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    Extremism in Pakistan

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    had become to punish Osama Bin Laden and destroy Al Qaeda; those allegedly responsible for the attack. But after the Taliban refused to hand over Osama Bin Laden‚ the US‚ assisted by NATO and anti-Taliban elements in Afghanistan‚ attacked the fundamentalist regime. Facing a shocked and angry super power‚ Pakistan was left with no option but to give logistic and intelligence support to the NATO forces. Even if we concede that perhaps it was not whole-hearted support‚ Pakistan’s assistance annoyed

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    Grades of Thinking

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    unhealthy my family and I ate and how we should change that‚ while at the same time he was gulping down bread and drinking it down with beer. From reading a previous story “There Is No Tomorrow” by Bill Moyers‚ Moyers describes Christian fundamentalist beliefs aimed to relax all environmental protection efforts. Moyers is most likely a grade 2 thinker‚ because he can point out contradictions in the established thought of a group or majority. Even though he could see what was wrong‚ he could

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    extreme version of Islam he has access to. Samad is not pleased and that was Miller’s intent.When Magid moves back to England‚ Samad has to admit that his strategy failed. Magid has become an atheist and Millat is consumed by an extreme Muslim fundamentalist group that is prepared to commit terrorist acts if necessary.With Samad finding out both of his sons did not meet his traditional expectations he has a conversation with Archie blaming himself. He feels as though‚ how could he have expected anything

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    As Jeanette‚ the protagonist of Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit‚ states‚ “time is a great deadener.” (93) Essentially‚ as time passes‚ people will inherently forget crucial details of history‚ allowing for various interpretations and even inaccuracies to be perpetuated. The aforementioned Oranges‚ Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five‚ Tom Stoppard’s play Arcadia‚ and Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart all explore‚ in some capacity‚ how certain people or events from the past are

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    1.Who is involved in this conflict? (2 points) 2.What region is at the heart of the conflict? Describe the claim that both groups have on this region. (3 points) The City of Jerusalem is at the heart of the Israeli and Palestinian Claims for the general Mandate of Palestine region. To read more‚ see the linked questions. Jerusalem 3.What is Israel? When was it founded and by whom? (3 points) Modern Israel was founded by David Ben Gurion in 1948. The concept behind the state was developed

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    Nonviolent Resistance

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    He undertook a number of hunger strikes to protest the oppression of India’s poorest classes‚ among other injustices. He continued to work for peace between Hindus and Muslims. Gandhi was later shot to death in Delhi in January 1948 by a Hindu fundamentalist. Gandhi’s protest not only changed the world by sparking a new relationship between the Muslims and Hindus‚ but he also used peaceful resistance to promote recognition of the problems between the Hindus and Muslims. Henry David Thoreau wrote

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    the idea of rituals of greater significance as it generally binds people together which for Durkheim is always a positive thing. On the other hand‚ Durkheim does not offer a real explanation on why some deviate from such society’s e.g. Islamic fundamentalists such as the Taliban.

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    Muslim Brotherhood

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    The Muslim Brotherhood “Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. Quran is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.” This is the motto of the world’s largest‚ oldest‚ and most influential Islamist organization known as the Muslim Brotherhood‚ or al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun. They are an organization that operates under an umbrella of secrecy with an agenda to remove westernization of Muslim culture and establish Shari’ah law and Sunni Islamic governments

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    Medici Legacy: Renaissance Ideals and Scientific Revolution The Medici legacy brought a reform of new ideas by allowing great minds to express and contemplate the universe. The Renaissance allowed the Medici to fully grant a new form of thinking that led to effects that have split the church and science defining a new era of human worth. The Medici wealth and taste in art endorsed the ideas that many thought moved away from the Vatican Church orthodox way of thought and caused such controversy for

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    It is accurate that the Twenties was a decade of friction and conflict between the values of urban and rural America. Traditional‚ rural Americans were conservative‚ and as a result feared change advocated by the new urban Americans who brought forth new attitudes and ideas. Both clashed on the lines of immigration‚ politics‚ religion‚ and women’s rights. In an analysis of the 1920s‚ William‚ E. Leuchtenburg wrote the Perils of Prosperity and in it stated that there were different two Americas at

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