Al-Qaeda

the first documentary, “The Road to Martrydom”, we could appreciate how an England citizen, Omar, became the first westerner to carry out a suicide bombing. It is important to consider that he radicalized in England, then he started training with Al-Qaeda, and ended up being recruited by Hamas. He was a normal man, in fact, he was not interested in Muslims customs, and he had barely read the Coram; however, everything changed when he moved to London. At this point, his behavior started to change…

6.3 Terrorism and Al-Qaida The terrorist organization Al Qaida was established in 1988 in Pakistan by Osama ben Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri. The term al Qaida refers both to the physical base of the organization in Afghanistan and to the database to identify volunteers for jihad. Most of the Jihadist are all young men between the ages of 20 and 31. They are almost all from large siblings (cf. analyses of Dr. Rik Chopra for the Guardian, echoes 11/2015). And they were almost all raised in a…

reality, the article discusses how the government passes false messages about weapons of mass destruction and other things that have only heightened the state of fear that the U.S. is currently in. Additionally, a false sense of fear emerged that al Qaeda would sneak across the border and attack America, this lead to the creation of fences, deploying national guard troops, gathering “illegal” workers and expanding border patrols for the purpose of keeping out…

Introduction David Rapoport’s piece titled The Four Waves of Modern Terrorism is a crucial piece of literary work on the subject of terrorism. Terrorism is a significant social issue at the national level. It refers to the intimidation and violence employed by individuals referred to as terrorists with the primary intent of instilling fear on a group of people with a political agenda. In the United States, the most destructive terrorist attack was the bombing that took place on September 11,…

One of the most recent examples of religious persecution is the Muslim religion in the US. The Muslim religion is being persecuted mainly due to the attacks on the Twin Towers during September eleventh, 2001. Because 19 Islamic extremists crashed into the Twin Towers on 9/11, all Muslim-Americans have been affected (Frumin and Sakuma 1). The extent of these persecutions has varied. While not nearly as severe as the Jews were persecuted in Germany, Muslim-Americans have been persecuted in the…

traumatizing that 14 years later people are still creating new things to memorialize the losses and questioning the facts of that devastating day. To begin, 9/11 was so unbearably awful that no one could believe how many deaths happened because of Al-Qaeda…

After September 11 at approximately 8:45 the most remarkable skyscraper the two buildings everyone came from everywhere to see was changed forever.According to hystory.com”19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group, al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City”. No one knew what was really happening until the first plane…

What do drones and military trained soldiers have in common? One has to bear the burden of killing one single innocent while the other powers down after an entire year of killing innocents with no ounce of remorse, guess which ones which. Over the decade, an estimation of over 400 innocent lives have been taken by American drones. It is safe to say anytime an innocent is killed a mob short tempers will want someone to pay. Because of the use of drone technology in warfare, countless people have…

September 11, 2001, was the most terrifying day of my life. Nineteen radicals linked with the Islamic terrorist alliance al-Qaeda skyjacked four aircrafts and made suicide attacks against national landmarks in the United States. One plane smashed into the Pentagon not too far from Washington, D.C., and the second aircraft collided in an arena in the middle of Pennsylvania. The last two aircrafts soared into the towers of the World Trade Center located in New York City, this terrorist act caused…

Society’s Heroes There are many people today, that have done many heroic actions, but today they aren’t really called heroes like the ones in greek mythology. “Heroes” are just well well known people, because they did something important. Modern day heroes are important and impact society immensely, in ways people could not imagine. Heroes tell people that there are good people, who will do good things. Also heroes will impact the next generation, because children look up to people who are…