Should countries, including the U.S., have the “the religious worker visa” implemented? Should someone be denied access without warning? According to US Department of State, A religious worker visa is for person who wants to enter the countries to work temporarily in religious capacities. I recently read and article by Bobby Ross Jr titled “Customs Confusion”, where he tells the story of Christian singer Don Francisco and his work visa incident. Don had had went to London for a performance he had scheduled and to this belief he was not able to preform because he did not have a “religious worker visa”. He wasn’t told at the airport but instead on a plane airport officials had directed him to that was going right back to his home time.

Is this done to hinder people that believe in religion or is this an act of protection from terrorism. “I can’t say that government is particularity easy on any occupation, however, in the last few years, religious worker have come under increased scrutiny because of a fraud audit…” a statement from Peter Crammer, an immigration attorney in Boston. After the tragedy of 9/11, I do not believe that there are any victims but a lot protected citizens in this procedure. Adding another visa to get in to the countries keeps track on all that enter so that background check and criminal records can ran.

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I recently read an article entitled “Religious Conflict in Burma” by Karen Kirk about rape in Burma and asked questions and provided answers to those same questions. Questions like “what does “rape” mean?”  “Is it a crime?” “Is it legal?” The legal definition says rape is a weapon of psychological warfare, recognized under the Geneva Convention s a war crime and a crime against humanity. On an inter-personal level, rape is an act of control. On a societal level violence against women could have the similar consequences. In this article Karen talked about the problems that occurred in Burma along with a few videos from women in the country. Burma endured violent military regime, censorship, ethic tension, and religious conflict that affected the minority populations and women.

In the videos each time a rape occurred the country was divided between people, gender, military, and ordinary citizens. The armed forces used rape to demean women, intimidate communities and fracture the country along ethic lines. There were always personal stories of both victims that were raped and people that know someone that were raped. If they change the perception of their women, Burma could minimize the inequalities between genders and heal the divisions between populations. I believe if citizens’ rights were protected thing like this would not be a factor. Rape is not a game and it should not be something that is done to demean someone because of race, sex, or religion.