Egyptian Islamic Jihad

strangers alike. A country grief-stricken by the troubles of past wars and, currently, the recent Islamic fundamentalist political movement. Life was simple and peaceful before the Taliban came along, destroying a modernized society. The aftermath of the terrorist group 's attacks only made such matters worse with another war following created after the 9/11 attacks, a series of terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September…

Terrorism & Communication: Osama Bin Laden Style Terrorism has been around for ages and just like any common organization, the terrorist organization needs to have the ability to communicate amongst one another. A lot of the prominent terrorist organizations define themselves as international terrorist groups or organizations. Soldiers can attest that communication can be difficult on the same battlefield and families can attest that communication can be difficult in the same household. Now, try…

Terrorism in The United States Americans have a stereotypical way of thinking when it comes to terrorism in the United States. When you think of terrorist you think of “Muslims”, you think of “al Qaeda”, and someone of Arab descent. While Stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason and it’s not right we have good reason to feel the way we do. Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al- Zahawiri, are Arabs. All 19 of the Sept. 11 hijackers were Arabs. The hate between Americans and Arabs to some…

Recruitment Al Qaeda core beliefs are avenging the wrongs of the Jews and Christians against Muslims over the past decades. The Muslims want to revamp the world to replace the states with one true Islamic leadership. Al Qaeda wants to drive out all Americans from Saudi Arabia. Al Qaeda has transformed and adapts their recruitment methods since 9/11 to implement new and invasive method to recruit members to the organization. The United States made every effort to dismantle and to be…

that acts such as terrorism prevents us from achieving. With every act of terrorism that occurs, a negative picture gets imprinted into the publics minds that will stick for a very long time. These negative images are mostly directed towards the Islamic faith. What we fail to realize is that we tend to pass on our views to family and friends and they too pass it on until the society as a whole start to view things in the same manner. This is where biases and discrimination are formed and occur.…

unites states with the purpose of harming the civilians.became a jihadist organization with the greatest power in the Islamic world and was the first to get their anti-Western message across the world, after what happened on September 11, 2011 in the United States. “The Qaeda group was established on the decadence of socialism and communism and that is also growing from the Islamic influence.The part of the idea to create the group to the qaeda was by Osama bin Laden because the western ones…

The fluidity of calligraphy symbolizes the "intertwining" of stability and change that exists in the mortal world (Nasr 28). Islamic calligraphy has the appearance of a never ending line; the letters are all connected to one another and the writing seems to be constantly moving (Piostrovsky 29). The continual movement of the line "is one of the ways of manifesting [Allah] to this world" (27) and "projects the concept of continuity, of endlessness, of pluriformity" (29). The symbolism of…

Slayden Hayes expresses that Islamic fundamentalists continued to oppose the government. With help from the United States, camps were set up in order to provide the proper training on how to use the mass of large weaponry they also received. They saw themselves fighting in a "Holy War" and the Arabs joined in to try to help them out and hopefully defeat the Soviet Union (33). The people who most opposed the form of government chosen by the Soviets did have some help from outside groups and…

of life for most Egyptians, in fact, 94% of the population is Islamic or also known as Muslims. The Islamic belief is that the prophet Mohammed is a messenger of God. Their religious text is known as the Qur’an. This is similar to Jesus and the Bible in Christian’s beliefs (“Egypt”). Religion is also an important part of daily life in Egypt. Muslims will stop to pray five times throughout the day and even their local newspapers publish these daily prayer times (“Egypt”). Egyptians have…

land was so fertile, early settlers had to embark on “three months of intensive agriculture work” to produce the large amount of food needed to survive (Orlin, 2010). These early settlers were so successful in cultivating and harvesting crops that Egyptian area became so densely inhabited. Not only did the Nile provide water for agriculture, it also served as a roadway for transportation. The Nile allowed this early human society to have communication with other countries and it also allowed…