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College "Ethics" class question...
October 20, 2010

Posted on 10/20/2010 4:58:45 PM PDT by Hildy

My friend just got her first assignment for her "ETHICS" class...

What is the difference between a Muslim and an Arab?

I know we can come up with the perfect answer....


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1 posted on 10/20/2010 4:58:47 PM PDT by Hildy
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To: Hildy

how does the question relate to ethics ?


2 posted on 10/20/2010 5:00:21 PM PDT by stylin19a (Never buy a putter until you first get a chance to throw it)
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To: Hildy
There were more questions:

■Explain the difference between Muslim and Arab.
■According to research and news reports within the past 2 years, what are some of the changes the United states has made to policies concerning the treatment of Muslim and Arab members of society?
■List two to three characteristics of "Orientalism". ...

3 posted on 10/20/2010 5:01:17 PM PDT by Hildy
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To: Hildy
My friend just got her first assignment for her "ETHICS" class...

What is the difference between a Muslim and an Arab?

From the Arab point of view: religious versus ethnic.

From the Muslim point of view: human being versus slave animal.

4 posted on 10/20/2010 5:01:53 PM PDT by Talisker (When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on its own.)
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To: Hildy

Huh? One’s a religion, one’s a nationality.


5 posted on 10/20/2010 5:01:53 PM PDT by Krankor (I'm so tired, tired of waiting.)
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To: Hildy

Hildy - if your friend has an assignment for school, he/she needs to do their own research. There is plenty out there so it should be very simple.

I do understand the ethics issue - it has to do with multiculturalism.


6 posted on 10/20/2010 5:02:56 PM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: Hildy

Muslim = An adherent of the faith of Islam

Arab = The “ethnicity” of those from or desended from the Arabian Peninsula


7 posted on 10/20/2010 5:03:47 PM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
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To: Hildy

That’s a stupid question for an ethics class, since it’s a historico-linguistic question: an Arab is someone who speaks Arabic, while a Muslim is a religious follower of Mohammad. There are Christian Arabs, and Chinese Muslims; what does any of this have to do with ethics?


8 posted on 10/20/2010 5:04:54 PM PDT by mrreaganaut (When can the Martian Republic declare independence from Earth?)
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To: Krankor

Not really to do with nations since Yemen and Oman are also Arabs, not just Saudi’s


9 posted on 10/20/2010 5:05:07 PM PDT by GeronL (http://libertyfic.proboards.com <--- My Fiction/ Science Fiction Board)
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To: Krankor
I agree with Krankor.

Arab is a place, Muslim is a religion.

Example: He is a Mormon from Utah; or Amish from PA; or there are many Catholics in Louisiana.

The dominate religion in the Middle Eastern Arab countries is Muslim.

10 posted on 10/20/2010 5:07:01 PM PDT by taxcutisapayraise (Making Statism Unpopular)
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To: mrreaganaut

The class is being set up and being taught a lesson about learning beyond our boundries as white imperialist conservaative racists who don’t know our elbows from first base. Some leftist is getting her jollies making up these questions.


11 posted on 10/20/2010 5:07:54 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Try Dodd and Frank for robbery and treason.)
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To: Paved Paradise

NO, you misunderstand...I’m not doing her homework for her...She’s one of us...I just want to show her some funny answers..she doesn’t even know I’m doing this. I just think the questions show where the professor is coming from. I actually think the assignment is already done.


12 posted on 10/20/2010 5:07:58 PM PDT by Hildy
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What is the difference between a Muslim and an Arab?

The bucket.

13 posted on 10/20/2010 5:09:05 PM PDT by BufordP (Once a Marine - always a Marine ... Until Jack Murtha.)
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To: Hildy
Arabs are citizens of a multitude of Mid Eastern countries.

A Muslim is not tied to any country.

Jihad is a full time job and being a constructive citizen takes too much time away from killing non-Muslims.

14 posted on 10/20/2010 5:11:08 PM PDT by highpockets
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Ah, I see.

Orientalism: the justification for the academic affirmative action of establishing Arab Studies Departments, just like the Black, Latino, Women, and Queer Studies professors have. Officially, it’s a branch of “post-colonial studies.”

Tell your friend to change to an actual school, and run away from the indoctrination factory.


15 posted on 10/20/2010 5:11:44 PM PDT by mrreaganaut (When can the Martian Republic declare independence from Earth?)
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■Explain the difference between Muslim and Arab. Religion and political philosophy and ethnicity. ■According to research and news reports within the past 2 years, what are some of the changes the United states has made to policies concerning the treatment of Muslim and Arab members of society? We have made them another victim group in our pantheon. They now qualify for special rights and special languaage. They are to be treated with utmost political correctness a nd care. ■List two to three characteristics of "Orientalism". ... OOOOOH. Orientalism is a BAD word in the PC world. This is a SET UP question. So the smart money would talk aabout how oriental as a term has been banished from PC society. The chick who wants an F just pastes in a picture of Charlie Chan.
16 posted on 10/20/2010 5:13:09 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Try Dodd and Frank for robbery and treason.)
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Arab describes the region one comes from both geographically and ethnically, Muslim describes a belief system.

From an ethics standpoint, the key difference is that the latter is a choice and is variable while the former is simply a statement of fact that one doesn’t have a choice over.


17 posted on 10/20/2010 5:14:04 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: Chickensoup
■Explain the difference between Muslim and Arab.

Religion and political philosophy and ethnicity.

■According to research and news reports within the past 2 years, what are some of the changes the United states has made to policies concerning the treatment of Muslim and Arab members of society?

We have made them yet another victim group in our pantheon. They now qualify for special rights and special languaage. They are to be treated with utmost political correctness a nd care.

■List two to three characteristics of "Orientalism". ...

OOOOOH. Orientalism is a BAD word in the PC world. This is a SET UP question. So the smart money would talk aabout how oriental as a term has been banished from PC society.

The chick who wants an F just pastes in a picture of Charlie Chan. Is your consciousness raised yet? In an ethical manner?

18 posted on 10/20/2010 5:15:47 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Try Dodd and Frank for robbery and treason.)
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To: mrreaganaut

STUPID and uneducated teachers or professors like this are NOT worth the tuition colleges that employ these dimwits charge.
I actually had an atheist nazi, a real one, as my prof in ethics who tried to flunk me for not agreeing with him that humans didn’t have souls.
Didn’t help that I was Jewish either,


19 posted on 10/20/2010 5:15:54 PM PDT by MestaMachine
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To: Hildy

I would suggest she approach it from a woman’s perspective.

Might be able to show the flaws in a politically correct way.


20 posted on 10/20/2010 5:25:03 PM PDT by ADSUM (Democracy works when citizens get involved and keep government honest.)
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