Egyptian Islamic Jihad

has a Salafi-Jihadi ideology, a dogma that has found its beginnings with Jamal al Din al Afghani. Four main terms that formulate this ideology are Salifism, Jihad, Hijra, and Jahiliyya. Al Qaeda engages in what is called a lesser jihad, meaning creating a better community, expanding it or defending it through terror attacks or war. Greater Jihad includes betterment of the community and the self. This ideology helped influence the leader of Al Qaeda thus we will take a brief look into his path to…

The insurgency is blamed for catastrophic attacks aimed against Somali nationals and foreign aid workers. In June 2006, members of Al Shabbab kidnapped four western aide workers and more than a dozen Somali’s. (Article, Fall of Mogadishu Leaves US Policy in Ruins, The Guardian 2006). This incident greatly affected the presence of aid workers in Somalia and has resulted in the African Union amending its policy on sending western aid workers into Somalia. Shabbab has also carried out car bombing…

extinguished. Americans have been anesthetized given the frequency and brutality of such horrific occurrences. The latest attack in an Orlando, Florida gay nightclub left 49 dead including the gunman, an avowed ISIS disciple. This latest act of Islamic terrorism is another firefight in Islam’s war against Western Civilization. Homeland Security expert Robert Jasinski told me, the attacks have been increasing as 2015 witnessed the most jihadi planned plots in the U.S. since 9/11. …

intent of said group is to establish an Islamic rule in the country as part of the global jihad. The group was first known as Jama’atul Muslemin in 2007 and in 2013, it was renamed as ABT, which effectively uses the internet and other mediums to promote their extremist ideas and to spread the messages from their al-Qaeda preachers, in order to radicalize the youth and encourage them to participate in the local Jihad (Admin, 2016). 2. Jama'atul Mujahideen…

Based on Akins, the evolution of learning theory said that all social behavior is learned, including crime. He identify social learning theory in four key elements. First, differential association refers of individual learning deviant behavior from their close friends or family. (Akins & Winfree, 136) One example, individuals that grow up with a close friend that is involved in terrorism behavior is more likely that he or she follow the same line of terrorism behavior. Second, imitation is one…

Terrorism today Terrorism is defined as “The use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims”. Prior to the 2000’s few Americans understood exactly what terrorism is and looks like. We would hear the term terrorist and associate it with third world countries who were always in the mist of war. As for the rest of Americans who were clueless it wasn’t until the tragic events of the morning of Sept 11, 2001 when the word “terrorism” took on a whole new meaning. From this day to…

Negative Effects of Media in the United States Although US media originally started as entertainment or biased news, the impact of it is becoming a substantial problem because of misrepresentation. The main purpose of the media is to inform people by choosing what is important and then providing the information; however, the way it fulfills its purpose in the modern world is detrimental to the overall knowledge of the public. Modern media is a problem because of how it frames issues, focuses on…

Taking Care of Global/Domestic Terrorism Since our recent terrorist attack in September 11, 2001 many researchers like economists, sociologists, psychologists, and political scientists have been debating the cause of this terrorist attack. In addition, the 9/11 caused financial and military costs which involved fighting terrorism, and many people started fearing terrorist which caused limits to our personal freedoms. The United States has played a major role in terrorism as well as dealing with…

ideology is typically described as a brand of Salafism and Wahhabism that supports takfir, the excommunication of apostates or unbelievers. Though it has stated many goals in the past, the group fights first and foremost to create a fundamentalist Islamic state in the Horn of Africa that would include not only Somalia but also Djibouti, Kenya, and Ethiopia. Islamism and Salafism served to express commonalities and build alliances against shared enemies who happened to be world powers such as…

Al-Qaida was initially formed by men from all over the world and many of these members were veterans of the Soviet war in Afghanistan. The goal of Al-Qaida is to recruit, finance, and train mujahedeen to start a jihad and rid western influence and replace governments with fundamentalist Islamic regimes following Sharia Law. Much of the ideals Al-Qaida follows is interpretations of the writings from Sayyid Qutb of Egypt (Gerges, 2011). Al-Qaida originally worked out of Pakistan’s Federal…