Why did Stalin want so much power over Europe? It started off when all of the countries in Europe were basically in a war. Stalin idea was to take over Europe because he thought that all those countries coming out of war would be financially and politically exhausted. Russia wasn't in the war yet so they were at peace at that time. Hitler went ahead to try take over the USSR and the other parts of Europe that was in the war. Hitler and set up the Nazi plan to try to intimidate Stalin and try to make him fall away from taking over Europe. That's when Russian entered the war. After that war once Russia was exhausted Stalin successfully took over Russia. Later during his dictatorship Stalin set up a 5 year plan to raise Russia's economy. The 5 year plan consisted of a 111% rise in coal production, a 200% rise in iron production, and a 335% rise in electricity power.

What do u think the Islamic religion is?
Founder:
The Islamic religion was founded by the Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century. Muhammad was born in the month of Rabi' al-awwal in 570. Muhammad was supposed to die six months after he was born. When Muhammad mom died he stayed with his grand mother she also died from an illness so he became an orphan. When Muhammad moved to his uncle's he went to go meet with a christian monk and was told his future. The monk told Muhammad that his future was that he was going to be prophet of God. In his later life Muhammad lived up to what he was told and later wrote the Qu'ran.

Followers:
One in five people believe the Islamic religion in the middle area of Asia and Europe.

Holy Books:
One of Islams most important books is the Qu'ran. The Qu'ran is like the word of God. The Qu'ran is is said to be the literal word of God to Muhammad. This book has the Islamic laws and tells about the Islamic Theology. Another sacred book of Islam is the Hadith, the Hadith is the tradition of the prophet. This book records the deeds of the prophet, his family and friends. The Hadith is the most important book for the doctors, lawyers, and the practice of the Islamic religion.

Religious Holidays:
The Islamic calendar is the celebration of the calendar. Their calendar is a lunar calendar containing 354 days in a year. One of Islams most important holidays is Ramadan. Ramadan is the 9th the month of fasting. All Muslims must participate in this holiday they must not eat, drink, or smoke from dusk to sunset. During Ramadan muslims ask for forgiveness for their sins, and pray for guidance away from evil. They also ask for purity to self- restraint for good deeds. The practice of Ramadan is int the first verse of the Qu'ran.

Rituals/Customs:
The 5 pillars of Islam is a ritual normally practiced in Islam. They must follow 5 religious duties expected of every Muslim including fasting during the Ramadan (Saum) profession of faith (Shahada), prayers (Salah), praying to the alms (Zakah), and pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj).

Dressing:
The dressings of Muslims depends on the religion or cultures.

Hierarchy:
They pray to their gods by going to their church or temple and kneel and talk or pray to their gods.

Have you been having some problems with some friends maybe even bullies? W3ll i found this great site specifically for you!!! That site shows you how to avoid fights, arguments and being a better person. A way to also avoid doing things that will either get you hurt by someone is by joining a sport or extra curricular. You wouldn't have to worry about getting bullied if you have team mates and make more friends that would be around you. When you have friends that will stay with you and wouldn't let anyone just bully you you feel more protected and comfortable.

As part of Team 3 I am excited to be blogging!!!

Moline football team is all about people coming together making goals. If you cant do something in the beginning of the year your goal is to do that by the end of the year. When you see someone having troubles with their weight lifting or making their goal, help them and motivate them to push their self harder and harder each day. You want every one to have a goal because it makes you a better athlete and it makes you want to go farther and farther at what your doing. Also, when you see someone doing bad you don't want to just walk past them and not help them you should be a better team mate by not putting them down.