Many people knew Louis Armstrong as the “first real genius of jazz”(Shipton 26). He was born in New Orleans‚ Louisiana on August 4‚ 1901. Louis was the illegitimate son of William Armstrong and Mary Est “Mayann” Albert. He was abandoned by his father‚ a boiler stoker‚ shortly after his birth and was raised by his paternal grandmother. Then‚ at the age of five‚ he was returned to the care of his mother‚ who at the time worked as a laundress. Together with his mom‚ they moved to a better area of New
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and Muhammad are today considered as three of the greatest prophets in the world. They portrayed themselves as religious figures as well as the messengers of god. There teachings are believed by many people and they have many followers. While Moses and Muhammad are projected as the prophets‚ Jesus is considered to be the son of god. They established a monotheistic belief and believed that they were the only god and there is only one god to follow. It was thought that both Jesus and Muhammad were
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A Contrast and Comparison of Jesus and Muhammad Bettye Joyce Davis Hum 130 A Contrast and Comparison of Jesus and Muhammad According to "Comparing Jesus and Muhammad" (n.d.)‚ “Each year‚ thousands of Christian homes and churches are torched or bombed by Muslim mobs‚ and hundreds of Christians‚ including dozens of priests‚ pastors‚ nuns and other church workers are murdered at the hands of Islamic extremists. The so-called justification varies‚ from charges of apostasy or evangelism‚ to
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Armstrong‚ seeming to be part of a pattern followed by great musicians‚ had a lamentable childhood‚ being born on August 4‚ 1901‚ in New Orleans‚ Louisiana‚ in “a section so poor that it was nicknamed ‘The Battlefield’” (“Louis Armstrong”). After being arrested at the young age of 11 for shooting his stepfather’s firearm in the air while celebrating New Year’s Eve‚ Armstrong was sent to the Colored Waif’s Home for Boys. He quickly developed
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Life of the legendary Neil Armstrong What was your childhood dream? Did you wish to be a princess or prince? Or did you dream of becoming a big time rock star? At one point in a person’s life‚ they dream of the inevitable. Finding out that they are incapable of reaching those dreams‚ they then face reality and continue on to do something that they love. Although several people go through this stage and grow out of it within time‚ one man’s childhood dream stuck with him‚ and by doing so‚ he made
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Celebration of Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday RLGN 3190 April 15‚ 2014 The message of Islam has spread across many lands with differing cultures and varying interpretations of the divine word of Allah. The entity that unites all the variances of the religion is the Prophet Muhammad. Unlike the rest of the topics that surround the religion‚ his importance as the pioneer of Islam is unique and unquestioned. It can reassuringly be claimed that the unique position of the Prophet is monumental
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Karen Armstrong is a historian of monotheistic religions. In” Murderous Martyrdom: Religion or politics?” Armstrong relies heavily on Logos to support her claim that the use of suicide attacks is a political weapon of manipulation‚ rather than a collective Islamic tendency. Armstrong draws compelling‚ supporting evidence from a Gallup poll covering 35 countries‚ consisting of both moderate and radical Muslims‚ stating her evidence logically in support of political motivations. Support for politically
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Neil Armstrong lied about the famous "one small step for man" words he spoke as he became the first man to take a step on the moon‚ according to new claims by his brother. The astronaut had always insisted that he had not planned those historic words in advance. However‚ in a recent interview‚ his brother has insisted that Armstrong came up with the words months prior to the Apollo mission in July 1969. He also has claimed that the original phrase did include the word "a" as Armstrong had so strongly
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Muhammad Ali Jinnah Introduction Muhammad Ali Jinnah was born on 25 December 1876 in Karachi. He was a lawyer‚ politician‚ and the founder of Pakistan. He is revered in Pakistan as Quaid-i-Azam and Baba-i-Qaum. His birthday is observed as a national holiday. Jinnah served as leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until Pakistan’s independence on 14 August 1947‚ and as Pakistan’s first Governor-General from independence until his death. Struggle for Separate State
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Louis Armstrong Well-known artist Josh Devine is a great drummer for the band of One Direction‚ with a love for music. Just like many other artists he is well known in his time just as Elvis Presley was in his time or Aerosmith in their time. Every era has a well known musician or band‚ back in the 1920’s it was Louis Armstrong. Louis Armstrong moved to Chicago in 1922 to play the second cornet in a Creole jazz band. Although two years later Armstrong moved to New York City and began playing
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