Islam in the United States

Defining Terrorism For this essay students were asked to define terrorism in their own words based on the information learned in class and through exploration of real world sources. Unfortunately, due to the reality of the societal norms of this day and age, mostly due to media exposure and almost instant access to real time information, coming up with a quick definition was not a hard task. Terrorism has become a part of our everyday lives whether we like it or not. Turning on a television or…

Bern Notice: The Rise of Sanders It was a well-timed coincidence that I was able to take my exchange semester to the United States in the midst of the strangest presidential election in years. But while the world is talking about the soundbites of Donald Trump, you’d be hard-pressed to find a student on campus that has not taken notice of the rise of Bernie Sanders. When most old white men are associated with maintaining the status quo, you might be forgiven if your passing glance at American…

were not for our ancestors immigrating here in the United States from elsewhere. The role of Islam in the America of the Founding Fathers was in the words of the Founding Fathers themselves. The Founders of this nation clearly included Islam in their vision of the future of the republic, while establishing the principles of religious liberty. Freedom of religion, as these Founding Fathers regarded it as, encompassed it. Those who practiced Islam were viewed as men and women who would make…

Something that my mom can life though is the United States before and after 9/11. September 11th was a day that went down in history as one of the most tragic days of America. On September 11th two airplanes were flown into the twin towers and one was flown into the pentagon, while another plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Over 3000 people were killed and many more were injured. On September 11th 2001 my mother was driving through New York City. She was on her way back home to New Jersey…

There were various military conflicts throughout the 1800s in Canada, and perhaps that is one reason that my family came to the United States (“Remembrance Timeline,” 2016). From the South African War to World War One, Canada experienced events that could have precipitated emigration. This is of course but a theory as to why my family once left Canada to come to the United States, but I find it fascinating to consider the potential reasons for the journey. My grandparents were most likely…

As a result, the Spanish gave control over the Philippines to the United States after the signing of the Treaty of Paris. Nearly a year later, there was a rebellion in an attempt to take control over the Philippines. However, this rebellion ended shortly in defeat. The United States remained in control of the Philippines, but at the same time set them in a direction to earn their own independence. During this time, political…

Jimmy Jensen Timme & Kabadi HIT LIT 09/06/17 America’s Most Wanted: Pancho Villa VS Osama Bin Laden America is for some reason always a main target. America tends to cause a lot of problems with a lot of dangerous people that like to threaten the safety of the people in this country. There have been many terrorists in this country trying to hurt others, they have caused a ton of pain revealing the true meaning of terrorism. Two of America’s Most Wanted, Pancho Villa and Osama Bin Laden have…

rapidly. If fact, it is controlling people. Masses are not aware of it. The media only provides the information which is beneficial for the huge companies. So, everything media provides should not be trusted; news should be justified by people. The United States is the most diverse nation. Still it is not a country for racial minorities. In news, racism is so prominent. Their news is biased. People acquire wrong ideas from these news. Before judging anything, general people should be more…

They think that all states that are able to join, the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, should join. The council, which has 15 members, adopted a resolution from the bombings in France that killed 130 people, that ISIS took full blame for. ISIS had used Syria’s almost five…

A Muslim is a follower of the religion of Islam much like a Christian is a follower of Jesus (source). We will discuss some of the similarities and differences between these two religions later on in this paper. During the 17th century the first clearly documented arrival of Muslims in America were those who arrived on the slave ships from Africa (source). Historians estimate that a quarter to a third of the enslaved Africans brought to the United States on these ships were Muslims (Source).…