On 22 July 2011, two successive terrorist attacks including a car bomb and and summer camp massacre attack Norway. This incident forever change the history of Norway which has always been considered as a safe and peaceful country. Surprisingly, all of these attacks are done by one man named Anders Behring Breivik, a right wing extremist. These attacks were fueled by Breivik’s disagreement with the government’s policy on Muslim immigrants. At the time Muslim population was about 3% of Norway population and has been increasing. The attacks reflect a controversial issue of multiculturalism in modern Norway
At 3:26 pm a bomb was exploded at the the the Government Quarter in Oslo. The bomb was placed in a car parked in front of the prime minister office building. The prime minister of Norway at the time was Jens Stoltenberg, who is a member of Labour party. A receptionist tried calling the police just before the bomb exploded. At 3:28 pm, the police arrived at the scene. A witness reported to the police a person in police uniform, holding which was Breivik. Information including lice...
On this day in the month of December, the Pan Am flight 103 was bombed mid flight, during its trip from London to New York. According to the British Broadcasting Corporation, this act would become “the worst single act of terrorism ever witnessed in the UK” (BBC,1). Prior to the Pan Am leaving London's Heathrow airport, someone had sent a bag containing a hand held radio to the plane. Unfortunately, for the 270 people that died that day in the air and on the ground in the Lockerbie, Scotland, this was no regular radio. This Toshiba radio had been rigged with an explosive inside of it that took down the Pan Am flight 103 Boeing 747. As stated in an article by Donna E. Artz and Bruce J. Evensen, “The Pan Am was destroyed by a plastic explosive hidden inside a Toshiba radio cassette player that was inside an unaccompanied suit case apparently transferred from another airline” (1). By working together, the United States and Scotland sought justice for the 270 deceased. Initially, the leader of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, refused to release the prime suspects in the bombing to be tried in court. However, in 1991, after much negotiation and UN sanctions, Artz and Evensen write, “the United States and Scotland indicted two libyans, Abdel Baset Ali al-Megrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fhimah, for th...
Since 2014 these groups have been on the rise with a 40% increase of 142,500 reported crimes since the first six months of 2016 (Kern, 2016). Of greater concern are the obvious increases in terror attacks in the EU, specifically in France, Germany and Belgium, host nations for a majority of the migrant populations. In 2015, Paris experienced the Charlie Hebdo attack and ended with the Paris nightclub attack in which more than 150 were killed and 300 injured. In 2016, there have been a significant increase in terror attacks in Europe. The Brussels Airport bombing, the Nice truck attack as well as knife attacks in Germany. Added to this is the threats of future attacks in statements by ISIS leader Abu Bakar al-Baghdadi, as coalition forces fight to retake key strongholds from the Islamic State, but failed to secure the surrounding areas controlled by ISIS allowing an untold number of IS fighters to escape and enter into the EU with the flow of
On July 22, 2011, thirty-two-year-old Anders Behring Breivik of Oslo, Norway, bombed a government building, killing eight people and injuring more than two hundred, then went to a summer camp for teens and opened fi re, killing sixty-nine and wounding sixtysix before surrendering to police. Breivik’s motives were political, but he later said that a fi rst-person shooter game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, had helped him carry out his massacre. Having spent many hours playing, he decided to incorporate some of its details into his plans and was inspired to equip his gun with a holographic sight because of how well it worked in the game. In fact, he reported that had it not been for the holographic sight, he might not have been able to kill
Clashes between Christianity and Islam have taken place since Islam’s inception. The most recent clash is the one happening now between Western Europeans and the Muslim immigrants who began arriving in the 1960s and now make up 4 to 5% of the total population. Islam is regarded as the fastest growing religion in Europe, through the immigrations and high birth rates causing to a rapid increase in Muslim population in Europe, which will make Islam be the domineering power in the future. The recent research indicates that there are more than 53 million Muslim in Europe, 14 million of them in the European union. According to the German evangelical news agency IDEA, the number of Muslims in Europe has risen by 800.000 over the last two years (Polzer). On the other hand, the birth rates in Europeans are decreasing. Pipes states that original Europeans become extinct because in order to sustain the population in Europe each woman should bear 2.1 children. The overall rate is only 1.5 that is also falling in the European Union (262). Today Europeans still have the upper hand, and therefore many of them continue to believe that multiculturalism and their immigration policy will eventually produce an integrated society in spite of the social unrest in Europe resulting from integration problems of Muslim immigrants. These Europeans insist that dialogue will solve all problems; in that sense they suffer from what Ayaan Hirsi Ali calls the “fanaticism of reason” (78), and they tend to fall into the appeasement camp. Muslim strategists such as Yusuf Al Qaradawi recognize that Islamists can achieve a great deal by pretending to cooperate with reasonable Europeans (Vidino 38), and that his organization, the Muslim Brotherhood, can take advantage...
What are terrorist attacks? Terrorist attacks are unexpecting attacks using violence against innocent people. Terrorists Cause harm to others in a cruel manner or kill people in cold blood giving them no mercy or feeling no pity for people who sit hopelessly begging for their lives.Terrorists also destroy many infrastructures or civilian population to prove they are high in political and social strength. Terrorists attack people to attain political or religious aims.
On September 17, 2016, tragedy struck Manhattan, New York. Explosions erupted at about 8:30pm as people, extremely terrified, started running as fast as they can away from the explosion. About 31 people were injured as of today. The question everybody has in mind. Who did this and why? I believe it was Ahmad Khan Rahami because he was at the incident looking very suspicious carrying a ‘mysterious’ bag, and he was arrested many times for many incidents. In the article “Chelsea Bombing:What We Know and Don’t Know” posted on New York Times by Karen Workman, the author explained about what happened and details about the situation. In the article “NY, NJ bombings: Suspect charged with attempted murder of officers” posted on CNN by Evan Perez, Shimon
Do you remember the conflict that America had in the Persian Gulf a few years back? An incident occurred there where a man drove a truck loaded with explosives into the building where more than 100 Marines were stationed. He blew up the building, along with the Marines. The incident was published by the AP Press soon after. Now do you remember the bombing just four years ago, in Oklahoma City? Suspects Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols drove a Ryder Van loaded with 4,800 pounds of fertilizer and fuel oil to the front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, where it subsequently exploded, killing 169 people and injuring some 500 others. Of course you do. While both were massive acts of violence involving American citizens, the impact of such acts is always felt the most when it happens right here at home.
There are thousands of Islamist extremists living in the U.K. (Thomas, C., n.d.). This is a dangerous circumstance due to the fact that most of them are more than willing to conduct attacks on the U.K. (Thomas, C., n.d.). Similarly, Germany is also experiencing negative outcomes to unrestricted immigration. There had been reports of women being harassed and burglarized by men who appear to be North African or Arabic (Thomas, C., n.d.). Many Islamist declare their allegiance to their belief and they are willing to demolish anything to reach their ambition (Thomas, C., n.d.). These countries are experiencing an absolute collapse of multiculturalism and history shows that no nation can sustain its self if it neglects why it survives (Thomas, C., n.d.). Nevertheless, our lack of success to instill American traditions, beliefs, and history is quickly demolishing our country (Thomas, C.,
For most American’s their Tuesday morning on September 11, 2001 started off like any other week day. Families were doing their normal routine taking their children to school and heading off to work within hours may people would be participating in un- thought of duties. No one had any idea that by the end of the day what seemed like a normal Tuesday would forever be remembered in American history. Within minutes of 8:46 AM all Americans would know that this was not a normal Tuesday. This day would hold not one, but four attempted terrorist attacks by Al-Qaeda on the United States. Two attacks on the World Trade Center, one attack on the Pentagon, and a failed attempt on the White House.
Since 1982 and the creation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Canada has asserted itself in the promotion of multiculturalism and equality of all citizens. Canada is a democratic society which stands to address the needs and desires of individuals in a fair and open approach. In addressing multiculturalism, understanding how some specific groups may be at a significant disadvantage based on their perception in society. It is argued that the ideals and laws incorporated in the Islamic religion and culture make it challenging for individuals to successfully immigrate and adapt into a western democratic society. There are significant challenges in all aspects of their lives, that make them find difficulty in adopting a new way of living while still adhering to their faith and culture. Post September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks have left Canadian immigrants and citizens who are of the Islamic religion and culture, the most scrutinized members in a country that promotes multiculturalism. This is due to negative media connotations, the failure of the government perpetuating fear and allowing concepts like Islamophobia to be produced among citizens.
Many European countries, such as Germany and Sweden are having 100s of anti-Christian attacks. Some of the most violent attacks occur from asylum seekers in refugee homes. Christians are fleeing to Europe to escape from Persecution from their home countries and are hoping to find a safe place to practice their religion. Sweden, as well as Germany has taken in a large number of refugees from all religions. It has lead to many incidents, as many people dislike religious minorities.
Why are terror attacks dividing the United States instead of bringing us together? The latest terror attacks in
About two years ago I read Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s memoir “Infidel” and was immensely moved by her story, especially the atrocities she went through in her childhood in Africa and the way she struggled to flee from an oppressive life. At that time, I could not imagine that anyone (except fanatic Muslims), let alone victims of the same oppression that she was, would not share her feelings and views. However, the reading of Ian Buruma’s Murder in Amsterdam sheds light on bigger and obscure components of this story, which clearly influenced some people to disapprove her behavior – even Islamic women. Like in Hirsi Ali’s story, Ian Buruma also identifies nuances in the main episode of the book – an episode that at face value could be described as a murder of a fierce critic of Islam, Theo van Gogh (Hirsi Ali’s friend), by a Muslim extremist, Mohammed Bouyeri. According to Buruma, although the common theme is immigration – involving two guests, Hirsi Ali and Bouyeri, and one host, Van Gogh – there is no single explanation for what happened. Instead, each of these three characters, he explains, was influenced by a blend of personal experiences and external forces. It was thus the clash between their diverse cultural values and personal identities that ended up leading to the tragic morning of November 2nd, 2004, the day of Van Gogh’s murder.
The word terrorists is usually consisted of Muslims in the minds of most Americans. The continued utilization of illogical term “Muslim terrorists” signifies how the norm of our society is still a white Christian (Singh). Religious and racial bias keep affecting the community of the United States negatively (Singh). In the wake of terrorist attacks in the 2000s, Muslims have been targeted for hate crimes by racists who found them to be convenient scapegoats for dehumanized, nonwhite "others" at whom they wanted to strike (Singh). Due to their visibility and appearance, Muslim were proportionately singled out for harassment during the hate crime epidemic. The very first attack on a Muslim took place shortly after the second plane hit the World Trade Center. Amrik Singh was looking up at the crash when he realized a small group of men across the street were yelling at him, "Take that f---ing turban off, you terrorist!" They chased him into a subway station before Singh escaped. A group of young white men attacked 60 year old Attar Singh with a nail studded baseball bat (Singh). Balbir Singh Sodhi, was the first person murdered in the post attack hate crimes (Singh). The stereotype of all Muslims are terrorists became a big problem in the 2000s; it created violence, which included injuries and killing of Muslims. These stereotypes are still going on but they have lessened more and more over time but it is still a cause for
After 9/11 has induced negative attitudes towards Muslim peoples who tend to be strongly associated with any act of terrorism. The media has played a colossal role in developing such negative association wherein it constantly portrays Muslim people in combination with violent terrorist acts. It does so in a way that they both go hand-and-hand. In other words, it has made it as though the Islamic religion is synonymous with terrorism. The media has perpetuated Muslim stereotypes over the years that followed the 9/11 incident. Because of this, society has developed, and still has developed, this prejudiced mindset about the Islamic religion and the Muslim communities around the world. People immediately assume that any violent act being depicted through the media is the direct result of Muslims. They automatically generate this idea that the act was performed by a Muslim terrorist even when they were not involved whatsoever. Regardless of whether it was true or not, Islamic religion and its Muslim adherents are at the top of societies’ agenda just waiting for the evidence to be generated so that they can then safely blame them for such world affairs. Again, this has led to the attack on the Islamic religion itself wherein people have come to postulate Islam as an act of oppression, violence and hatred towards non-Muslims. Anti-Muslim sentiments and campaigns have resulted from such misinformation the media has been generating and feeding its viewers.