Ahmad Shah Massoud

I went back to the text but the dialogue had died down and no new themes or ideas were coming to me. At this point I did what Nancy Gross suggests and listed out my possible guesses for the meaning of this text. • it is a literal view of what it will be like before Jesus second coming of judgement. • It is about the hope of the coming of Christ • It is about the action needed before Christ coming again • It has something to do with eschatological theology and the idea of Christ coming to us…

Theory Application: Mohamed Mohamed Bah grew up in a small village in Sierra Leone called Motema (p. 98). When he was a young boy he lived with his mother but then went to live with his older brother, 1 of 25 siblings, in Freetown, Sierra Leone (p. 98). Mohamed follows the Muslim faith, has short hair, skin the color of coffee beans, and a deep widows peak (p. 84). While in Freetown, Mohamed attended the Hope Day School and was given the opportunity to come to the United States of America (US)…

Introduction Throughout the book of 1 Thessalonians, the author is writing a letter to the church in Thessalonica. In this letter the author is speaking about several significant parts of faith and Christianity that the thessalonians are lacking in or do not understand. In this particular passage, the author is speaking about Jesus’ return, how that affects the lives and souls of those who have passed away as well as the return of Jesus and how it will take place and is serving as a reminder to…

King Mohammad Zahir Shah was on the throne and the countries government was stable (The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica 2007). During this time women were treated as equals, they had the right to vote, work, and choose the men they could marry. They wore shirts and didn’t have to cover their faces. (Thornhill 2014). Although women were treated well during King Shah reign, it wasn’t until he was overthrown in 1973, by his brother-in-law Mohammed…

One of our major and consent activities is making decisions. There are those decisions that we make from our own choosing, but most of the time they are forced upon us. Good and bad decisions help in shaping our future. Sometimes, though, life puts us into a position where we are forced to make an ultimate decision, one way or another. In the story, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, the audience learns about decisions that could impact your life in various ways. Hosseini wrote about the life…

Good evening everyone. If we look back for a century and according to the history, we no longer have to have a diploma from a major university in the United States of America, Afghanistan or any nation around the world to run a country. Vice President and later President Amin, was a Columbia graduated who sold his motherland to the Russians, and killed thousands and thousands of his own Afghan people in Afghanistan. And even the ones before and after him, who are responsible for the lives of…

In the summer of 1973, the former Afghan prime minister, Mohammed Daoud, launched a successful coup against the late king Mohammed Zahir Shah. The former king was more of a nationalist than a socialist; his coup was reliant on pro-Soviet military and civic sectors. Ever since 1955 the Soviet Union provided Afghanistan military training and materialistic goods. By 1973, one third of active…

Under the guidance of the military commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, the Mujahedeen indulged in guerrilla warfare. Initiating a repeated and gruelling effort for the Soviets to drive away the fighters, and for them to boomerang right back. It seemed as it for every fighter they’d killed, his death aided in the…

Massoud was a powerful military commander and eventually became the Vice President of Afghanistan. He was involved in getting the Taliban ousted from power in the country. He was recognized as a national hero for this and has a holiday named after him. In…

Nations ordered Afghanistan to hand over Osama bin Laden for trial, but they never did. So Osama bin Laden along with other terrorist groups continued to cause chaos in Afghanistan. On September 9th, 2001 an Afghan political and military leader Ahmad Shah Massoud, is assassinated by the Taliban. He was assassinated because he was against how the Taliban interpreted the Islamic religion. Just two days later, the U.S. is attacked by the exact same terrorist group. The U.S. responded by leading the…