March Current Events

9 Teens charged in Girl's Suicide

In Massachusetts, 9 teenagers were charged in relation to Phoebe Prince's suicide on January 14. Two of them were charged with statutory rape, and 6 girls were charged with violation of civil rights and bodily injury. She was apparently lead to suicide because of the constant bullying and abuse she had to undertake from her classmates for a period of 3 months.

Even though this took place in US, this has a large global importance. Bullying is one of the worst things that goes on in high school. People make fun of other people because of who they've gone out with, what they look like, or sometimes for no reasons at all. People who may find this funny shouldn't be laughing because it leads to situations like this. It doesn't just happen in one school, it happens everywhere and I think people should be kinder to people and have more sympathy.

Female Suicide Bomber blamed for Moscow Attacks

During rush hour, a suicide bomb attack went off that killed 38 people and left 60 wounded. They believe that the bomber came from the Chechen rebels. The prime minister says how these terrorists will be "destroyed". Changes in the security system are going to be made.

This is of global importance because this is just another act of terrorism. Terrorism is everywhere. It may be portrayed differently in different countries, but it all causes death and horrible things. Although this is just one of the many terrorist attacks in the world, it is still a big deal and shouldn't be taken lightly.

South Korean Navy Ship Sinks

Late Friday night, A South Korean navy ship sank in the Yellow Sea near the island of Baengnyeong. The reasons for the ship sinking are still unclear, but they are not ruling out military engagement. There is no reason to suspect that North Korea is behind this yet. Except for the fact that there have been rumors that North Korea is bucking up their defense system due to South Korea-US military drills.

This is a issue that can rise to be a huge controversy. Things are very tense and unstable between North and South Korea. If people are going to assume that North Korea is behind this when they really are not, then North Koreans may feel threatened, and disputes may arise between the two neighboring countries.

Veil Article

I think that this article got into a deeper topic then just the veils that the Islam women wear. I think that she was probably happy in the aftermath that she got captured and then went on to practice the Koran. She probably wasn't expecting to find what she did, but I guess she heard "a calling". This article also makes me change my opinion about it. I thought that it was required to be worn (article we looked at, noted parts from the koran), but it is really how the muslim women chose to promote themselves in public. It is opposite of most women in American and other Western nations. Instead of having a lot of skin shown while wearing clothing and provoking others, the muslim women wear their burqa, and are looked upon by their intelligence, not their looks/money. I know that for myself, I would never wear one of those things, but I have a much better understanding of why women wear them, and I am pretty confident I won't be as judging when I see them around Philadelphia or even around Ambler.

Not A Clash Of Religions

I think that this article really captures what all this global fighting is about. I can understand it better after reading this article, because I was very confused about why the religions would fight against each other. Now that I realize it is about them fighting for people to believe in their religion, I can see how the United States have been provoking this situation, by trying to advertise atheism and become secular. Maybe America doesn't realize this, but the Arab nations do, and I think that this article describes it perfectly. The Arab nations and Osama bin Laden are mainly fighting to keep their religion going and keep it part of their political and economic state.

I think that the journalist is 100% right. The quotes he pulled from the Koran could easily be misinterpreted to lead to violence by the Muslims. I still don't think Osama is justified, but it makes more sense why he has done it. I still 100% think that resulting to killing anyone over religion is just wrong. Although the Koran says "slay the idolaters wherever you find them", they had no way of knowing that everybody in the World Trade Center was atheist or didn't believe in their religion. There was probably Muslims that were killed in that tragedy, and that is going against what the Koran says. So no, I don't think he is or will ever be justified for what he did.

Holy Land Dispute

I believe that from the information that we have learned about so far, the Jews deserve to have the holy land. As we learned, everything was rooted from Judaism. That is how Christianity formed, and Islam was branched off from it from Ishmal. King Solomon and King David, when in charge of the kingdom of Israel, built up the holy city and claimed it for the Jews. Although they couldn't be there when Muhammad's and his followers came to Jerusalem and they knocked down Temple Sinai to replace it with The Dome Of The Rock, the Jews are still rightful to the land, because their temple was laid first. The remains of Temple Sinai are underneath The Dome Of The Rock. Even though Islam's claim Jerusalem to be their 3rd holiest city, Jerusalem is the Jews promised & holy land, and there only city where they were able to build up a community for themselves.