Supreme Leader of Iran

We might think that Christianity is the most popular religion at this point, which is true. Scholars believe that in the mid-21st century Islam will be the largest in the world. Today the numbers are to an astounding 6 million Muslims that believe in Islam religion. Looking ahead to important figures, the geographic stand point, and important timeline events will help us better understand why Islam religion is growing relatively fast. This religion is a monotheistic tradition, which means…

community for its place as fourth in the world for highest number of executions, following behind China, Iran, and Vietnam (Issitt, Newton). Most often, nations with unstable economies and volatile dictator-led governments support capital punishment, while nations with secure governments and solid economies have abolished it. America, however, is the ironic exception. In the Supreme Court case Trop v. Dulles, it was ruled that the eighth amendment upheld an “evolving standard of…

spared, the United States not being involved in an official war and Japan’s refusal to quit are more than enough to justify why Harry Truman’s decision just shy of 70 years ago is beyond merited.(This established the United States as the world’s supreme nuclear power and the short term loss of life with associated adverse psychological effects that had occurred with the atomic bomb use, were well worth the resultant millions of lives saved in addition to the overall preservation of our planet.…

Shahzad Mehmood PART-1: Name of newspaper: DAWN Date: 03/03/2016 Name of articles and authors: 1) Baloch culture day celebrated (Saleem Shahid) 2) PR shortfall rises to 14 billion despite earning more (Zaheer Mehmood Siddiqui) 3) Supreme Court gives deceased woman rightful share in inheritance (Nasir Iqbal) 4) Pakistan pledges to work for easing tension in South Asia (Anwar Iqbal) 5) HEC’s Rankings (Usman Khawaja) Selected article: “Baloch culture day…

when fifty-two Americans were taken hostage by Iranian students in the background of the Iranian Revolution. In 1953 the CIA helped orchestrate the overthrowal of the elected government in Iran, having suspicions that said government was due soon for a communist takeover, replacing it with the exiled Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlevi. The Shah was a reliable ally of the United States, especially when it came to the fight against communism. Moreover, the Shah supported the existence of Israel,…

Jimmy Carter "God gives us the capacity for choice. We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace. We can make these changes – and we must." Good morning, I am Luke McKenzie and for the next few minutes I will be telling you about the life of Jimmy Carter and why he is someone we should all strive to be like. America’s 39th president, Jimmy Carter came from a small country town from a humble family and life and fought his way to the top by beating racism out of…

These are dark days for international jihadists. In Syria, Islamic State (IS) and Al-Qaeda militants are being chased out of their long-held strongholds either by troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad or the Kurd-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by Russian and American airpower respectively. Pro-government militias in cooperation with national armies also have them on the run in Libya, Yemen and Iraq. As IS’s grand facade of a “caliphate” crumbles and it devolves into an improvised…

familial and cultural identity. Similar to most youth, they have a strong desire to understand their parents’ values and their ethnic identity. Yet, in contrast, they are trying to cope with severe political unrest that is causing horrific violence and supreme prejudice against their ethnicity and political ideology. They see their parents as “heroes”, but later are disillusioned by their parents’ imperfections. In Artie 's eyes, Vladek radiates “HERO”, one of the few to survive Auschwitz. …

1.) As explained in these weeks required essays and also the Saylor text “American Government and politics in the Information Age” Presidential vetoes are when congress sends a bill to the White House for the president, and the current president of the United States, at the time, can “return it” without any objections. To understand further how the veto from the president works, it starts with the latin translation of the word which is “I forbid” adding to the serious tone of the president…

diminishing views of United States Citizens towards the government during the 1960’s and 70’s? United States History is filled with scandal and misconduct. From the corrupt bargain, in 1824, where Andrew Jackson was cheated out of winning president, to the Iran-Contra Affair, where weapons were sold secretly for the release of U.S. hostages. The biggest scandal in United States history, however, is the Watergate Scandal. In an already wavering relationship with the citizens and the federal…