Bonesho Comparative Cultures 12 December 2013 Islamic Terrorism: Motives and Rational Responses The Middle East is a location rooted in the traditions of many religions, including Islam. Not restricted to Jihadism, Muslims believe that there is one true God and their goal is the promotion of the religion and its ideals. Islamic terrorists seek to achieve this goal often using violence in the name of religion. While terrorism practiced among Islamic organizations such as Al Qaeda is conducted under
Islamic terrorists are estimated to comprise approximately 10% of the Muslim population, which is equivalent to 160 million out of 1.6 billion people. A terrorist is defined as a person who engages in violence and the infliction of fear in order to gain something either for themselves or for their people. Most Muslims are not terrorists. It is stereotypical to deduce that all Islamic people are involved terrorist groups, however, there are many people who are involved in these groups. Islamic terrorist
The first lines of Thomas Paine’s “Of Myth and Miracle” state, “Every national church or religion has established itself by pretending some special mission from God, communicated to certain individuals” (Paine, “Of Myth” 352). Paine’s apparent goal is to prove that organized religion is a sham, and this theme is present throughout his entire work. Although “Of Myth and Miracle” emerged over 200 years ago, this work remains relevant because of the ever-present problem that is religion. In his work
radical Islamic terrorist groups, the Western world has grappled with defining the Quranic term Jihad. The World Trade Center attacks on 9/11 have only exacerbated their confusion. It is important to understand what the word “Jihad” means before one can analyze how it being interpreted or misrepresented by the west. In Islam, Jihad refers to a duty that muslims must fulfill, or a religious duty. It could also mean the fight against someone’s negative emotions as referred to in the Oxford Islamic Studies
To what extent do the aims and methods of Islamic extremist groups misrepresent the teachings and practices of the Islamic faith? Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda is a militant Islamic organisation known for terrorism. Today`s society sees them as an extremist group and very dangerous. Al-Qaeda was founded by Osama Bin Laden in the late 1980s. This terrorist group believes in killing humans for their God, “Allah” and they will go through great extents to achieve right by Allah. Al-Qaeda have declared “Holy war”
Since the September 11 attacks, numerous Americans have labeled Muslims in the United States as a risk to our country due to the fact that they share their religion with the extremists responsible for worldwide terrorism. Muslim that live in America continue to face isolation and danger because of their faith. Many people are responsible for this labeling, including journalists, politicians, and religious fanatics. Those mainly responsible for giving Muslims in America a modern day scarlet letter
let's put the fear of God in their dessert. They, radical Islamic terrorists brought the flight to the red, white and blue, and it's time to say enough and being the fight back to them, full force. Let's show them who they're messing with. . It's time to show them that as a nation under God, we are unstoppable. We are inferior. Let's show them who our God is, the true God is and why he is to be feared. This to take down radical Islamic terrorism. It's time to put the fear of God back in their dessert
According to Michael Smerconish the U.S. government's airport security policy does not make common sense. If Muhammad Atta and the four of his friends who crashed American Airlines Flight 11 into the North Tower of the World Trade Center showed up to board a flight, airline security personnel, even after 9/11, could not pull them out of the boarding line to ask them a single question. Why can't the airlines pull them out? Precisely because they resemble Atta and his terrorist gang. They are young
Fear is an emotion which can easily or sometimes too quickly convert our feelings into actions. It is a difficult and hard emotion which makes us feel vulnerable, out of control and helpless. Our fear and anger leads us to abuse and by that we being a human being can be offensive to someone by just protecting our insecurities. Our fear is a staircase to anger, anxiety and abuse. In many cases fear of embarrassment leads us to destroy our confidence. sometimes fear of a specific group of people makes
exerting effort to change one’s self to the better which is seen as each person’s most difficult jihad. This concept of jihad and the betterment of one’s self is almost unknown to non-Muslims specially westerners who refer to jihad as the holy war and terrorism. What people fail to realize is the multi dimensions of jihad which consists of two parts: the greater jihad which is actually considered the highest form of jihad and used in a moral, ethical, and spiritual sense. Jihad is viewed by Muslims as the
Osama Bin Laden was on the FBI’s most wanted list for 10 years. He was responsible for the deaths of thousands of American soldiers and American citizens, as well as the 9/11 terrorist attack. The American Special Forces have been trying to track him down for a long time and have not succeeded, until May 1st, 2011. The mission that killed Bin Laden was called “Operation Neptune Spear” and that mission changed American history forever. Osama Bin Laden was born into Muslim family on the 10th of March
Why We Celebrate a Killing I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. -Jessica Dovey). Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that ~Dr. MLK Jr. With the death of Osama bin Laden, was America’s celebratory actions justice or vengeance? Many who do not understand patriotism
manifestation of political, economical and imperialistic failures in Arab lands. This was supported by Western society with the United States as the largest of powers. Instability, oppression, poverty and political alienation that the citizens of many Islamic-Arab nations experienced within the last hundred years have led to major hatred of the United States by the people of many Arab nations. These sources of hatred can be viewed as remote causes of the endless terror attacks and conflicts around the
lasting effects of 9/11. To begin, the media played a huge role when it came to 9/11.... ... middle of paper ... ...rlines operate now a days. In present day, airlines have added a whole slew of security measures in order to combat against terrorism. This is one of the strongest lasting effects that was put into play due to 9/11. In all, there are many lasting effects that were brought on due to the attacks that occurred on 9/11. In conclusion, the media played a big role when it came to influencing
understanding of their reasoning, can be found through examination of President Bush's speech to the nation given on September 20th, and through examining additional information on Osama and his terrorist followers. It was the heavy influence of Islamic extremism at an early age, as well as his personal experiences fighting jihad, or holy war, that prompted Osama bin Laden to become a terrorist. During his speech, President Bush identified a terrorist regime named Al Qaeda as being responsible for
Biography: William Shakespeare's Macbeth tells the story of a man who would be king. And he is the king, because he murders. Him and his wife murder to get their way. This works greatly for them, until they are questioned, and their guilt sets in. The task for this paper was to compare the Macbeth's to two people who did great evil to accomplish good. IE: Adolf Hitler and Osama bin Laden, whom were used in this essay. Evil is to be morally wrong, bad, wicked, and a whole bunch of other synonyms
Some of us might remember how beautiful it was this day, how blue and clear the sky was. September 11, 2001 is not just a regular day anymore it marks the day terrorists attacked, not only New York but also America. Much like Pearl Harbor this is the day we were taken off guard and the day we struck back and went to war. With everything stripped away from us and no sense of what was going on, a country that was just fine on September 10, 2011 was now broken, on such a beautiful day such terror occurred
resist against the American invasion. In 2004, Osama bin Laden, who has been a long time leader of Al-Qaeda gave the group permission to use the name Al-Qaeda in Iraq (Dyer 6). Al-Qaeda in Iraq changed their name to Islamic State in Iraq in 2006 (8). It wasn’t until 2013 when Islamic State in Iraq combined with a terrorist group in Syria named Jabhat Al-Nusra when they combined to finally form ISIS. Early 2014 was when ISIS officially cut all ties to Al-Qaeda and currently
Teen Activism Teen activists stand up for what they believe. They see their goal and want to achieve it. But what lies in the way is full of haters, and problems. The thing with these activists is that they laugh at their haters and don’t let them take them down. Their goal doesn’t come easy, but with many sacrifices and dedication. Take Alex Lin, Malala, and Zach Affolter for example, they fought for what they believed. Like all teen activists, they been through thick and thin, sunny and rainy
When I first started I Am Malala, I was a little skeptical of how I would like it. The first 50 pages went by without any excitement and seemed to be more like a diary, something I’m not fond of reading. As I got deeper into the book though, there started to be many excellent stories and quotes that I found interesting. In some of these quotes I found inspiration about how I should be living my life, supporting my beliefs, and sharing my passion. These are some of the important parts I found that