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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Global Hour: European Crossroads: changes in tolerance?
Dear students and scholars,
Global Hour is a weekly program of informal discussion that covers a wide range of topics. It is committed to facilitating the exchange of views and perspectives within a relaxed setting, while engaging important issues that highlight global and human conditions.
Title: European Crossroads: changes in tolerance?
DATE: Thursday, October 2nd from 6:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M.
VENUE: International House
This week in Global Hour we will have a look at a recent PEW survey of Europeans and their favorable or unfavorable view of Jews and Muslims. See http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=262 for a summary of the report. In general people in the countries surveyed showed an increasing unfavorable view of Jews and Muslims. The report also addresses some views terrorism, Islamic extremism, and suicide bombing.
Some Points and Questions to Ponder:
1. What is behind the rise in unfavorable views? a. Social, economic, and political
b. Great Britain is the one surveyed European nation where unfavorable views seemed to hold steady.
2. How do you think people in Europe go about identifying Jews and Muslims?
3. Is the survey reflecting religious intolerance or racial/ethnic intolerance?
4. There appears to be a growing concern among Muslims about Islamic extremism.
Got an Hour? Join Global Hour!
Global Hour is a weekly program of informal discussion that covers a wide range of topics. It is committed to facilitating the exchange of views and perspectives within a relaxed setting, while engaging important issues that highlight global and human conditions.
Title: European Crossroads: changes in tolerance?
DATE: Thursday, October 2nd from 6:30 P.M. to 8:30 P.M.
VENUE: International House
This week in Global Hour we will have a look at a recent PEW survey of Europeans and their favorable or unfavorable view of Jews and Muslims. See http://pewglobal.org/reports/display.php?ReportID=262 for a summary of the report. In general people in the countries surveyed showed an increasing unfavorable view of Jews and Muslims. The report also addresses some views terrorism, Islamic extremism, and suicide bombing.
Some Points and Questions to Ponder:
1. What is behind the rise in unfavorable views? a. Social, economic, and political
b. Great Britain is the one surveyed European nation where unfavorable views seemed to hold steady.
2. How do you think people in Europe go about identifying Jews and Muslims?
3. Is the survey reflecting religious intolerance or racial/ethnic intolerance?
4. There appears to be a growing concern among Muslims about Islamic extremism.
Got an Hour? Join Global Hour!
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