Egyptian Islamic Jihad

The diversity of religious beliefs in America, and the freedom to practice whatever religion one wishes, is what has made America, the United States of America. Religious tolerance had always been a part of this country, and to the most extent, it still is. However, after the attacks on September 11, 2001 in New York, everything changed. Fingers were pointed towards Islam, and its entire followers, framing each and every one of them for the attacks. As time moved on, and other attacks occurred,…

will extinct. As a result, Islamist terrorist continue to recruit and win the hearts and minds of potential Islamic converts. To a larger extent, terrorism is a natural and inevitable extension of fundamentalist Islamic faith. Islam tend to disassociate itself from Islamic terrorism, but Islamist terrorists drive their inspiration from the same religion. The psychological make-up of Islamic terrorists are driven by some chapters of the so called Holy book – The Quaran. Of course, there are well…

Within all Terrorirst organizations, there is a particular mind set and behavioral trait in which they all share. Established organizations have well placed recruitment tools and techniques to maintain their ranks. Psychological and behavior factors that these organizations use are similar to those of well run governemnts. Recruitment, Media, Power, Wealth, and Radicalization all play vital roles in the process of being a part of on of these groups. Therefore, Individuals who enter these…

There have been many domestic terrorists and domestic terrorist groups over the years. Many of the recent domestic terrorists and homegrown violent extremists have been influenced by many international beliefs or ideals that came from international groups and did not originate in the United States. Many other domestic terror groups did not start their own set of belief systems from scratch but adopted a set of beliefs. Many leftist militant groups or left wing domestic terrorism groups adopted a…

In recent years there has been a new threat developing within the United States. Before, it was mainly assessing threats from external forces. The new threat to be seen is that of lone wolves, and homegrown terrorists. The technical definition of a homegrown terrorist is, “violence that is perpetrated against people or property by their own citizens or permanent residents of a state under jurisdiction of that state in order to promote political, religious, or ideological objectives” (Buetel).…

present day extremism. First, Bernie needs to have a full knowledge about the enemy, Global Jihadists. What exactly does it mean to be a jihadists? In Arabic, jihad means a struggle against the self, passions, instincts and temptations that oppress the soul. However, when this religious doctrine is paired with social justice, the idea of jihad becomes global and expands to the struggle against the internal and external enemies of Islam, even against unbelief. Global jihadism is less of a…

growth of terrorist groups such as Boko Haram, ISIS, Al-Qaeda, who have Muslims as their group members, baffle the non-Islamic people regarding the true nature of Islam. Most analysts argue that the terrorist threat is unquestionably Islamic and is not much a deviation from Muslim tradition, whereas others defend that Islamic terrorism diverges from the true teachings. So where does the truth lie? To understand the connection between…

There are many factors that come in to play when trying to establish the psychological and behavioral factors to terrorism. To summarize a few of these factors within al Qaeda's leadership and affiliate groups are the feelings of victimization or alienation. They believe that acts of moral violations by any of their adversaries will constitute the violence they shed in search of a higher ethical order. "Another foundational component is the idea that the terrorist’s ethnic, religious, or…

Biological Warfare: The Anthrax Plot Besides terrorism, biological warfare is a serious threat to America. Biological agents used as weapons significantly affect a nation’s economy, social and political standing. Anthrax is one of the most common biological agents used as a weapon by terrorist groups and on the American population. In this paper, I summarize the article “Organizational Versus Individual Attribution: A Case Study of Jemaah Islamiyah and the Anthrax Plot”. Additionally, I…

group (4) or organization, (5) that has widespread ramifications and consequences (Hoffman, 2-3). Although there are a host of potential causes of Islamic terrorism, only one can adequately explain its dissension with the United States: the perpetual class struggle that goes on between the United States and the Middle East. Possible causes of Islamic terrorism include religious beliefs, ideological beliefs, oppressive political regime, etc. The goal of…