Chapter 6: Teen Activists Malala got shot in the head. She just wanted to have girls go to school. She was rushed by two men that came out of a van. They were targeting her because she started a riot.…
January 13,1999 you are walking to your friend's car with the intent on strangling her to death. Or are you? January 13, 1999 you are at school attending track practice like any ordinary day. So which one really happened? Adnan Syed, 17 years old senior in high school, has been in prison for 17 years because of what happened on one day, in fact, based on what happened in 21 minutes. Based on the evidence presented to the court it was impossible for them to convict Adnan guilty for…
Westboro Baptist Church members led by Fred Phelps believe that God hates the United States and punishes its citizens for its acceptance of homosexuality. To express their beliefs, the church members picket military and other funerals. Phelps’ group pickets by carrying signs and singing songs while standing on public property. Other groups have been formed to protest Phelps’ group. The church claims their speech is protected by the First Amendment Freedom of Speech Clause in the United States Constitution. I agree that the church has this right as does the group protesting Phelp’s group, and neither is violating the constitutional rights of others, even though I believe the actions of Westboro Baptist Church are appalling and depraved.…
How and when did the Salam witchcraft epidemic begin? Began when a group of young girls started to act strange and accused others of using witch craft on them. It begain during the 1680’s and 1690’s.…
While on her journey to receive education rights for all people, she and her dad were threatened every day. She wasn’t afraid, and she knew that her family would do their best to keep her as safe as possible. She was probably scared at first, but she went on to conquer her fears and overcame her fear of the threats thrown at her. “What terrifies religious extremists like the Taliban are not American tanks or bombs or bullets, it’s a girl with a book” (p. 14). This quote shows her insuppressible amount of courage, more than most people have. She continued to be courageous and have hope for the future, knowing that whatever is bound to happen, will happen. Even after being shot, Malala showed great amounts of courage. She wasn’t afraid, and she even said, “They thought that the bullets would silence us” (p. 13). Malala kept her head held high, and showed no fear, for if she did, she may have gotten herself killed. “I wasn’t scared, but I had started making sure the gate was locked at night and asking God what happens when you die” (p. 14). She said it herself, she wasn’t scared; hence, the amount of courage it took to say that was…
Pat Robertson is an American Christian Political extremist, born in Lexington Virginia in 1930. Generally he is a supporter of conservative Christian ideals and previously worked as a Baptist minister, although over the years has founded several major organisations and is currently chairman of the Christian broadcasting network. Robertson is a wealthy, powerful and influential man respected by some but feared by others.…
Since she was a young girl, Malala has always expressed herself and made sure her voice was heard for all young girls to be educated in her country. The Taliban came into her village, took it over and decided that they didn’t want girls going to school and getting their education anymore. So, Malala decided to speak up for girl’s education making it aware of what the Taliban was doing. After she started speaking to local magazines and journals, Malala began to get worldwide attention and so did the Taliban. However, the negative attention the Taliban was getting made Malala number one on their target list. When she was fifteen years old, she was on her school bus with other young school girls when two men affiliated with the Taliban jumped aboard the bus looking for Malala. After they realized the identity of Malala, one man raised a Colt 45 to her head and fired three shots. One of the three shots went through her left eye socket and came out under her left shoulder. She could have easily lost her left eye or could’ve had brain damage, but she didn’t. From this traumatic and traumatizing shooting, Malala had to get a portion of her skull removed to treat her swelling brain. She required multiple surgeries to repair a facial nerve which caused the left side of her face to be paralyzed. In her newly released book, I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for…
like to go to school and her fear of the Taliban. Malala's best friend Moniba found out that…
"I never thought it would hit this is close to home," Takiya Holmes' grandmother, Patsy Holmes, told WLS. "That is a wake-up call, you can be anywhere at anytime and this happens, they were in the car, who knew a stray bullet was going to hit her."…
Malala's speech to the U.N had the purpose of informing the council about what was going on in the middle east from the perspective of someone who has lived through that situation. Her goal for the informing side of the argument is to show that girls are oppressed and they have the right not to be. She is also trying to persuade them to help with the situation that she is dealing with in the middle east. She uses the story of how and when she got shot in the face by the Taliban. She shows how she is a good person by stating “I do not hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there was a gun in my hand and he stands in front of me. I would not shoot him”. Her story is told because she wants us to know that even though the Taliban shot her, she will not back down from standing up for women's…
Humans cannot develop successfully without their personal ideology. Everyone's ideology, worldview and background is different and cannot be compared. If everyone had the same ideology, background and the understanding of the life, the world would have not been the same as today. Diversity and tolerance stands behind the modern world. Malala and Tamim are the greatest examples of tolerance and diversity. They have embraced many ideologies, values, traditions, and cultures. Being an open-minded and acceptable distinguishes them from the rest of the world. The most successful people are the ones that have liberal views to every ideology, culture, traditions and values. People must embrace various ideologies,…
Then one day when Malala was on her way home from school in the school bus, a Talib entered the bus, and she was shot in the head. After the shooting, Malala recovered and continued to fight for women's rights. “I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot. I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up.” This shows that Malala is determined and will not let a threat from the Taliban stop her from pursuing to stand up for women's rights.…
Senator Nixon’s Checkers Speech was given on September 23th, 1952 during the presidential election campaign. Nixon was Dwight D. Eisenhower’s vice-presidential running mate. Nixon was accused of accepting illegal gifts. He used his television appearance to deny the allegations and outline his personal financial circumstances. Nixon made the American citizens believe in his honesty by using plain folks, testimonial, weasel words, as well as logical fallacies, such as an ad hominem argument, false analogy, and begging the question to deliver his speech.…
Sayyidah Khadijah (R.A) comforted him by covering him in blankets and believed everything he told her. She then took him to…
The freedom of expression is provided in the Federal Constitution of Malaysia. However, although the freedom of expression is provided, any materials deemed offensive, sensitive, hostile or more would be filtered out which further results in the censorship of media. With the rapid evolvement of technology, the internet has now become a new medium for society to practice their right of freedom of expression. It is now used by almost everyone to express their ideas, thoughts, views, opinions and more through various application services. For example, many people use a blog to express their ideas and opinions about certain issues that arise among society while some users may also comment on their entries. Others may simply communicate them through online forums instead. Despite having the freedom of expression as a fundamental liberty it is still, no doubt, regulated by governments of many countries and the same applies to Malaysia. With the censorship of media, information on the internet that is intended to pass through would, intentionally or unintentionally, be altered causing the reliability of it being true to be compromised. Hence, although citizens of Malaysia are provided the freedom of expression, it is still heavily limited and is not an absolute right.…