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Worksheet 2

August 19, 2012

Part I

Define the following terms:

|Term |Definition |

|Ethnic group |People of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture. |

|Anti-Semitism |The intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people. |

|Islamophobia |Extreme or irrational fear of all Islamic persons. |

|Xenophobia |Intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries. |

|Persecution |The act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion). |

|Religious group |Individuals involved with or employed in religious denominations or organized religious groups such as |

| |churches. |

Part II

Select at least 1 religious and 1 ethnic group not your own from the list below.

• Religious groups (based on http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf )

o Islam (Sunni, Shia, Sufism)

• Ethnic groups (based on divisions in U.S. Census Bureau documents)

o Hispanic and Latino (South or Central American descent)

Part III

Answer the following questions in 50 to 75 words each about the religious group you selected:

• How does your selected religious group differ from other religious groups (such as in their beliefs, worship practices, or values)?

o They believe in Allah and not god and pray up to five times a day. Instead of reading from the bible they read from the Quran and believe that the nation is not owned by man and god is only...