Week of December 1

Monday-

We went over forum posts. We went over the Europe maps and the included islands.

Radical Islam-

Radical Islam

Islam
- Based on submitting to will of God
- Prophet of Muhammad
- Believe in a sing God- Allah
- Quran is their bible
Muhammad
- Angel Gabriel appeared for 20 years
- Left Mecca for eight years
- Returned with army to turn area into Islam
- Arabian peninsula was 100% Islam in 50 years
Facts
- Indonesia has largest Muslim population
- 2nd largest religion
- Fastest growing
- 1.6 billion Muslims
- 2.6 million Americans
- 29 Muslim majority communities
- 7-10% are radical
- About 160,000,000 radicals
Islamism
- Ideology
- Changes government and society so it goes with laws by Islam
- Islam controls the government
- Outside influence should be left out
- Not a religion
Radical Groups
- ISIS
- Al-Qaeda
ISIS Views
- Aims to establish an Islamic state in Sunni in the majority regions of Iraq and Syria

Radical Groups
- Isis
- Al-Qaeda
ISIS Views
- Aims to establish a n Islamic state in Sunni majority regions of Iraq and Syria
Difference
- Sunni- The tradition of this case refers to practices based on precedent or reports of the actions of the Prophet Muhammad and those close to him
- Shia- claimed the right of Ali, the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad, and his descendants to lead the Islamic community
Al-Qaeda
- Seeks to rid Muslim countries of what is sees as the profane influence of the West and replace their governments with fundamentalist Islamic regimes
Dangerous
- Thinking they are losing culture
- Hate Western Countries
- Terrorists
- Die for religion

Islam

Shahada- Muslim profession of faith
- "I witness that there is no god but Allah, and that Muhammad is the prophet of Allah"
- Muslims say this when they wake up in the morning and before they sleep at night
Salat
- Turn east towards Mecca to pray
Sawm
- Fast
- No sexual activity
Hajj
- Trip to Mecca
Zakat
- Give money to the poor
More Sunni's than Shia

Biodiversity

Biodiversity- Variety of Life
- As population rises so does the need for natural resources and land to build homes
- Higher the population the higher the demand for everything
- Forestry
  - More wood is needed for various items
  - Limited supply
  - Habitats are destroyed
- Fishing
  - Over fishing of certain fish
  - Number of other species are inclining and declining
  - Introduction of new species into different habitats
- Pollution
  - As the amount of pollution rises the number of species falls
  - Dumping trash in oceans
  - Pumping carbon into the atmosphere
  - Horrible for your health
- Hot Spots
  - Bio-geographic region that is a reservoir of biodiversity and is threatened with destruction
  - African Wildlife Foundation
  - Alice Springs Desert Park

Ivory Trade

Commercial trade of ivory from tusks of hippos, walrus, narwhals, but most commonly the Asian and African elephants
Ivory is a hard, white material, from the tusks and teeth of animals
- Consists of dentine, a tissue similar to bone
It is used in art or manufacturing
- Jewelry, piano keys, religious items, trinkets
Population
- African Elephant: 47,000
- Asian Elephant: 40,000-50,000
- Central Africa has lost 64% of its elephants in a decade
- 25,000 elephants were killed in the illegal ivory trade in 2012
- 2008-2013 estimated death toll was between 30,000-50,000
- Demand 30,000 (Africa)
When was it banned
- African Elephant Conservation Act passed on June 9, 1989 by Congress
- Constricted importation of Ivory from parties or from countries not engaged in illegal ivory trading
- International CITES were banned
Ivory Stockpile
- Ivory that has been seized by the police and put into a warehouse to stop trade
- Burning stockpile is a way that countries show they need to stop the ivory trade
- June 2015 US crushed more than 1 ton of ivory in New York
- Past three years 11 countries have destroyed 80 tons
- Since 1989 14 countries have destroyed over 130 tons

Right to Privacy

The right of a person and one's personal information is protected from public scrutiny
- Home address
- Telephone Number
- Age, date of birth, gender
- Blood type
- Etc.
Acts and Policies
- The Privacy Act
  - Protects individuals privacy
  - Controls personal info collected by government institutions
- Access to Information Act
  - Government info should be available to public
  - Limited and specific
- Video Privacy protection act
  - Videotape service providers can't disclose rental records without written consent
  - Rental stores must get personal info related to rentals with a year of when no longer needed
- Major cases concerning privacy
  - Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
    - Forbids any person to obtain any drug or article to prevent conception
    - Licensed physician gave birth control to couple
  - Stanley v. Georgia (1969)
    - State laws prohibiting possession of obscene material
    - Instead of bookmaking found obscene material
    - Has right to read what he wants
  - Roe v. Wade (1973)
    - Single pregnant woman
    - Right to have an abortion
  - Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)
    - Bartender from a gay bar
    - Same sex intercourse
  - Lawrence v. Texas (2003)
    - Police came to house
    - Report of weapons disturbance
    - Same sex intercourse
- Right to Privacy Established
  - Roe v. Wade case in 1972
    - Women should have right to terminate pregnancy
    - Fundamental- it is a human right
    - Government interference
- Privacy in Constitution
  - Not stated specifically in Constitution
  - Supreme court is to decide constitutionality of a law or government action
  - Majority of Justices on SC believe right to privacy is a basic human right
- Constitutional Rights
  - First Amendment protects privacy of beliefs
  - 3rd Amendment protects privacy of home against the use of housing soldiers
  - 4th Amendment protects privacy against unreasonable searches
  - 5th Amendment protects against self-incrimination, which in turn protects privacy of personal information
  - 9th Amendment enumeration in Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage other rights retained by the people
  - 14th Amendment no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law
- 4 Primary Concerns
  - Collection
    - Act of data collection legal or illegal
    - Unauthorized use
    - Improper access
    - Errors
- 4 types of Privacy Harms
  - Intrusions
  - Information Collecting
  - Information Processing
  - Information spreading

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