks on groups within the same religion as them? Why do Sunni extremists feel the need to get Australia involved in the religious conflicts from the Middle East after they've managed to avoid conflict for a long time?
  • dkessler701 on 18 Dec 14
     
    The Shiites and Sunnis have been fighting ever since the death of Mohommad over who would be Mohommad's sucessor.
  • jbasom on 18 Dec 14
     
    I think that Sunni extremists and Shia Muslims, even though they are both Islamic, have different beliefs, and they each believe that they are correct. The Sunni extremists, are exactly what they say they are...extremists; AKA people who will go to extreme measures to fight for what they believe. If something the Shia Muslims are saying or doing is counteracting what the Sunni extremists believe, they will quickly result to violent action to try to put an end to it. Also, if they can "take over" Australia and make it Islamic, more specifically Sunni, then they will have more money and power...which is the reason this is such a large territorial conflict.
btjohns

Swedish far-right leader: Jews must abandon religious identity to be Swedes | World new... - 1 views

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jews swedish religious Ethnicity religion

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  • Jews cannot be Swedes unless they abandon their Jewish identity.
  • “I am appalled that Sweden’s third largest party can express itself in this way about Jews and other minorities,” she said. “We have to take them really seriously. This not a small group of fanatics you can dismiss.”
  • Söder had said in a newspaper interview it would be a problem if there were too many people in Sweden “who belong to other nations” and had non-Swedish identities. Paying immigrants to go home would also help to avoid “foreign enclaves” and instead “create a society with a common identity”, he said.
  • btjohns on 19 Dec 14
     
    The Swedes refuse Jews to become Swedes if they do not abandon their Jewish identity. How will Jews from other countries react to this resolution to decrease immigrant migration?
  • Mr. Reidy on 29 Dec 14
     
    Wow. Interesting article. Why do you think this political party has a policy such as this? Does the US have any third parties with similar beliefs?
Mr. Reidy

With so many unemployed, why are 7,400 manufacturing jobs open in this region? | clevel... - 0 views

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industry employment regional

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  • For all the talk about the lack of jobs in Northeast Ohio, there are 7,400 open manufacturing jobs in the region.
    • Veronica Werner
      Veronica Werner on 07 Apr 14
       
      This is surprising, because the unemployment rate would be much lower if those jobs were filled.  It seems that even though the tertiary sector is most important to the American economy, a manufacturing job is still preferable to unemployment.
  • The number is so high because many workers don't have the skills that area employers need
    • Veronica Werner
      Veronica Werner on 07 Apr 14
       
      What would be some examples of skills or education people working in manufacturing would need? Would Fordist production eliminate this need, or would it only cause more productivity problems?
  • It's just the old job disappeared as new technology made the old job obsolete. For people to compete for the new jobs, "you need to get the new skills," he said.
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  • businesses, educators and community leaders started focusing more on the role of education in manufacturing
  • manufacturers will locate their plants in certain areas based on three factors: infrastructure, regulatory issues and trade and tax policies
  • Firms will locate where they believe they can innovate and tap into human capital.
  • The most recent recession was brutal for manufacturing,
  • manufacturing has long been the backbone of Northeast Ohio and the nation
  • representatives from local businesses, regional economic development organizations, national industry organizations and even from China.
    • Veronica Werner
      Veronica Werner on 07 Apr 14
       
      The inclusion of representatives from China shows the importance of globalization in the American economy.  This is mostly related to a regional issue, but even other countries are involved in American manufacturing.
  • collaboration among universities and the business community.
    • Veronica Werner
      Veronica Werner on 07 Apr 14
       
      This includes both the secondary and tertiary sectors.  The secondary sector includes the industrial portions of businesses.  The tertiary sector is found in the business people who handle the finances related to manufacturing, as well as the educators at universities.
    • Mr. Reidy
      Mr. Reidy on 17 Apr 14
       
      Great review of the major sectors.
  • improve U.S. competitiveness, encourage innovation and help manufacturing thrive.
    • Veronica Werner
      Veronica Werner on 07 Apr 14
       
      This article contains information and suggestions on how manufacturing companies can fill the same jobs that are open right now in Ohio.  http://www.automationworld.com/operations/tips-filling-skilled-manufacturing-positions
reidbossert

North, South Korea resume talks amid tension-- CNN.com - 0 views

This article two ever warring countries of North Korea and South Korea have once again tried their hand at peace talks. The talks included Hwang Pyong So and Kim Yang Gon on North Korea's side, the...

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lexihoffman

Mistrust Threatens Delicate Balance at a Sacred Site in Jerusalem - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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  • along
  • Amid roiling unrest over a contested Old City holy site, the
  • this month declared that the name used for the site by Jews, the Temple Mount, was “null and void.” Instead, the
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  • group said, the compound — “a symbol for all
  • must be called Al Aqsa Mosque or the Noble Sanctuary.
  • The real struggle over the site, however, is not over semantics but over sovereignty, between two peoples who seem unable to find a way to simply share.
  • Palestinian leaders,
  • along
  • along
  • The attacks
  • contend that threats to the holy site were the prime motivation of the violence.
  • have shattered Israelis’ sense of security but in many cases only strengthened their assertions of ownership.
  • Jewish presence at the site
  • “The Israelis try to force it — it’s not through negotiation, it’s not through discussion, it’s not through any rational means: They use the police, they come in a brutal manner to take over the place,” said Ali Qleibo,
  • “The security argument is also a religious argument, it’s an argument about the No. 1 principle in Judaism, which is thou shalt not spill blood.”
  • lexihoffman on 18 Dec 14
     
    In this current event, territory conflicts among Jews and Palestinians arise due to their different beliefs dealing with the city of Jerusalem and the boundary between the two religious groups. What will the Jews and Palestinians do to resolve their disputes over this issue?
  • jfoster98 on 18 Dec 14
     
    Maybe the Jews and Palestinians will create a peace treaty of sorts and divide the use of the territory equally. More likely though, they will probably go to war about it. Why do all disputes end in a war these days?
  • mkuhn24 on 18 Dec 14
     
    I agree, it seems that when attempts at a peace between groups fail, they immediately resolve to violence. In the end, do they believe that the death toll is worth the fight? In many cases it seems that there could have been multiple solutions to solving conflict when people went to war.
alexandergray

Religion makes Israeli-Palestinian conflict more volatile | CCTV America - 0 views

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religion conflict

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  • Religious leaders have asked both sides to back away from a blood feud based on religion.
  • Muslims and Jews feel threatened by a possible loss of control over sites that both consider sacred. Both turned houses of worship into battlegrounds.
  • “A religious war usually is motivated by a belief that God is on your side. God is a very potent actor in international relations. You are ready to make great sacrifices. You have great patience, which means you are ready to fight for a long time if God is on your side,”
  • alexandergray on 18 Dec 14
     
    The religious aspect of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is explored in light of a recent firefight. Why would both sides take shelter in their respective religious places of worship? Wouldn't that be against the rules both religions have to bring a conflict into a religious place? 
Mr. Reidy

U.N.: South Sudan rebels split residents by ethnicity, kill hundreds - CNN.com - 3 views

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  • In one mosque alone, more than 200 civilians were reportedly killed and 400 others wounded, according to the United Nations.
  • This is exactly the violence and suffering the South Sudanese people fought for decades to escape."
  • The Nuer community backs rebel leader Riek Machar while his rival, President Salva Kiir, is a Dinka.
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  • Two rivals, a lot of violence
    • Mr. Reidy
      Mr. Reidy on 29 Dec 14
       
      Could ethnicity be a centripetal or centrifugal force for a nation?
  • ewarren on 18 Dec 14
     
    A loss of power by the Nuer people has lead to conflict between them and the Dinka people due to a difference in ethnic and religious beliefs. Is peace possible in a place where one ethnic group rules over the other?
  • baileyanderson on 22 Dec 14
     
    Emily- This is an interesting topic. When it talked about the different rivals I thought that was very interesting as well. In answer to your question. I don't think that in a place that has so many other problems along with this one that peace will a viable situation. The article shows a good example of forced migration.
  • skylarann on 22 Dec 14
     
    This is quiet the tragedy. Merciless killing for, what appears to me, no logical reason. They did not deserve their fate, and while this is an interesting topic, it made me quiet sad to read this article. To answer the thoughtful question you asked, I believe it is possible, but only when both ethnic groups are willing to accept each other and share the area in which they live in a fair way, if they are not willing to accept each other and share, then peace is not yet attainable.
rdeveney

'Infidels are our enemy': Afghan fighters cherish old American schoolbooks | Al Jazeera... - 2 views

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Ethnicity and Religion

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  • More alarmingly for U.S. and international forces still in the country, the textbooks describe all nonbelievers as the enemy. “Our religion is Islam. Muhammad is our leader. All the Russians and infidels are our enemy.”
  • That built resentment toward foreigners and Kabul in some villages passed over for such support. “If people perceive that their enemy is getting more of those services, then that could contribute to the underlying conditions for conflict,
  • “When you have a school not set up in a government structure but in a home or a mosque, in the village, protected by the village and supported by the villagers, the likelihood of the school being attacked is reduced,” she said. “And you don't have construction, so you don't have problems with contracts.”
  • rdeveney on 18 Dec 14
     
    There was conflict between the Taliban and the Westerns and those who support the western views, because of the different religious and ethnic views. For example westerns believe women should be educated just like men, but the Taliban is against women education. Why is a school in a home that teaches the same thing that a governmentally funded school less likely to be attacked, since the Taliban is still against those ideas?
  • mholbert on 21 Dec 14
     
    I think that as long as the Taliban are in control there will always be violence between the Taliban and the Westerners. Women should be educated just like men, but as long as the Taliban have power, I do not think that will happen. The Taliban showed just how much they are against women getting an education when they shot Malala Yousafzai in the head on her way home from school. Schools in homes are less likely to be attacked than schools run by the government because they have the protection and support of the village and villagers. The Taliban might also target government run schools because they oppose the government.
willowyorlets

Why Ferguson? Many police killings, but only Missouri suburb explodes - 0 views

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  • willowyorlets on 22 Aug 14
     
    This article describes the riots and how the town of Ferguson is reacting to the killing of Michael Brown. This event relates to mobility because the town's population is 67% black, while all leaders of the town are white. There are certain patterns emerging as to how information is being spread and how the public reacts to them.
Mr. Reidy

National Geographic Education resources for APHUG by topic - 1 views

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National Geographic resources geo-literacy education

shared by Mr. Reidy on 02 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • On this page, selected resources from the National Geographic Education website are organized under topic headings used to teach the course. Resources include instructional content for teachers; career profiles, news articles, and encyclopedic entries for student reading, as well as teacher background reading; and multimedia, which includes maps, photos, and videos contextualized with rich information for use in the course.
  • Mr. Reidy on 02 Jun 13
     
    National Geographic is the leader in geo-literacy. I find this website valuable because it contains a collection of useful resources for AP Human Geography. Take a look at each topic heading and check out the provided resources. Which resource in each topic did you find to be the most valuable as a geography student?
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