this page explaines how christians pillaged and took turkish held jerusalem in the name of god. this inccident and several similar inccidents shortly after were known as the crusades. i wanted to show this article to the class because it shows how christian extremists killed innocent people in the name of god and how even in the distant past they were people who believed it was ok to kill thousands of people in the name of their god

i figured this article would be a stretch for the assignment but i believe that the crusades are a major example of the violation of religious freedoms and how religious extremism can do extensive harm reguardless what religion the extremists believe in

this article shows how there is religious extremists in israel. the article showed several inccidents that violated several personal and religious rights.

this article explained how a womans personal rights was violated on a public bus in Brooklyn, New York. the woman got on the bus and sat down and was then said since she was a woman, she had to move to the back of the bus.

this article explains all of the tragic things that happened in china in 1989. this inccident is an example of how bad an oppressive government can be to a population and its personal freedoms, which in this case was the rights to publically protest.

this document explaines the pros and cons of Religious extremism. Religious extremism is when someone is willing to do violent acts and harm people in the name of their god.

this is a web document containing the US declaration of independance. this is a good example what a group of people should do when their personal freedoms are denied by a government.

this document is the 30 rights the UN believes all people are born with and are laws the UN tries to enforce all around the world in peace time and in war. these are rights that all people should have reguardless where they are born or what ethnicity they are

this is another page containing the first 10 ammendmants of the US constitution as well as the other 17 ammendmants made after the initial bill of rights. this page is informational in knowing how the US government is supposed to treat the peoples personal freedoms.

this is a page that summarizes each of the fisst 10 ammendmants of the US constitution. these are good to know as a reference when talking about personal freedoms

The Office of International Religious Freedom has the mission of promoting religious freedom as a core objective of U.S. foreign policy. The office is headed by Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Suzan Johnson Cook. We monitor religious persecution and discrimination worldwide, recommend and implement policies in respective regions or countries, and develop programs to promote religious freedom.