Assignment #3 The Islamic Roots of Hip Hop Culture In the following dissertation‚ some unfamiliar truths about hip hop`s interrelation and co-dependence with Islam will be uncovered and discussed incorporating well-known music paradigms and historical facts‚ in order to reveal the religions` influence and association with the genre of hip hop. There can be little doubt that hip hop music has evolved as a global phenomenon. It has become increasingly difficult to find countries‚ or even regional
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Why are Reading and Writing Skills Important in Democratic Society? Education is a social process. Education is growth. Education is‚ not a preparation for life; education is life itself. John Dewey Nowadays reading and writing is not a privilege or a status‚ it is a way of communication and a significant part of our everyday life. Time when most of literate and educated people were from wealthy and privileged families is long gone. It is no longer the case when people from less fortunate
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Moderation over Extremism “The virtue of justice consists in moderation‚ as regulated by wisdom” (Aristotle). The philosophies of moderation and extremism‚ two completely different ways‚ have been implemented in the past to overcome many different challenges. However‚ of the two moderation has always been the better philosophy to embrace. Moderation has been used‚ successfully‚ by many notable figures in the past. The philosophy of extremism has been attempted by many in the past as well. Nevertheless
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MUHAMMAD ALI ALINA VILLAREAL JUNIOR DIVISION 1525 WORDS December 12‚2016 lle‚Kentucky.Cassius was named after his father‚Cassius Marcellus clay‚Sr. Cassius later on in his life changed his name after joining Nations of Islam and was converted to Sunni Islam in 1975. He was hated very much little did he know what he did would make him famous. His courageous act got him in jail and a lot of people to dislike him. He made a stand in what he believed was right and what was wrong and he inspired
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Although Malcolm X was able to demonstrate how the average Negro was brainwashed into conformity throughout The Autobiography of Malcolm X‚ he did not believe he was brainwashed after his conversion to the Nation of Islam‚ which caused him to be hypocritical. “The devil white man cut these black people off from all knowledge of their own kind and cut them off from any knowledge of their own language‚ religion‚ and past culture‚ until the black man in America was the earth’s only race of people
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Hope is the best thing to counteract fear and they could not allow it. The white men preferred him to be a little robot that just follows order and stays within the boundaries that they decide. It’s because of leaders like Martin Luther King‚ Malcolm X‚ Booker T. Washington and Frederick
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anyone that was treated unfairly‚ Dr. King stood for. King didn’t care for his individual rights as a person‚ he cared the the rights as a community‚ that’s why he risked his life everyday for what he did. He believed that this had to change if America wanted a bright
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1960‚ he won the gold medal as a light heavyweight boxer. In 1964‚ he became the heavyweight champion. After his heavyweight title win‚ he converted to Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Ali. As a member of the Nation of Islam‚ alongside Malcolm X‚ he fought for equality and civil rights for minorities. Two years later‚ the United States began drafting men for the Vietnam War. As a muslim‚ Muhammad Ali refused to be drafted for religious reasons along with the principle of non-agression
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(SCLC) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)? Why is this important? 2. How was Freedom Summer of 1964 different from earlier southern civil rights struggles of the 1960s? 3. What were the political and racial beliefs of Malcolm X/El Hajj Malik El Shabazz (1925-1965) when he was assassinated? 4. What were the political and racial beliefs of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) when he was assassinated? 5. What is “deindustrialization”? Discussion
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assassination of Patrice Lumumba.[11][12] Malcolm X‚ national representative of the Nation of Islam‚ also launched an extended critique of nonviolence and integrationism at this time. After seeing the increasing militancy of blacks in the wake of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing‚ and wearying of the domination of Elijah Muhammed over the Nation of Islam‚ Malcolm left that organization and engaged with the mainstream of the Civil Rights Movement. Malcolm was now open to voluntary integration as
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