The Alchemy of the Mosque

Using the website below, complete the worksheet provided for you in our class folder in the student shared drive. A reflection from each student about the make-up and purpose of the mosque should be entered into the comments section of this blog. Any comments about the project are also welcome on this blog, of course.



http://www.isfahan.org.uk/papers/manuni/tocmain.htm

Islam and Democracy

Read the following articles and leave a comment answering the following question: Are Islam and democracy compatible?

http://www.countercurrents.org/yasin210309.htm

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/10/1021_031021_islamicdemocracy.html

http://harvardcitizen.com/2008/11/19/is-islam-compatible-with-democracy/

Study Guide: Israel and Palestine

Anti-Semitism

Creation of Israel
Zionism
Aliyahs
War for Independence
Arab-Israeli Wars
Suez Canal Crisis
6 Days War
Golan Heights
Sanai
Yom Kippur War

Palestine
Hamas
Fatah
Hezbollah
West Bank
Gaza
Black September
PLO

Israel
Kadima
Likud
Settlements
Political Structure

Lebanon
Colonial History
Confessionalism
Civil War