The Muslim Brotherhood is a religious and political group, founded on the belief that Islam in not just a religion, but also an actual way of life. The Brotherhood calls for a move away from secularism, and a return to the rules of the Quran as a structure for healthy families, communities, and states. Moving away from secularism means trying to combine religion and state, and that people of different beliefs are no longer equal when it comes to the law. The Muslim Brotherhood is located mostly in North Africa and the Middle East. The Muslim Brotherhood is considered a terrorist organization by many countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Russia, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (Human Rights Watch).
As mentioned in the first paragraph, many of the North African countries consider the Muslim Brotherhood to be a terrorist organization. The Muslim Brotherhood themselves, however, originally stated that their goal was to build schools and hospitals and other services, while instilling their non-secular beliefs and ways of doing things. When they were founded around the late 1920’s and the early 1930’s, they saw themselves as doing everyone a favor by making sure that everyone was Muslim. Not everyone believed in or wanted this way of life pushed on to them, particularly the people in North Africa. This led to violent killings and horrible conflict, mainly brought on by the Muslim Brotherhood.
Fast forward to present day Egypt, where the Brotherhood was actually founded in the first place. The conflict between these North African countries and the Brotherhood has not lightened at all. In fact, it is at this time worse than ever before. For example, just last month (April 28, 2014), 683 individuals were ...
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...ous countries classify them as a terrorist group. The Brotherhood isn’t showing any sign of backing down, and justice systems are going to keep executing members if the Brotherhood continues to impose these terroristic threats.
As of now, there’s not a lot being done to stop the Brotherhood, and the only thing that North Africa is doing is changing their laws to be able to execute even more of them. If nothing is done on either side, then more and more people on both sides of the dispute are going to be brutally killed or injured. The Muslim Brotherhood is a growing problem that seems to be getting out of control. What makes this even scarier is that the members of the Brotherhood, who are in charge of the attacks, believe they are serving Islam in a good way and doing the right thing, even if the end result is simply too many unjustified casualties.
...I had misunderstood, or rather ignored, the Muslim Brotherhood as it materialized in Egypt and later took root and inspired others elsewhere. If Wright analysis is correct, and I suspect he is in this abundantly researched and well-written book, it was born as an opposition to colonialism and its nationalist / socialist / modernist / capitalist alternatives. It appeared that to Sayyid Qutb and other shaping figures in the Brotherhood, Islam was an all-encompassing system to remake the post-colonial world. Qutb, who actually spent time in the United States studying, returned in the late 40’s outraged and radicalized. Qutb soaked up our supposed corruption and regarded the U.S. as propping up regimes that the majority in the Middle East didn’t like, as well as being a good friend of Israel and opposed to Islam, issues that still are a common complaint heard today.
...spread cells, and gaining support, and constantly evolving employment of technology, it continues to thrive. Friendly forces continue to gain knowledge about the Al Qaeda in efforts to bring the organization down and prevent further implementation of chemical or biological warfare.
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AABs lethal attacks are indicative of a legitimate organization with a lineage of sophisticated jihadi leadership. The organization does not appear to seek the same high-casualty high-impact that became al Qaeda’s signature (Winter, 2011, p. 891). Simultaneously, the group seems unable to cultivate a sizable number of “resistance call units.” (Winter, 2011, p. 891) Notwithstanding, neither is necessary to have significant impact. The Middle East is in a transitional period; by inflaming sectarian tensions, and bolstering insecurity it only takes a small group to act as saboteurs (Winter, 2011, p. 891). Until attacks cease or cells are disrupted, AAB will be a relevant terrorist organization.
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The victims will continue to live in fear and hatred for those that want to destroy them and their land.
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Al Qaeda is an international terrorist organization that was founded by Osama bin Laden in the late 1980s in Peshawar, Pakistan. The name is Arabic for “The Base of Operation” or “method” (Burke 2004). However, many experts agree that al-Qaeda is more dangerous as an ideology than as an organization. As an organization, it has been weakened by fragmentation, arrests, and deaths of the top leaders. This has caused the structure of the organization to be destroyed, resulting in the lack of a central hub for the militant group. One thing that remains is the ideology, which is fueled mainly by a hatred of Western, Zionist, and Semitic cultures and beliefs (Burke 2004). As a result, many people may not be directly part of the al Qaeda network or even directly linked to bin Laden. Due to their common views and beliefs of Western culture, militant groups loosely associated to al Qaeda have been formed, carrying on the original objectives that bin Laden had in mind when he created this organization.
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