In class last week we took a look at pluralism. Pluralism is the policy of diversity of religious beliefs that co-exist in one society. Another definition of pluralism is two different people of two different religions being able to live in the same neighbor hood. We talked about pluralism in America and how people are either accepting of other people, tolerate them, or reject them. One group that has to relate to pluralism in America is the Muslim people. These people get judge just because of their religion. Some Americans accept them as people and their religion doesn't matter while others desperately despise them because of their religion and automatically think they are bad people because they are Muslim. These Americans are not accepting of them co-existing in one society.
Below is an article that was published in the Chicago Tribune in 2013 talking about pluralism. The articles main purpose is talking about getting Muslims more religious freedom. The article also talks about how western countries should try harder to eliminate prejudice for religious minority's especially Muslims. I found this article to be quite interesting and ironic that it talks about the same thing I did above. I really encourage one to read it.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-12-31/news/sns-rt-religion-islamoic--interview-20131231_1_pope-francis-islamic-cooperation-ekmeleddin-ihsanoglu
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