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Assignment:
Question 1: What are some of the problems that Europe has experienced in the last twenty years due to immigration from Middle East and North Africa?
Question 2: What specific actions and policies by non-Muslim Europeans frustrate Muslims in Europe? What are the rationales that that non-Muslim Europeans use to justify these actions and policies?
This is a two-part question, but when you write your paper you must develop a thesis statement that addresses both questions. Your thesis statement should be specific and declarative.
The Biblical book of Genesis tells the story of God's promise to Abraham to make him a great nation (Genesis 12:1-3). Because his wife, Sarah, was barren and he didn't trust God's provision, Abraham had relations with Sarah's maidservant, Hagar. She gave birth to a son, who was named Ishmael. However, when Sarah became pregnant by Abraham and gave birth to their son, Isaac, Ishmael and his mother were cast out (Genesis 16, 21). Isaac became the forefather of the Jews and Ishmael the forefather of the Arabs. The rivalry between these two half-brothers has continued through