Terrorism can be defined as threatening use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments‚ often for ideological or political reasons. It is the act of terrorizing or the state of being terrorized. Most acts of terrorism are committed by terrorist organizations. Terrorist organizations use terror to accomplish their mission or objective. One of the most infamous terrorist organizations is Al-Qaeda
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In Romantic art‚ nature—with its uncontrollable power‚ unpredictability‚ and potential for cataclysmic extremes—offered an alternative to the ordered world of Enlightenment thought. The violent and terrifying images of nature conjured by Romantic artists recall the eighteenth-century aesthetic of the Sublime. As articulated by the British statesman Edmund Burke in a 1757 treatise and echoed by the French philosopher Denis Diderot a decade later‚ "all that stuns the soul‚ all that imprints a feeling
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Muslims in the United Kingdom and Germany‚ and also followed by Muslims in Bangladesh‚ Pakistan‚ India‚ and Afghanistan. The Maliki school‚ founded by a Hanifa’s eldest student named Malik ibn Anas and is the dominant school of Muslims in Morocco‚ Algeria‚ Libiya‚ Nigeria‚ Sudan Bahrain‚ UAE and Kuwait. The Shafi’i school founded by a student of Malik named Muhammad ibn Idris ash-Shafi’i and is the dominant school of Muslims in Indonesia‚ Egypt‚ Malaysia‚ Brunei‚ Singapore‚ Kenya‚ Somalia‚ Kenya Tanzania
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It was always the French torturing the Algerians and never the other way around. The French seemed to believe that the Algerians should be thankful to be “French Citizens” and show their love and support for France but instead the nationalist of Algeria were sent to internment camps (Lazreg‚ 137). The French’s justification for the torture was that it “saves lives” (lazreg ‚ 133). For the German’s their justification for killing the Jews was that the it was saving their women and children from the
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Italy began imperialism for similar reasons at that time. During the 1800’s the threat of war through Europe over Africa was growing bigger‚ they needed to take untouched resources such as gold‚ iron and ivory. Italy colonized to build new industries‚ trying to pick up resources as much as they can to settle in their own country. Italy wanted resources badly‚ so they conquered more land in the south and the east‚ so they had a backup plan for whatever actions like the bombing. So as I said before
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own lifetime‚ he rejected this particular label.[1] In an interview in 1945‚ Camus rejected any ideological associations: "No‚ I am not an existentialist. Sartre and I are always surprised to see our names linked..."[2] Camus was born in French Algeria to a Pied-Noir family. He studied at the University of Algiers‚ where he was goalkeeper for the university team (association football)‚ until he contracted tuberculosis in 1930. In 1949‚ Camus founded the Group for International Liaisons within the
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On the eve of the narrator and his family ’s departure for the United States after twelve years of residence in Paris‚ the narrator is being chided by his wife and visiting sister about his nightmares. He is worried about his return to the racist United States after such a long absence and what effect it will have on his multiracial family and his career. “This Morning‚ This Evening‚ So Soon‚” concerns a black American expatriate living in Paris during the late 1950s. He has lived there for many
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Mandela was born in Umtata‚ South Africa‚ in what is now Eastern Cape province; Mandela was the son of a Xhosa-speaking Thembu chief. He attended the University of Fort Hare in Alice where he became concerned in the political struggle against the racial discrimination practiced in South Africa. He was expelled in 1940 for participating in a student demonstration. After moving to Johannesburg‚ he completed his course work by correspondence through the University of South Africa and received a bachelor’s
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fashioned for a necklace have been recovered in a cave in the furthest reach of the southern peninsula of South Africa that are 75 000 years old. Rock painting‚ Herdsmen‚ African art history‚ Algeria A study of African art history indicates the earliest sculpture forms found come from Nigeria and are dated around 500BC. The basic subject is the human figure and strong formal qualities were exhibited with strong design features creating balance
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