Mahmood Mamdani's book, "Good Muslim, Bad Muslim," reoriented my perceptions of the Muslim world due to his discussion of Afghanistan. ... The majority of this chapter from the book has made me come to an understanding on how messed up our country really is. ... Mahmood Mamdani's book, "Good Muslim, Bad Muslim," reoriented my perceptions of the Muslim world. ... Not only this chapter but, the majority of this book has made me realized how messed up our country is. ... The United States eventually abandoned them when they felt their job helping the US was done and Afghanis...

• Word Count: 2152
• Approx Pages: 9

He impulsively attacked Muslims and did an awful job of doing so. Graham also slams their holy book, the Koran and states Islam is a religion of war and promotes violence. ... Those passages and the idea of war was what the extremists took from the book. ... Graham ignores the fact that the book also contained the unification of people and nonviolence. "There must be no coercion in the matters of faith " was a line meaning Muslims need to show consideration for Christians and Jews because we are all " People of the Book " and worship god. ...

• Word Count: 717
• Approx Pages: 3

When Malcolm arrived in Boston he assumed that his sister would want him to get a job, but she didn't. ... Shorty got Malcolm got his first job, as shoe shiner at a dance hall in Boston. ... He started off small; just having legitimate jobs and playing numbers, but then he got a job on a train which allowed him to live in Harlem a few nights a week. He decided to stay in Harlem for a while, so he quit his job on the train and lived there for a while. ... This book was filled with many Sociological concepts. ...

• Word Count: 1737
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

From the opening pages of So Long a Letter, the book revolved around a complex theme of abandonment in two relationships; which resulted from the sub-themes of abandonment of traditional ideas. ... Throughout the book So Long a Letter, the book was developed around a theme of abandonment. ... Assatoui decided to leave her husband and purse a higher education; which resulted in her acquiring a job at the United States Embassy. ... From reading the book I realized there was a deeper and more complexity to the theme of abandonment. ... The second case of abandonment was when Assoite pruing a high...

• Word Count: 1737
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Smith claims to have had the blessing of the divine power to guide him to a location of golden plates, which entails scriptures of ancient American prophets, and they became the foundation for his publication, the Book of Mormon. The context of this book, along with the literary passages from the bible became guidance for Mormons. ... Throughout the book Marty uses Smith's revelations as examples to further define other aspects of blooming denominations. ... This had become a core movement to the Great Awakening, and Marty does an exceptional job at creating Whitefield's stand point ...

• Word Count: 3593
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

A book can be the window to a whole new world. ... Never has a book of history opened my eyes wider, captivated me more, than the story of Malcom Little. ... After the shoe shine job outgrew Malcom, he went to work for the railroad during World War II, this job landed him in Harlem and into a life of crime that was the bases for his life prior to prison. ... His friend Shorty was in need of money and a job as well and Malcom began the crime spree that put him in prison. ... Things were going relatively well until Malcom broke the watch he had stolen from one of their jobs. ...

• Word Count: 4036
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

Sohail Shah, a thirty year old male clerk at the 7-Eleven located on Barbur Blvd. near Jackson Middle School, has been in the United States for four years. He moved here with his wife and two children to "escape punishment". Sohail claims he was in the secret police protecting the president when man...

• Word Count: 867
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

On my fiftieth birthday my brother gave me this book. ... Then I plodded through the first half of the book, which is largely historical. ... The book follows the rise of fundamentalism in the three great monotheistic faiths - Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. ...

• Word Count: 3937
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School