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Human Rights and Religion

Do Religion followers have human and political rights?

In the past and present, nations have had wars due to Religion followers whom believe in different rights. Different types of religions and political views differ the meaning of “human rights”.

For example, the Buddhist religion believes in Karma, which is the decision of your fate according to what you’ve done in the past. Politic-wise, it’s agreed that what you did in your past or what you do in the present, affects your fate. Therefore, politics and the Buddhism religions share one thing in common. On the other hand, Christianity and Judaism believe in rules to follow your life with.

Christianity is based on how Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God, has followers who believe and made practices. Christian followers believe in the after life, heaven and hell. When you follow the Ten Commandments, then you’re most likely to end up in heaven. If you sin (the immortal act of going against the divine law), then you must likely burn in hell in your after life. The rules/ ten commandments that you have to follow in order to go to heaven from the bible are the following: 1. You shall have no other gods before me. 2. You shall not make yourself a carved image, for that I will come back to the Earth and visit the 4th generation. 3. You shall not take the Lord’s name in vain. 4. Remember the Sabbath day. 5. Honor your parents. 6. You shall not murder. 7. You shall not commit adultery. 8. You shall not steal. 9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 10. Thou shall not covet against thy neighbor’s property.

Christianity and Judaism both believe in a God. Judaism had human rights as they should have, though. Judaism wasn’t a very popular religion but once it started spreading, they were being violated against. Such as, harassment or manipulation. They don’t have faith, since the Jews traced the word of the ancient Hebrew people of Israel to Abraham. They don’t believe in an after life Human rights for the Jews have been advancing in our present because the nations because the countries have given human more rights and freedom. Today, the Soviet Union denies vast numbers of Jews the right to leave, and harasses, abuses or imprisons those who seek to exercise that right.

In Syria, the Jewish population struggles with having human rights. After their creation of Israel in 1948 and the enactment of laws not allowing them to own property, they don’t have something to call their own. Also the law doesn’t allow them to withdraw funds from bank accounts and traveling.

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