Islam in the United States

strategic location in the Hindu Kush mountain range aided in the connection of the Middle East and Asia. Afghanistan has seen many military conflicts through the ages, notably by Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Great Britain, Soviet Union, and the United States of America. This has led to an infusion of different ethnic groups, languages, and religions. 1. Geography of Afghanistan A. Land, Location, and Climate B. Natural Resources 2. Afghan Military History and Conflicts A. Durrani…

Interestingly, there are divisions amongst the expressions of Muslim faith just as there are in the Christian faith and consequently there are Muslim groups that only exist within the United States, the largest one being Islam among African Americans. Surprisingly, African Americans account for 90% of the people who convert to Islam in the U.S. and total roughly 5% of all African Americans in the…

Puerto Rico is a place, though small, has a big history and is full of many riches. Many have no idea who or what Puerto Rico is and I write this paper not only to inform others but to show pride in where I come from. I will explain its location, history, government, religion, culture, holidays, and heroes in hope of broadening the minds of others. Puerto Rico is located in the Caribbean Sea, east of the Dominican Republic and is 1,150 miles below Florida. Puerto Rico is 106 miles long and 37…

Christian, and went to school at Booker T. Washington High School in Atlanta, Georgia. The other was brought up in a foster family for much of his childhood, dropped out of school, and eventually went to jail where he became a member of the Nation of Islam. It would have seemed like only one of these men was on track for success, however, as it turned out both Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X became important figures in leading the civil rights movement. Both men also became massively…

religions or no religions at all. Despite this there are those that believe that a certain religious group should not be allowed to enter and live in the United States. During the 1800s, America allowed millions of immigrants to call our home their home. On the Statue of Liberty, our nation’s most significant symbol of freedom, lays a plaque that states, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore…” we pride ourselves…

A civil conflict has traditionally been defined as “a war between political factions or regions within the same country.” However, it is equally important to take into account conflicts that are peaceful in nature, including religious tensions, non-violent political movements(e.g. imposition of a strong ideology: the war against communism in general for example, although it did contain elements of violence in certain regimes) as well as referendums. In light of the formal definition of a…

songs with some English words about America, songs which my sisters and I still sing: I lived a carefree life in Kakuma. Life in the camps was all I knew for the first five years of my life. At the age of five my family finally immigrated to the United States in 2005 after many trials of health examinations. The America they showed us in Africa was nothing like the America we experienced. Out of nowhere, my family was expected to know and understand the English language. My sisters and I found a…

INTRO Martin Luther King Jr was, and still is, a universally known civil rights activist and leader from the 1950’s and 1960’s. He had a big influence over America with his belief of non-violent protests to create racial equality in the United States. He used boycotts, protests and marches as ways to try to persuade the American people to treat members of all races equally. His activism was eventually effective and many laws were passed against discrimination of people because of race. King had…

ethnicity of an individual to decide whether to enforce a law or not. Racial profiling may include various kinds of actions such as “racially-biased stop and frisk,” using race to make a traffic stop and ethnic discrimination. Racial profiling in the United States dates back to the 17th century when police officials were allowed to stop and detain Negroes. The practice has continued since that time despite the abolishment of slavery and American ideology of liberty and equal rights. In the…

the Desire to Punish,” written by Ryan D. King and Darren Wheelock. King and Wheelock stated, “We take advantage of new survey data on the topics of race, perceptions of minorities and attitudes towards punishment among adults residing in the United States. These data, taken from the American Mosaic Survey, are used to examine the association between perceptions of African Americans as threats and punitive sentiments. Further, we test if perceived threat explains the statistical association…