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LEYSIN AMERICA SCHOOL, SWITZERLAND APPLICATION ESSAY [4]
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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South-African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician and philanthropist. In his fight for South-African freedom and self-rule, he endured a jail term of twenty-seven years until he was finally released. Shortly after his release, he became the President of South Africa for a one term tenure from 1994 to 1999 after which he handed political power over to President Thambo Mbeki.
Nelson Mandela fought for what he believed in most. He never gave up even in the times when his faith in humanity was sorely tested. he was ready to go to any extremes to be heard and given an opportunity to prove that all he was fighting for was worth it. Even after people had once believed in him had given up hope, he chose not. Eventually, he won his fight and restored hope in the lives of all South-Africans.
Nelson Mandela led a life similar to one which I would love to lead. I am a Muslim girl who is very concerned about the image people have of Muslims and Islam as a religion. Truly, Islam teaches submission to the will of Allah. However, I want to prove to the world at large that the will of Allah is not to take innocent lives with the excuse of securing a place in Paradise (Al-Jannah). I have a vision that someday, Muslims all over the world would be accepted and not first misjudged as threats to international security. He has taught to me to fight for what I most believe in and never give up until I have reached my goal. he has made me believe that optimism is my only option and that it is possible to positively alter a person or people's opinion of you through his saying, "No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than it's opposite