Values and Visions of Mahathir Mohamad After the Asian financial crisis in 1997 that brought an end to the economic miracle in Southeast Asia, Malaysia has become an exceptional case, since its government could mitigate the turmoil’s adverse effects, such as rising unemployment or the breakdown of the political regimes. With the leadership of Mahathir Mohamad, the Malaysian government rejected to follow the advices of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) that included austerity and liberalization of capital mobility. Instead of implementing market reform, Mahathir employed state-owned financial institutions and enterprises, for example, Petronas, to bail out troubled businesses, imposed capital controls, and pegged Ringgit with US dollars (Khoo, 2006). As a result of these ‘heterodox’ methods, the government succeeded to prevent the acquisitions of Malaysian companies by foreign investors, which could alter patterns of ownership and control, and political instability that could be caused by massive unemployment and credit crunch. These unorthodox methods were by no means spontaneity of the leaders, but rooted in the values and visions of Mahathir Mohamad, who embodied the nationalist ideology and the ambition of capitalist development. To put it simply, Mahathir’s values and visions could be divided into two levels: national and global. Along with the objectives of making Malaysia as an industrialized independent nation in the international arena, Mahathir aimed to
Adnan Syed is a 36 year old who had been convicted of first degree murder at the age of 17 on February 28, 1999. Adnan’s friend Jay Wilds testified that he helped Adnan bury Hae Min Lee’s body back in 1999, but Adnan Syed mentions he had nothing to do with Hae’s death. Adnan was convicted with evidence of his cell phone call logs, Asia’s letters to him, and Jay’s description of the route they took during the day of Hae’s death. Adnan Syed is granted a new trial. Not only has there been mistrials, delay, and not enough evidence but also there has been a conviction towards Adnan resulting with doubt after more than 1 decade later.
Those who have been accused of a crime can be proven innocent with evidence through helpful witnesses. In January of 1999, Adnan Syed was accused for the murder of his ex girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, whose body was discovered in Leaken Park by a man we address as Mr.S. Adnan was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. The proof and evidence aiming towards Adnan’s guilt, is outweighed by the evidence and time alignments in which he is innocent. Syed did not kill Hae. The police have no physical evidence of Adnan being the killer.
Arrested after 36 patients died, Narendra Nagareddy had been held at his office following a raid from DEA agent. Around 12 of the 36 patients died from an overdose. Almost 40 federal and local agents raided his Jonesboro office as they seized even more assets at his home. As a psychiatrist of Jonesboro, Nagareddy has been over prescribing benzodiazepine and opiates for the last several years, which has led to multiple overdoses and deaths. People have come to Nagareddy for help, but instead of receiving help, they are met with deadly consequences.
I believe the bail conditions that Omar Khadr received were fair conditions, but the Canadian government should issue and apology to Omar Khadr for contributing to the violation of his rights. Although I believe that Omar Khadr was guilty of the 5 war crime charges against him because of his confession, he should have had a fair trial regarding his crimes. One of the charges was for the murder of Christopher Speer, a U.S. soldier, during the battle in Afghanistan. In an interview with the National Post, Khadr explained the situation and how he felt before throwing the grenade. “I was thinking, ‘What should I do…?’
Adnan was tried and convicted of a murder based on evidence that was, at points, proven to be misleading or false. The witnesses in the case lied, the timeline the state had was faulty because of its reliance on the cell records, and there are several alibis who say Adnan was not able to commit the crime because he was in other locations. It appears that the state was just trying to pin the crime on anyone they could without looking further into many obvious holes in their understanding of what happened. While it is not entirely clear who killed Hae Min Lee, it is exceedingly clear that there is a minuscule amount of reliable proof that Adnan Syed was the one who killed her and so he should not have been convicted of the crime.
The journey of Mansa Musa was not just a religious venture, but a trek to meet new people and gain publicity for Mali. Although Mansa Musa 's journey was supposed to be a religious venture, there were other motivating factors that led to his trek through Africa. The journey of Mansa Musa was strongly enforced and targeted to get more people to travel to Mali. " He left no court emor nor holder of a royal office without the gift of a load of gold".(document e)
Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Mandela Make a Change Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Mandela, all had a vision of a world where equality was amongst the different races. The leaders decided to lead protests in favor of equality. This led to a lot of diversity between views. Violence broke out against the protesters but they were determined to fight for their beliefs. Peacefully protesting, completely avoiding violence, and accepting punishments, were all reasons these leaders’ movements could be considered successful today.
Gandhi once said, “An eye-for-an-eye makes the whole world blind.” What he meant is that fighting violence with violence helped no one. During his lifetime, Gandhi fought against oppressive British rule in India, and his journey was known throughout the world. Martin Luther King Jr. and Nelson Mandela both shared Gandhi’s thirst for freedom, basing their respective movements for peace on Gandhi’s. All three men fought peacefully for equality, whether it was for India’s freedom from the British empire, emancipation from apartheid laws that prohibited black Africans from being truly free, or liberation from Jim Crow laws to keep black Americans inferior to whites.
Two Men one title In life rather one defines themselves as atheist, agnostic, or commits to certain sect of religion, all, even the most dullest person at one time in their life questions the world they behold inside of himself or the world that surrounds them. Some even utilize their inward worlds to change the world surrounding them. Even though the worlds appearance deems silent to most; it screams to humanity that it is indeed in need of change. Leaders like Gandhi and Malcolm x heard this wail of urgency and acted upon it.
Though both men were family men and stood strongly by their families and principles, Mahatma Gandhi and Osama Bin Laden were polar opposites. Osama Bin Laden and Mahatma Gandhi each had a polar opposite outlook and purpose for their respective lives. Gandhi was for the non-violent society. Meanwhile, Bin Laden insisted for Muslims to unleash violent jihad amongst everyone and anyone who did not believe in the Muslim faith. Even with extreme differences, these two men were both politically driven, religious, and relentless in their missions; one of them being extremely violent and the other, a gentle, shy activist who thought the world would do better without war and violence.
Gandhi convinced the Indians that he could get them their independence. They would get their independence long as they didn't cooperate. Gandhi used a couple of lines from the Declaration of Independence that in other words meant, “if a law is unjust, then it is not a law.” Gandhi also told his people that in order to pretext they had to be willing to get jail time. Gandhi's methods worked because both his people and him were uncooperative.
Civil Disobedience by Thoreau is the refusal to obey government demands or commands and nonresistance to consequent arrest and punishment this had an extreme effect on Martin Luther King Jr and Mahatma Gandhi. They were fighting for different beliefs. However they both had the same believes about civil disobedience and they both end in the same place, jail. In the first place Gandhi believed that the only way to confronted injustice was with non-violent methods.
Though he is still seen as a controversial figure, I believe that Malcolm X was one of the most compassionate figures in history. He once said, “I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of their color.” I really admire how he fought for what he believed in. Initially, I learned about Malcolm X in my AP English Language class, but I was reintroduced to his influence on the modern day black society in my college history class. Prior to being reintroduced to his philosophy in my college history class, I thought that X was a violent, racist man.
Malcolm X and Mahatma Gandhi were two incredible men, both fighting for independence among their people. These distinctly different men were among the strongest fighters who set foot in authority. Malcolm X, an African-American leader spread religion to combat the weakening of his fellow African-Americans, as well as to expand the supporters of Muslim beliefs. Mahatma Gandhi, a leader in India’s independence movement from the British, weakened British rule through civil resistance. While Malcolm X and Gandhi both fought for their people’s freedom, their religion, beliefs, and methods for achieving independence differ in certain aspects but also have similar elements.
1.0 Introduction “Governments should play active roles in managing short-run instability in the economy caused by unemployment and inflation problems. ” I strongly agree with this statement as far as my own country is concerned. Singapore, although a very small island of about 700 square kilometres in the South East Asia, is an international business hub. The population is about 5.7 million as of July 2015 which consists of Chinese, Malays, Indians and other emigrants like Filipinos and Caucasians.