Discuss the creation and evolution of al-Qaeda (25 pts.)
The Creation of al-Qaeda officially begun during the Cold war around 1979 when Afghanistan was invaded by the Soviet Union. This became an issue for the United States, and the goal was to come up with a plan that involved pushing the Soviet union of out Afghanistan. The outcome of this event leads to the development of an organization for the international Muslim regiment that was formed to rebel against the invasion and eventually get the Soviet Union out. This Islamist organization was founded in 1988 by the famous Saudi Arabia native, Osama Bin Laden and others Islamic warriors. This group was also known as Mujahideen and various Islamic countries seen them as the "Freedom Fighters". …show more content…
Like one of the students in our class mentioned It isn 't the religion itself but the people within the religion who have stronger beliefs than others. Some of those beliefs being extreme eventually lead to violence. The followers of certain religions make up their own interpretation of scripture and so forth. This eventually leads to violence because people believe strongly in their faith want to force this upon other. There is this fight to be separate, to be in their own state or to have more powers all due to their religious belief. Some could have originated in the same place yet wanting to be separate, and a good example would be the Hindus and the Sikhs. One wanting more power over the other and wanting to be apart from one another all because of religion which resulted in the creation of the state of Punjab in India. The state of Punjab wasn 't enough for Sikhs they still wanted more power and to reach this goal there was the militant movement but this unsuccessful. So because of the people, not the religion, over 400 civilians and over a hundred died during Operation Blue Star. This happened because Sikhs wanted a full nation and it caused the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to step in which lead to a tragedy and
The Creation of al-Qaeda officially begun during the Cold war around 1979 when Afghanistan was invaded by the Soviet Union. This became an issue for the United States, and the goal was to come up with a plan that involved pushing the Soviet union of out Afghanistan. The outcome of this event leads to the development of an organization for the international Muslim regiment that was formed to rebel against the invasion and eventually get the Soviet Union out. This Islamist organization was founded in 1988 by the famous Saudi Arabia native, Osama Bin Laden and others Islamic warriors. This group was also known as Mujahideen and various Islamic countries seen them as the "Freedom Fighters". …show more content…
Like one of the students in our class mentioned It isn 't the religion itself but the people within the religion who have stronger beliefs than others. Some of those beliefs being extreme eventually lead to violence. The followers of certain religions make up their own interpretation of scripture and so forth. This eventually leads to violence because people believe strongly in their faith want to force this upon other. There is this fight to be separate, to be in their own state or to have more powers all due to their religious belief. Some could have originated in the same place yet wanting to be separate, and a good example would be the Hindus and the Sikhs. One wanting more power over the other and wanting to be apart from one another all because of religion which resulted in the creation of the state of Punjab in India. The state of Punjab wasn 't enough for Sikhs they still wanted more power and to reach this goal there was the militant movement but this unsuccessful. So because of the people, not the religion, over 400 civilians and over a hundred died during Operation Blue Star. This happened because Sikhs wanted a full nation and it caused the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to step in which lead to a tragedy and