The World has seen a number of terrorist attacks in its history, however terrorism acts have been increasing since the middle half of the 20th Century. Most recently terrorism acts have been committed by Muslim and Islamists extremist. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States defines terrorism as ““the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.” . In the 21st century, the single largest terrorist attack was the September 11 2001 attacks (9/11) in the United States. Since the 9/11 attacks, a large number of attacks have been related to Muslim and Islamic extremist. An
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People also include media. After the London bombings (And 9/11 most notably) media started to create its own portrayal of terrorists in the Western World in which many westerners have used to create their own portraits. The classic portrayal of a terrorist happened to be an everyday Muslim. Most attackers that are Muslim happens to have facial hair and olive or darker skin. However, due to the increasing of radical Islam, European and European decent people are also becoming radicalized and are broadening up the terrorist pool. However, these days, many people still go by the classic Muslim portrait, because friends of the Boston bombers did not expect them to become the radicalized type and carry out a terrorist …show more content…
This was for Great Britain to justify their reason to get into the war on terror. After the 9/11 attacks, United States president, George. W Bush launched the War on Terror and he had a number of supporters including Britain. However, Britain did not have a reason to go to war apart from alliances with the US. Therefore, many Iranians believed and many Iranian newspapers reported that the 7/7 attacks were done by the British government to give them a legitimate reason to go to war, and to further justify the war on terror.
In the last 10 years, Muslim and Islam extremist attacks have increased. Not notably terrorist attacks increased by 61% between 2012-2013, says the global terrorism index. The Index also said a majority of the attacks were committed by four groups, which happened to be ISIS, Boko Haram, Al Qaeda and the Taliban. All four groups happened to have elements of religion
People also include media. After the London bombings (And 9/11 most notably) media started to create its own portrayal of terrorists in the Western World in which many westerners have used to create their own portraits. The classic portrayal of a terrorist happened to be an everyday Muslim. Most attackers that are Muslim happens to have facial hair and olive or darker skin. However, due to the increasing of radical Islam, European and European decent people are also becoming radicalized and are broadening up the terrorist pool. However, these days, many people still go by the classic Muslim portrait, because friends of the Boston bombers did not expect them to become the radicalized type and carry out a terrorist …show more content…
This was for Great Britain to justify their reason to get into the war on terror. After the 9/11 attacks, United States president, George. W Bush launched the War on Terror and he had a number of supporters including Britain. However, Britain did not have a reason to go to war apart from alliances with the US. Therefore, many Iranians believed and many Iranian newspapers reported that the 7/7 attacks were done by the British government to give them a legitimate reason to go to war, and to further justify the war on terror.
In the last 10 years, Muslim and Islam extremist attacks have increased. Not notably terrorist attacks increased by 61% between 2012-2013, says the global terrorism index. The Index also said a majority of the attacks were committed by four groups, which happened to be ISIS, Boko Haram, Al Qaeda and the Taliban. All four groups happened to have elements of religion