Egyptian Islamic Jihad

Research from Thompson (2011) states the majority (96%) of young Muslim men in the Middle East and Northern Africa are recruited and radicalized via the use of the internet. There has also been significant Internet growth between 2005 and 2014. People living in the U.S. and other Western countries, where the internet is very accessible to the entire population, are more likely to be recruited and radicalized via the Internet. Al-Qaida’s main focus is recruiting young people from the West to help…

(Kruglanski et al., 2014) 1. Kruglanski et al. outlined three components to explain why an individual would become radicalized and then become a terrorist. Those three components included the goal of significance, allegiance to terrorism or violence as a suitable way to achieve significance, and a commitment shift to the goal of significance and eschewing other goals that conflict with violence or terrorism. They outlined some of the process of deradicalization and to some extent the components…

influence has been their largest roadblock to establishing an Islamic nation. Al-Qaeda believed the best way to drive the U.S. out of the region was to carry out a crusade of jihad to inflict economic, political, and physical damage to U.S. forces. Once successful, al-Qaeda would establish Islamic rule and expand their jihad around the region. Ultimately, they wish to join all of the Islamic states and establish a Caliphate in the Islamic…

In 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…

This chapter explores how other jihadist groups, notably ISIL, are likely to impact the standing and operations of AQ. It seeks to determine the likely impacts on AQ caused by specific actions by these other groups such as their recruitment and support. In doing so, emphasis is placed on two main aspects. These are the effects of other jihadist groups on the recruitment of AQ and the extent to which, if at all, competition between AQ and these other jihadist groups can push AQ into carrying a…

not cease fighting for the Truth— they shall be triumphant over their opponents” (Hadith, “Struggle”, 116), but only one sentence is not enough to demonstrate that Islam is radical. Actually, people have such misconception is because the meaning of Jihad is distorted. It should not be interpreted as “holy war”, but “a struggle for Allah” (Smart and Hecht, 115). This struggle is not necessarily a fight with weapons, but a defense of their own belief. Muslims are taught “Do not be aggressive, for…

carefully planned and carefully executed. ISIS is the largest and most powerful terrorist the U.S. has ever dealt with. In recent discussions of Islamic Terrorism, a controversial issue has been whether The U.S. shouldn’t intervene with ISIS and other forms of Islamic terrorism. On the one hand, some argue that the U.S. should intervene and stop Islamic Extremism from this perspective, ISIS’s primary target is the U.S. homeland and critics…

Osama bin Laden is one of then most well known names in the globe. The actions he took that led him to fame, was his success in creating one of the largest export groups of terrorism. Consequently, given him the title of: the hero of the Islamic empire. His desire to create a Muslim empire has influenced him to commit the most gruesome terrorist attacks of all time. On September 11, 2001 his attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center unleashed one of the longest terrorism associated war.…

Modern society is characterized by dynamic and sophisticated changes in terrorism activities. As a result, terror cells such as al-Qa’ida are a major threat among policymakers, intelligence agencies, and multinational firms in the United States. The U.S. government is continuously formulating policies of gathering intelligence against terror groups. For instance, the U.S. has formulated the Counter Intelligence Centre (CIC) to facilitate the monitoring and intelligence collection against this…

Al Qaeda Formation The name Al Qaeda was common in the Soviet-Afghanistan war training camps and it is translated to mean the base in the English language. This organization developed during the Bureau, becoming an organization of faith-fueled warriors rigorously working on an ideological program to protect the world’s evils to Israel and an America that was Jew-dominated. Osama used his managerial skills to establish this group as a business and obtained many of the finances from legitimate…