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1. In the western world, especially in France and Belgium, there have been highly publicized murders of cartoonists who dared to publish pictures of the Muslim prophet Mohammed and of people attending outdoor Christmas festivals. Recall that Muslim terrorists also carried out attacks on the World Trade Center in New York and against the Pentagon, hijacking planes full of passengers and crashing them. What emotional factors and cultural differences might explain these violent acts?

2. In many European cities there have been many complaints that young immigrant men from North Africa and the Middle Eastern nations and cultures show little respect for women, often groping them aboard buses and trains and in public swimming pools. In Afghanistan, many object to the education of girls and women, sometimes threatening death to parents who send their girls to school. What cultural differences might explain such behaviors?