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Indonesia and Malaysia are two countries Muslims can look up to that are progressing religiously.

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Most terrorist groups make attacks on certain countries to get publicity worldwide. They want people to be afraid of them and want all the power they can get.

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"If you kill one soul you have killed all humanity.

Islam does not tolerate violence and especially

killing other the world has this perspective of the

Islam religion becuase different individuals have

created a bad imagine for the religion... it just like

the reputation that Colombia has or narcotrafic

based on a few individuals who just hard the

community

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The religion of Islam is actually very tolerant and fair and it is not like most people think of, meaning unfair in some ways and very strict. A lot of us misinterpret this religion because of connections in the past and in the present such as attacks worldwide by different terrorist groups. Islam religion does not encourage and does not believe in killing in which this tells us that Islam is not a bad religion and that there is just certain people that "get together and make up their own rules, and run with it". Sometimes they are hard to stop but that doesn't mean individuals should blame it on all Muslim religion and culture.

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"Not about showing yourself and your body to other people, but about showing your personality and who you really are to the world."

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Women use hijabs and veils as a way to not only protect themselves but also make people get to know them for who they really are instead for how they look

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strong woman who would not succumb to peer pressure of the hijab.

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Women do believe that the hijab is somewhat demeaning but many wear it simply to avoid the social consequences. Some people break this law to feel that they are equal to men and to be able to express themselves.

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The pressure has increased and it is stronger in teenagers. Wearing a Hijab was not obligatory but the pressure was so big that many girls were subjugated to it. This has also caused the individuality of lots of people and the ability to stand up for yourself.

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Would you like to be in Iraq teaching kids and people what are the extremists doing?

Would you like to change the perspective of your people about the US and the extremists?

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Islam began by actually being a religion that gave protection to women but throughout time, men have come to consider them as lesser beings or as possessions that symbolize power. This however is something cultural not religious.

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Culture is the reason why men view women as lesser beings .... its not religion...

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According to the Quran, women had a lot of freedom, but people simply don't notice it.

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Islam came to protect women and free women.

Its one of the religions that mostly protects women and

respects women. Still the culture of the people has

made the religion be guilty for this "discriminations"

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You told us that you have not been in Iraq since 1984, has the situation for women changed from what you have heard from your relativers?

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Women Discrimination Supposedly Vs Reality

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Women Discrimination Supposedly Vs Reality

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Muslims do not nescesarily descriminate Women as in part of the religion but as in part of the culture that has evolved over the years, Men want to control Women's destinies that's why they react this way. Islma laws actually protect women more than any other religion.

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It all depends on the country or the culture

that you are born in, "this is not related to

the religion; its more related to a culture"

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Even though it was a very discriminative country, women had a lot of freedom in Hasseb's hometown. Ex, his sister started driving at 16. It all depends on the area where you are located; not of religion but of culture

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Women lived just like men, their opportunities and their behavior weren't restricted. At least where Obaidy grew up, women were not seen as lesser beings.

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Even though there are certain countries in which women are considered less superior then men, in Iraq, women are as free as men and does not depend on the religion you are part of, just the country and culture that you're from. People want to make women and men equal and the only way to do that is if both have the same rights. They have the same jobs, same salary, same type of education, etc.

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Specially in Iraq the women had a lot of freedom from where you were from.

When men make women inferior it is because they want to feel superior

and it is mostly because of culture and not for religion. This means that this

discrimination towards women is spread arround because of culture and not religion

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That not all Islams are radical

and that most Islams have negative

intentions

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The recent attacks that have occurred in parts of Europe have made people more careful about the Muslim religion instead of being curious like they used to.

This shows how the perspective of individuals around the world have changed as recent actions have been taken.

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People start to warm up to Hasseb in the United States when 9/11 happened. The discrimination is not as bad as it is in other countries. They are more understanding

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Traveling through the world and seeing

his home town from different perspectives

gave him the opportunity to understand all

those things that he had been blind about,

but his religion and his believes never changed

instead they became stronger as he learned to

tolerate and grow along with different religions.

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Were you offended by the way you were treated after september 11, knowing you have lived the largest part of your life in America and that you are both an American and an Iraqi.

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It is much more difficult for people from your land that are arriving just now.

How was this experience for you when you had just arrived to the US?

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In Iraq it is very dangerous to answer if you are a Sunni or a Shia. This shows how competitive this two groups are and how it is very important to be loyal to one.

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It is very dangerous to say what group you belong to because you never know what might happen and the danger you will get yourself into

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If you do think that being Sunni or Shia makes a difference in your life today, why did you think it was important to mention in your biography that you are Sunni?

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He is saying that he is sunni by blood but that at the end he just looks as himself as a muslim because

the separation between the Sunni and Shia branches is what has caused most of the violence in his country.

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What in the Quran suggests that women should have specific roles in society?  

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What in the Quran suggests that women should have specific roles in society?  

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Must they wear veils and burqas according to the Quran?

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How do women view the hijab and burkhases? Does this make them in some way inferior to men?

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How do women view the hijab and burkhases? Does this make them in some way inferior to men?

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Is there a way to reach/ accomplish equality in between men and women in the Islamic culture?

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Is there a way to reach/ accomplish equality in between men and women in the Islamic culture?

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What leads men to view women as lesser beings?

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What leads men to view women as lesser beings?

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What makes people extreme in their believes and some others more progressive?

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What makes people extreme in their believes and some others more progressive?