1. Religions minority Social justice issue

2. What is it? A minority religion is a religion held by a minority of the population of a country, state, or region minority religions may be subject to stigma or discrimination. People who belong to a minority religion may be subject to discrimination and prejudice, especially when the religious differences correlate with ethic differences. Laws are made in some countries to protect the rights of religious minorities, such as protecting the minorities' culture and to promote harmony with the majority. http://www.worldlibrary.org/articles/minority_religion

3. Why is it a social justice issue? http://theweeklynumber.com/1/category/religious%20minorities/1.html There different religious minorities in different country and region of the world. In Europe Muslim, Jews, Hindus are the the minorities

4. In Middle East, Christianity is the main minority religious group In the U.S Hinduism, Paganism and Buddhism are the main minority group A lot of the them were discriminated or persecute by the majorities or extremists in the same country http://www.businessinsider.com/most-persecuted-religions-in-the-world-2012-9 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2012/01/whos-a-religious-minority-in-the-united- states.html

5. Anny tie to other social justice issue? Ties to racial justice Ties to Gender justice Ties to international human rights

6. Any good news? Many NGOs such as “Minority rights group” are helping the minority groups Governments are establishing laws to protect the religious minority group http://minorityrights.org/news/

7. What can we do ? Don’t judge people from their appearance or religions Respect every culture and religious Be friendly Be a good listener and try to understand their religious and culture

8. Images http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-2942404/Indias-religious-minorities-hail-Obama-tolerance-call.html http://5fegypt.blogspot.com/2011/06/religious-minority-in-post.html http://thinkprogress.org/yglesias/2009/05/28/193115/the-asymmetry-of-majority-and-minority/

9. Source http://www.worldlibrary.org/articles/minority_religion http://theweeklynumber.com/1/category/religious%20minorities/1.html persecuted-religions-in-the-world-2012-9 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2012/01/whos-a-religious-minority-in-the-united-states.html http://www.businessinsider.com/most- http://minorityrights.org/news