Meghan Baquet MRKT 1375 Professor Solomon February 19‚ 2013 Homework #1 - “Who in the world are they?” “Who am I” Mohamed Al-Fayed was born on January 27‚ 1929 in Alexandria‚ Egypt where his incredible career began. Mohamed was married twice. From his first marriage to Samira Kashoggi‚ he had his first son‚ Dodi. With his second marriage to a former Finnish model‚ Heini Wathen‚ in 1985 he had four more children‚ Jasmine‚ Karim‚ Camilla and Omar. After this Mohamed and his brothers moved to
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POLITICO-RELIGIOUS TERRORISM: THE KKK AND AL QAEDA Religion is‚ “a most important source of constructing identity in the network society and a frequent part of collective identity building.” Religious extremist terrorist regimes can begin as political parties within their nations‚ rise to power and adopt authoritarian militancy practices to control their states. They can use their power to “repress religious competitors and political activism on the part of some groups guarantees the mobilization
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Al-Azhar University Brief Description Al-Azhar University also known as Jamiat Al Azhar al Saif‚ meaning the noble Azhar‚ is a center of learning in Cairo‚ Egypt. It was established as an Islamic Institute or a madrasa in 972 and specialized in offering courses pertaining to the field of Arabic Literature and Sunni theology and sharia. It is regarded as the second oldest University both around the world and in Egypt. It was initially established as the Al Azhar mosque. However‚ it slowly developed
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inspirational woman once said‚ “The rain begins with a single drop.” (Brainyquotes). Her name is Manal al-Sharif. She started an underground civil-disobedience movement to encouraged women to drive with one simple action. In spring 2011 she tried something most women had been afraid to ever do‚ drive. In late May 2011‚ Al-Sharif drove her car in Khobar. The video was posted to YouTube and Facebook. In the video‚ al-Sharif stated‚ "This is a volunteer campaign to help the girls of this country [learn to
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aside and come together for the good of all. Al Qa’ida‚ HAMAs and FARC claim the titles of the three largest and most powerful terrorist organizations in the world. All three of these organizations have different reasons for their behavior‚ different intentions with their attacks
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Hamid Mohammed Ibn Mohammed Al-Ghazali‚ also known as Al-Ghazali‚ was one of the most influential Sunni and Sufi philosophers of the 11th and 12th century. He was born on 1058 AD in Tus‚ Persia and had a large impact leading Islam‚ specifically to the Sunni and Sufi Muslims. He was known as “the proof of Islam” to this group of Muslims. Al-Ghazali presented a constructive impact on Islam and still continues to do so today through his inspirational works. The life of Al-Ghazali can be divided into
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The Crimes The first mobster job of Al Capone was a crackdown on racketeering in Chicago that involved moving operations to Cicero. His brothers‚ Frank and Ralph‚ assisted him in infiltrating the police and the government departments. They took leading positions between them within Cicero city government in addition to running gambling clubs‚ brothels‚ and racetracks. Al Capone kidnapped the election workers of the opponents and threatened the voters with violence. Capone’s brother‚ Frank was shot
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Al Capone’s Suitcase What makes an object an important object? I’m not sure because I don’t even know if I was an important object‚ I don’t think I was because I’m currently sitting in what I believe to be a land fill because I’m surrounded by other “useless” item and stinky things; things that were thrown to the earth like they mean nothing. In my “prime” of life I sat on a shelf of a store in Chicago‚ I was one day picked off that shelf by a man named Al‚ I thought he would have me carry items
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He wanted to teach his kids on the show that hard work does pay off and not have things given to people. One episode sticks out is “the Shirt Story” The story was about how Theo (Malcolm-Jamal Warner)‚ goes out and buys a $95 dollar shirt. When Cliff (Cosby) finds out about this he gets upset and says “No kid should be a $95 dollar shirt unless he is on stage and singing with his five brothers” (Jackson reference). Theo says “Don’t you want something
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Fatima Al-Fihri Fatima Al Fihri was the daughter of wealthy trade merchant Mohammad Al-Fihri. Her birth date is unknown‚ though she died in 880 A.D. Her family migrated from Kairoun‚ Tunisia to Fes‚ Morocco. She was born into a very prestigious‚ well-known family‚ and was well educated and rich. She and her sister Mariam Al-Fihri inherited a large fortune from her father. Both girls vowed to spend their inheritance to benefit the community. While her sister decided to build the grand mosque
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