A different way of life

       Who are the Amish and what are their beliefs?

 The Amish are a group of people who live in America and Canada who are strong followers of Christianity. They are descendants of  the Anabaptists and appear for the first time in Europe in 1693. Many reasons encouraged this community and many others  to leave Europe and to move elsewhere (wars, etc.).. They settled in America around 1730, in Pennsylvania more precisely. But, even in this country they had suffered other war (the War of Independence in the 18th century for example).

Because of their religious beliefs, this community try to separate themselves from the rest of the American or Canadian’s population to avoid sin. Also, Amish clothing styles encourage humility and separation from the world. The family is the most important in the Amish culture. It's common to see  families of  ten children. The majority of Amish are  affiliated with  of religious orders and the largest  is The Old Order Amish.The religious beliefs of Amish  and  aspects of  their life are dictated by  specific rules :  for example "belts are forbidden",   "married men have to let their beards grow,  Amish women are not permitted to wear jewelry and the Divorce is not permitted.

 My opinions on the aspects of their culture

They have many practices which are not conventional. One of these is that they do not allow the using of any technology in their villages (like the internet or electric power). This is very rare for modern people to not use technology and it is different to most western people.Also, they do not follow the normal schools of the rest of North America. Personally, it is not right to learn without computers, nowadays there is no country that does not use them. I would find this hard to cope with because I have done all of my studies with computers. They do not drive cars because they do not have trust in them so they do not see all of their country. They only live in one village for their entire lives and this is boring. . All of that is strange for me and shocking.

A brief overview of the attacks

 In Ohio, in America there have been many hate crimes which have been committed by Samuel Mullett and other people. There is a local feud in the community between different groups. He has done many things that are called evil by other people in the community. If they are all part of the same minority community then why are they fighting. They should support each other.