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Religious people, Persecuted OR Persecutors?

Religious people, Persecuted OR Persecutors?. A look at how different religions have been the persecutors as well as the persecuted in history. . Christianity as the Persecuted. Persecuted by both Jews and Romans at the time of Jesus Preachings went against the culture of the time

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Religious people, Persecuted OR Persecutors?

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  1. Religious people, Persecuted OR Persecutors? A look at how different religions have been the persecutors as well as the persecuted in history.

  2. Christianity as the Persecuted • Persecuted by both Jews and Romans at the time of Jesus • Preachings went against the culture of the time • Jews belief that Messiah was to come • Romans did not recognize Jesus.

  3. The “Great Persecution” • Ruler Diocletian • Banned Christianity • Sent them to the Colosseum

  4. GROUP QUESTION • With the person sitting next to you DISCUSS: • What is a Colosseum? • Why were Christians being perseucted by Romans? (Hint I already talked about it . . .hopefully you were paying attention!)

  5. What is a Colesseum? • A large amplitheather used by Romans to kill Christians • Lions • Other beasts

  6. Persecutions against Christiansin recent history • Interdenominational • Henry VIII • Protestant/ Catholics in Ireland • North Korea and India • Around the world.

  7. Christians as the PERSECUTORS • Interdenominational • DISCUSS with the person next to you: • Why would people of different religious denominations want to kill each other? Don’t they believe in the same God?

  8. The Crusades 1095 -1291 • Military sanctioned campaigns • Went out to forcibly convert people in the surrounding areas • Muslims, Jews, Russian and Greek Orthodox Christians

  9. The Spanish Inquistion • Began by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain • THINK. Take a few seconds and think about where you’ve heard those names before. Think back to elementary school. • I’ll get your answers in a minute or two.

  10. The Spanish Inquisition cont’d • Set out to convert mainly Muslims in the surrounding areas in Spain • People accused of heresy

  11. HERESY?? Write Compare and Share!! • WRITE down in your notebook what you think the definition of HERESY is. • Once you have it written down COMPARE your answer with the person next to you. • SHARE your answer with the class when I call on you.

  12. Definition • Heresy is. . . • Any belief or idea that goes against the established belief system. • Example: In the eyes of Catholics, Buddhists would be committing heresy because they do not believe in God.

  13. MUSLIMS as the Persecuted • At Mecca by the Pagan Arabs • By Christians during . . . Name two examples that we’ve already covered where Christians persecuted Muslims

  14. Persecuted by each other • Shia and Sunni conflicts • 1513 the Ottomans ordered the massacre of about 40,000 Shia Muslims. • U. S Invasion of Iraq • Bombings and terrorist activity between Shia and Sunni

  15. TODAY • In America? • 9/11 mosque near Ground Zero; yes or no? • Discuss with the person next to you and come up with some examples of Muslim persecution. • Discuss also your opinions on the mosque.

  16. MUSLIMS as the PERSECUTORS • 800 to 1700 AD • Regarded Hindus as “infidels” • Slaughtered millions • Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Thailand (2001) • Buddhists have been arrested, jailed and beaten.

  17. Muslims as the PERSECUTORScont’d • Pakistan - 1998 – Christians are said to commit “heresy” (remember that word?) against the Qur’an. • Punishable by death • Turkish Muslims created a genocide of Greek Christians in 2006 • Church looted and burned in Algeria • January 2010

  18. Judaism as the PERSECUTED (early days) • Middle Ages Anti – Semititsm (anti – Jewish feelings) Christians held the Jews responsible for killing Jesus • Victims of the Crusades Massacred by the thousands DISCUSS with your partner what the Crusades were (we covered this already so I hope you were paying attention!)

  19. Jews Persecuted ( In history..) • The Holocaust • Hitler killed more than 6 million Jews • Sent them to concentration camps • Forced labor • Very little food • Gas chambers • Separation of families

  20. Jews Persecuted TODAY • Israeli – Palestine conflict • Borders • Water rights • Control over Jerusalem Both religions have sites in Jerusalem that are sacred to their religions Can anyone name them?

  21. Answer! • The Dome of the Rock • Muslim • The Wailing Wall Judaism

  22. Tolerance • Remember everyone makes mistakes • Remember that everyone has felt left out at one point or another. • Our job is to treat everyone with respect and tolerance!

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