Theme F - Religion, Human Rights, and Social Justice Flashcards
(23 cards)
Declaration of Human Rights- Article 1
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights
Justice- Christianity
“Let justice roll on like a river”
Justice- Islam
“He will not enter paradise whose neighbour is not secure from his wrongful conduct”
Equality- Christianity
“For God does not show favouritism”
Equality- Islam
“People are equal like the teeth of a comb”- Hadith
Role of women- Christianity
“Women should remain silent in churches”
“Your desire should be towards your husband and he should rule over you”
Role of women- Islam
“Anyone, male or female, who does good works and is a believer, will enter paradise”
Homosexuality- Christianity
“Do not lie with another man as one does with a woman”
Homosexuality- Islam
“You lust after men rather than women! You transgress all bounds!”
Freedom of religion- Christianity
“If at all possible, live at peace with one another”
“My Father’s house has many rooms”
Freedom of religion- Islam
“You have your religions, and I have mine”
Disability- Christianity
“You shall not curse the deaf or out a stumbling block before the blind”
Disability- Islam
“There is no harm for the blind, and there is no harm for the lame, and there is no harm for the sick.”- Hadith
Racial Prejudice- Christianity
“There is neither Jew nor Gentile, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus”
Racial Prejudice- Islam
“We created you all from a single man and a single woman”
Wealth- Christianity
“It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God”
Wealth- Islam
“Riches are sweet… but those who seek them out of greed are like people who eat but are never full”- Muhammad
Poverty- Christianity
“Do not exploit the poor because they are poor”
Poverty- Islam
“Give the worker his wages before his sweat dries”- Hadith
Responsibility of the poor- Christianity
“for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags”
Responsibility of the poor- Islam
“I guarantee that those who economise will never fall poor”- Hadith
Charity- Christianity
“Whatever you did for one of the least of my brothers and sisters, you did for me”
Charity- Islam
“Zakah brings hearts together”
