In Washington D. C. 2002, the city was terrorized by a serial killer. His name was John Allen Muhammad with his accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo. This disturbance went on for three weeks in September to October. Why did these two serial killers decide to kill people? That has been the question people have been asking for years now.
John Allen Muhammad, also known as John Allen Williams, was born on December 31, 1960 in Louisiana. After the passing of his mom when Muhammad was the age of four, his aunt, Baton Rouge raised him. After Muhammad finished high school he married Carol Kaglear. They had a son and named him Linbergh. He then started a military career that was promising at first. His commanders described him as personable and outgoing. By the early 1980’s his cracks were beginning to show. He failed to report for duty and hit an officer, resulting in trouble (Biography, par 1, 2, 3).
In the late 1980’s Muhammad changed his life around. He and his wife had separated, he converted to Islam, and he joined the U.S. Army (Biography, par 4). He later changed his name to Muhammad (Death, par 2). He was stationed in Washington State. There he married Mildred Green. They ended up having three children. Being in the army was good for Muhammad. He served in Germany and the Middle East and was skilled in marksman (Biography, par 4, 5).
Muhammad was finished with army and left to run his own businesses. The first business he tried to run was a Mechanic Shop. After that failed He tried to open a Karate School, which also failed. Mildred, Muhammad’s second wife, divorced him. She then ordered him a restraining order. Muhammad then took off with their three children to Antigua. In Antigua Muhammad met his later accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo. Mu...
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...to his execution (Lethal Injection, par 256, Meserve, par 31). She did not show up to his execution but would take his body back to Louisiana and make burial plans. Muhammad’s second wife Mildred said that when she and Muhammad got a divorce she detached from him, therefore she did not go to his execution (Meserve, par 34, 35).
In conclusion John Allen Muhammad was executed for the 2002 D.C. sniper shooting. Now the city of Washington D. C. can rest easy knowing they are not in harm’s way. Have the lives of the people who have lost loved ones been drastically changed for the worst, or has their lives become easier with time? Hopefully they will regain strength to carry on and pass this tragedy of the sniper shooting. This tragedy should be a lesson for everyone to deal with things and not let those things control every aspect of people’s lives and how they live it.
Benjamin Chavis Muhammad is an African American civil rights leader. He was born on 22 January, 1948 in Oxford, North Carolina. He has taken his last name Muhammad sometime later in his life. His parents were Benjamin Chavis Sr. and Elisabeth Chavis. He was the only son of his parents among his three siblings. He did his schooling from the orphanage of colored people in North Carolina, where his mother worked as a teacher. Chavis became the member of National Association for Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at the age of twelve. Chavis is married to Martha Rivera Chavis and has eight children.
October 2002 was the beginning of what seemed like the longest three weeks in the Washington Metropolitan Area. No one wanted to believe that what was happening would change the lives of thousands. What appeared to be a random killing spree by an enraged lunatic, turned out to be part of a massive plan that claimed the lives of ten innocent people in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. When these shootings first began, they were believed to be linked to a white van or truck. It was later discovered that these shootings were being carried out by a man named John Allen Muhammad, and his teenage accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo, in a blue 1990 Chevrolet Caprice sedan.
There have been many reports of serial killings across the globe. These sort of things are revolting and are disturbing to the normal person. But have you ever wondered why people do these despicable acts? What prompts these savage slaughters? Most people have wondered that very thing. There are even popular television shows based on this very topic. Well let me show you the inner workings that make these people tick.
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This decision changed his life completely, Cassius Clay “his slave name”, was now Muhammad Ali “beloved of God”. Ali was a member of the Nation of Islam until 1975, when he converted to the more general Sunni Islam. Islam was considered, and is still today, a very radical religion and way of thinking, however, Ali’s view of it seemed to be totally different. For him, Islam was all about love. Malcolm X was in charge of showing Ali the path to a newer, and more tolerant version of Islam. After the Supreme Court overturned his conviction for draft evasion, Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X established a leadership in a Chicago mosque that rapidly grew up to sixty-thousand members. The new bases were: “As a religion, the Nation of Islam offered an antidote to "white" Christianity; as an economic base, it stressed self-sufficiency; as a social force, it promoted black pride and unity” (Stravinsky). The Nation of Islam started dividing between the people that liked traditional ways, and people that preferred the new ways of thinking. Due to this conflict, Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965 and ten years laters, Elijah Muhammad, the new leader of the nation, died from a heart disease. These events triggered changes within the Nation of Islam and by the start of the 1970s, the group became known as the World Community of al-Islam in the West (WCIW). They believed in a more
Muhammad Ali’s life went from famous wrestler to broke criminal. The reason for this was because he switched to Islam and refused to obey the government’s requests due to his religion. Muhammad Ali’s life started January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky and was originally named Cassius Marcellus Clay. He started wrestling when he was 12 years old and became addicted to it. He would wake up early to run, stay after school until the gym closed at 8 and then would go to a boxing gym after that. (www.history1900s.about.com) Ali became a very successful and famous boxer. He won the Olympic gold medal in 1960 and then went on to win the heavyweight championship in 1964. After the championship though, he announced something the world wasn’t expecting; Muhammad Ali, previously known as Cassius Clay, declared that he had converted to Islam as well as changing his name to Muhammad Ali. His fans were not happy about this, but he stood by his religion. He was still fighting and continued to be successful, until the day he received a draft notice. The government was calling up Muhammad Ali to fight in the Vietnamese war, but he had to refuse because it was ...
It was a glorious April 4th evening as Martin Luther King and hundreds of followers were gathering for a civil rights march. Many cheered on as the civil rights leader graciously out step on the second floor balcony of the Motel Lorraine. Roaring cheers rose from the crowd rose up as Martin Luther King stand there waving his arm with his heart warming smile waiting for the uprising taper off so he can continue with his speech. When suddenly a piercing blast broke the noise and the crowd’s cheerful spirit died. A cold chill went through all who were present fore in the back of their minds there was no doubt that their King had just been shot.
Muslims believe Muhammed to be the last prophet, told by God in the early 600s to spread Islam. Starting from his small hometown in Mecca, Muhammed eventually succeeded in popularizing Islam throughout the whole Arabian Peninsula. Muslims believe that he was chosen by God because he represented the simple traditional values of life that all humans should follow. Muhammed was a persuasive religious leader because of his family, his beliefs of equality with women, and his relationship with God.
Muhammad Ali is a former three-time heavyweight World Champion american boxer. He was born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr once he joined the Nation of Islam he changed his name to Muhammad Ali. Later on in life he was striped of his heavyweight title for refusing to not enter into the military services and serve in the Vietnam war.
During the Vietnam War, the first platoon (approximately forty men) was lead by a young officer named William Calley. Young Calley was drafted into the US Army after high school, but it did not take long for him to adjust to being in the army, with a quick transition to the lifestyle of the military, he wanted to make it his career. In high school, Calley was a kind, likable and “regular” high school student, he seemed to be a normal teenager, having interest in things that other boys his age typically had. He was never observed acting in a cruel or brutal way. In Vietnam, Calley was under direct order of company commander, Captain Ernest Medina, whom he saw as a role model, he looked up to Medina. (Detzer 127).
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There have been many serial killer cases that have attracted the attention of not only the media but of mental health experts as well. Many experts from a variety of different fields have come together to answer one question: Why did they do it? It is believed that most, if not all, serial killers have a mental illness, motives, and/or trauma during their lives that made them start killing. Serial killers are not only the effect of nurture but also nature. The environment of their country, the United States is our focus, can cause the number of serial killers to increase especially if the country itself is unstable.
Muhammad was born after the death of his dad in 570ce (Gabriel 53). He was born in the town of Mecca, which at the time, followed mostly a polytheistic religion (Haleem x). At the young age of six years old Muhammad’s mom passed. Orphaned at this age and his grandfather took care of him till he died as well, two years later. Finally, at the age of eight years old, his uncle took guardianship of Muhammad. Muhammad, being orphaned, had no one to educate him, so he lived an illiterate but very
The prophet Muhammad is a very significant individual in the lives of all Muslims. This essay will focus on the book The lives of Muhammad by Kecia Ali on the first chapter of The Historical Muhammad. Further discussion on early sources about Muhammad, Muhammad throughout the centuries and non-Muslim sources will be touched on throughout, as the author will provide insight on different perspectives of Muhammad as a true prophet.