Religious Tolerance in the US

Religious Tolerance in the US

its great to have a country that tolerates people of all ethnicity, backgrounds and religions. huge numbers of people escaped their countries because of religious prosecution. between 1815 and 1860, millions of Europeans immigrated to the united states to escape religious prosecution in their origin countries. most of them were Germans and Irish. later on, many Jews escaped from Europe and the soviet union looking to protect their beliefs and in some cases their lives too. The US still stands by the principle of religopus tolerance to this day, however, there have been cases where a religous idntity became a problem and a red flag. the most obvious case is after the attacks of 9-11, the war on Afghanistan and Iraq. many Muslim refugees immigrated or seeked asylum in the united states after the destruction caused by the war. they were treated fairly, however, the patriotic act made seems like no muslim has rights in this country. you can be arrested and interrogated for days or maybe longer without suffecint evidence. you become a suspect just because of your religous idntity. the government justfied this of being a state of war on terrorism..etc but even when the war is long ended, few bad example still surfaces every once in a while. this whole stiuation reminds me of the civil rights movements. it ended with the blacks getting their rightsd and segregation supposedly over, nevertheless, we still hear about many cases of racism and discrimination. the recent shooting of the black kid by the white officer while the facts are still unclear to me but it appears as te civil rights movements did not finish the job. there yet many things to improve and many things to do to achieve the perfect sciety in the united states but the people are doing their best in achieving the perfect c