Syftet med vår uppsats är att vi vill ta reda på hur några lärare resonerar kring hur de arbetar med värdegrundsfrågor i ämnena svenska och religion i relation till demokratiuppdraget om att fostra elever till goda samhällsmedborgare. Vår studie bygger på kvalitativa intervjuer med fem lärare som vi sedan har tolkat och analyserat utifrån en fenomenografisk metod. Våra intervjuer har spelats in, transkriberats och därefter tolkats samt analyserats in i kategorier efter olika teman. Resultatet visar att våra informanter uttrycker vikten av att föra ihop såväl kunskapsuppdraget som fostransuppdraget och att det är viktigt att belysa och förmedla olika demokratiska värden som berör respekt och människors lika värde samt att ständigt arbeta med att motverka fördomar. Vår studie visar även att värdegrundsfrågor och demokratifrågor lämpar sig bra att arbeta med i såväl svenskämnet som i religionsämnet, vilket våra informanter ser som en stor fördel.

In the medieval ruling catholic time the church walls was swarmed with programs of pictures with religious motives there the animal figures rich symbolics was significant first and foremost for the illiterate. Principally the inspiration comes from the antiquitys pagan world of fables and bestiary Christian world of symbols with the bible as the essential source. The essay describes six of the most common animal symbols who occur; dragon, the sneak in the Paradise, mouth of hell, lion, the fox as a preacher and the devil.To attain to a discussion about why just animals are used as symbols for human characteristics in the medieval church art instead for human beings as it's actually be about, I have studied bestiary and other literature about medieval churchpainting to get an understanding about the history of ideas about the thoughts of the time and about symbolics of animals, worth and how the Christianity have had an influence on the pictures.I have used Johannes Rosenrods church pictures from Tensta church in Uppland from 1437 as an exemplification but also mentioned other unknown painters who used similar animal codes and motives.It's plausible that the purpose of the animal figures was both religious and political, which was used by both the spiritual and the worldly authority so they could keep their dominance over the peasant. The figures was simple to read and remember and they made a deep impression on the people together with the sermon. The churchgoer get so to speak a sound- and image experience, a medieval reality who impress their world of ideas.When it's about the artistic formation of religious expression and characteristics it was undoubtedly a great advantage for the artists to use an animal code like a schemata.

The title of this essay is Project: The Veil ? an investigation of the trends in the Swedish veil debate compared with the veil debate in France and Great Britain written by Cecilia Lindvall. The purpose of the paper is to analyze how the argument has been conducted by the Swedish politicians from the time when the veil was first recognized in Swedish media up until today. The questions I wanted to answer was each countries definition of the three concepts secularization, freedom of religion and multiculturalism, how Islam as a faith with Muslims has developed in Sweden, France and Great Britain and each countries integration politics with the politicians attitude towards the veil. The method being used is a qualitative study with three kind of theories for analysis; two who derives from a feminist point of view where the first one advocates for the rights of each women, the second for the rights of religious groups and a third theory which discusses different models of integration logics.

The purpose of this study is to examine the medial depiction of Muslims in the case of Pastor Terry Jones' intention to burn the Quran. Our study is based on theoretical framework regarding an alleged clash of civilizations, how that leads to global conflicts and controls the world politics. It?s also based on the western way of characterize Muslims as violent, irrational human beings, and how mass media have a tendency to depict Muslims as ?the others?. The questions we aim to seek answers to are: How were Muslims portrayed in CNN's and Al-Jazeera's reporting regarding Terry Jones plan to burn the Quran? Which discourses exist about Muslims in each news channel and what are the main differences between them? The qualitative method used is a critical discourse analysis on empirical data consistently of twelve articles.

Sweden is today a country with ethnic, cultural and religious diversity. My aim in this study is to study what view of Islam and Muslims that students at a Catholic school in Stockholm have. The reason why Catholic schools are interesting to study is that previous research has showed that Muslim students around Europe often attend catholic schools as they are regarded as more tolerant towards religion. This study is based on a questionnaire and personal interviews with upper secondary students at the Catholic school in Stockholm. The result is compared with previous research on students of the same age group (12-15 years).

Sammanfattning I många delar av Afrika och Asien används miswak (tandrengöringspinne) av muslimer istället för den traditionella tandborsten. Miswak har visat sig vara effektiv i flera studier och medför en bättre munhälsa. Därför har WHO rekommenderat och uppmuntrat användning av miswak i de delar av världen där det är en tradition. Vi känner inte till prevalensen avseende miswak användning bland Malmös invånare från ovanstående delar av världen. Därför är syftet med denna enkätstudie att undersöka frekvensen av miswak användning bland muslimska församlingsmedlemmar i Malmö. Material och metod: En enkät på engelska språket som översattes till svenska språket användes.

Dead wood is important for many species. The amount of coarse dead wood (diameter >10 cm) is much lower in managed forest than in unmanaged forests. Stumps constitute the largest proportion of the volume of coarse dead wood in managed forests. Since stump harvest for biofuel may increase, the amount of dead wood will decrease even more, which may threaten biodiversity. The first aim of this study was to compare the amounts of fine woody debris (FWD, .

Fattigdom, lydnad och kyskhet. De tre orden ligger till grund för den klosterregel som styr det vardagliga livet för de 204 katolska ordensanslutna som lever runt om i Sverige idag. Regeln, som är en S:t Benedikt regel och föreskrevs redan på 800-talet, står som förebild för flera senare ordningsregler gällande både munk- och nunnekloster runt om i världen. För nunnor, och till viss del munkar kan även klausuren - plikten att stanna kvar i sitt kloster, stabilitas loci, räknas som en del i klosterregeln. Klausuren grundar sig på 1299 års utfärdade bulla, benämnd Periculoso som innebar att alla nunnor, nuvarande och kommande, i alla världsdelar oavsett orden skulle förbli i sina kloster innanför klausuren.

The way in which media discusses religion has changed over time. Due to the separation of state and church in 2000, the Swedish state to a lesser extent legitimizes its political ruling with references to religious concepts. As a result, a higher tolerance towards religious minorities can be said to have taken place. This is an ambiguous change however, where critique raised towards religious practices and expressions of minorities also occurs to a higher extent. The public debate is in large part conducted through the media, but is also seen to be produced and reproduced through the media?s discourse.

Studien berör socialt arbete bland muslimer utifrån exemplet Abu Nur som är en större moské i norra Damaskus. En särskild fördjupning har gjorts av verksamheten kring yatiim, barn vars far har dött, som i studien benämns som de faderslösa barnen. Studiens frågeställningar är: Vilka målgrupper riktas det sociala arbetet mot? Hur bedrivs det sociala arbetet? Vilka religiösa erfarenheter påverkar det sociala arbetets utformning? Studien är en etnografisk fallstudie på kvalitativ grund där informationen baseras på intervjuer och deltatagande observation som insamlats under en 7-veckorsperiod hösten 2007. Studien betraktas som grundforskning och resultatet presenteras i deskriptiv form.Abu Nur representerar ett specifikt andligt budskap utformat av den numera avlidne Shejk Ahmad Kuftaro som utarbetade en modern islamtolkning med stöd av den sufiska traditionen.

This paper analyzes the content of eight Islamic Friday-sermons, held at Chalmers Technical University in Gothenburg in spring 2010, organized by Chalmers Islamiska Förening (CIF) (Chalmers Islamic community).The forces of globalization, the accessibility of information and the Internet have given rise to discourses and movements that know no national boundaries. The accessibility of these global movements and discourses through media, Internet, etc., affect the way Muslims in Sweden interpret and practice their religion. Thus, this paper includes discussions and descriptions of global Islamic revivalist-movements, and relates the contents of the sermons at Chalmers to these movements. In the sermons, the imams often discuss the concept of a global Muslim community, the umma, and their perceptions of the prescribed ethics linked to this community. They often relate this discussion of ethics to frequently discussed issues in the West such as equality, justice and ethical standards in war.

This paper analyzes the content of eight Islamic Friday-sermons, held at Chalmers Technical University in Gothenburg in spring 2010, organized by Chalmers Islamiska Förening (CIF) (Chalmers Islamic community).The forces of globalization, the accessibility of information and the Internet have given rise to discourses and movements that know no national boundaries. The accessibility of these global movements and discourses through media, Internet, etc., affect the way Muslims in Sweden interpret and practice their religion. Thus, this paper includes discussions and descriptions of global Islamic revivalist-movements, and relates the contents of the sermons at Chalmers to these movements. In the sermons, the imams often discuss the concept of a global Muslim community, the umma, and their perceptions of the prescribed ethics linked to this community. They often relate this discussion of ethics to frequently discussed issues in the West such as equality, justice and ethical standards in war.

Syfte med uppsatsen har varit att underso?ka fa?rgens och gestikens pa?verkan pa? altarska?pets iscensa?ttning av bera?ttelserna och da?rmed a?ven budskapet. Uppsatsen har ett bildsemiotiskt perspektiv som en utga?ngspunkt. Materialet fo?r underso?kningen a?r ett flandriskt altarska?p fra?n Ska?nela kyrka som finns idag i Uppsala domkyrka.

Uppsatsens syfte är att söka fram vanligt förekommande islamofobiska åsikter och motargument och undersöka om motargumenten kan vara användbara ur ett didaktiskt perspektiv. Jag har valt att använda textanalys som metod. Utifrån artikeln Muslimerna är vårt största utländska hot, författad av Sverigedemokraternas partiledare Jimmie Åkesson, har jag hämtat de islamofobiska åsikterna då det finns goda skäl att anta att artikeln ger röst åt de mest vanliga främlingsfientliga åsikterna.I uppsatsen redogör jag för den kritik som uppkom i samband med publiceringen av Jimmie Åkessons debattartikel. Kritiken och motargumenten har jag valt att söka på Internet. Det rör sig främst om debattartiklar som publicerats i de stora dags- och kvällstidningarna.

The main objective of this research was to examine description of Islam in two different schoolbooks about religion. The rapport starts with an introduction of the subject and discusses the background of the topic. After the presentation, aims, and the questions I present my methods and material used in this research. Following the method and material is earlier research where I mention some of the previous rapports and results of researchers within the discourse. The theory used to investigate the text is postcolonial and the orientalism theory presented by Edward Said.The intention of the research was to answer if the books representation contributed to an oriental description of Islam and Muslims and to see how the text and pictures where used and structured.