Similarities Between The Crucible And Extremist Muslims

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In every religion there are extremists that can create a rigid and hostile community for those of different beliefs. This is displayed by the conflict of Abigail versus the Puritans in the Crucible, Sabatina James versus her family’s culture, and minority religion versus extremist muslims in Pakistan. In each of these situations, the minorities are targeted and attacked by the main religious figures.
Sabatina James is a young Pakistani who craved freedom, but her parents had other plans for her. Sabatina had very strict parents who wanted the ideals of the Muslim faith to stay within their daughter. These extreme values were apart of her daily life as her parents forced their culture upon her with vengeance. Sabatina ultimately wanted to be …show more content…

They believed they must live every moment in a god fearing manner. The puritans were expected to attend church with men on one side and women on the other and if they did not read the bible it was thought that they were worshipping the devil. Puritans were intolerant of people with different views.
In The Crucible, the Puritans would sacrifice supposed witches so that they could protect their community. Puritans protected each other from curses, voodoo, and many other things by accusing and executing people who supposedly practiced witchcraft. The Puritan way of life was so strict that even the smallest difference in behavior could make people suspicious of you. The Islamic community was very similar to this in the sense that anyone who was thought to have insulted Islam, was jailed or killed. They also had islamic suicide bombers sacrifice themselves for their religion and community. Volunteers seeking to correct their sins or receive honor from their families they become suicide bombers. The suicide bombers are participating in these suicide missions not just to die but to gain community approval, to make sure their community survives, and to liberate their …show more content…

Often times, suicide bombings happen in order to get something in return from an enemy or to follow the rules of Jihad, which is the Muslim’s form or war with nonbelievers. Members of the Islamic religion can fulfill the obligations of Jihad “by confronting unbelievers or enemies with the sword”. Jihad is interpreted to be physical warfare. This creates an uneasy and hostile environment for non-Muslims to live in. Sabatina James was victim to this sort of rigid community as her parents called her a whore just because she decided to wear makeup and jeans like the

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