Friday, August 7, 2009

Michael Jackson

Fast FactsBorn: 29 August 1958 Birthplace: Gary, Indiana Best Known As: The King of Pop, Most Album Sales with Thriller, and accused child molestorConvert: Yes (First Nation of Islam, then Sunni)Died: 25/06/2009Jackson and IslamMichael Jackson officially converted to the Nation of Islam in December 2003. Saeed Shabazz, a reporter for the Nation of Islam's publication, The Final Call, announced that Mr. Jackson had joined the organization. In 2005,...

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Saddam Hussein

Ex-leader of Baath Party, Born to a poor farming family in Tikrīt, a town north of Baghdad, Hussein was raised by his widowed mother and other relatives. He moved to Baghdad in 1955 and became involved in politics, joining the opposition Baath Party, an Arab nationalist movement. Hussein rose quickly within the party and in 1959 helped organize an assassination attempt on Abdul Karim Kassem, the military president of Iraq. Both Kassem and Hussein...

Benazir Bhutto

Benazir Bhutto (1953- ), Pakistani political leader, who served as first female prime minister of a Muslim country, she served for Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996. Born into a wealthy landholding family with a tradition of political activism in southeastern Sindh province, Bhutto enjoyed a privileged childhoodBhutto was educated...

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