Egyptian Islamic Jihad

The word jihad literally means to ‘struggle’ or ‘strive’ thus meaning, “doing one’s best proactively to achieve a desired goal,” (Class notes). The Prophet Muhammad uses the term jihad to encompass different context such as “Recognizing the Creator and loving Him the most,” (Qur’an 9:23-24), “Freeing people from tyranny and oppression,” (Qur’an 4:75)…

your selection was not for name or display, rather you were handed over the responsivity of training and watching of those people. Therefore, officials should strongly keep in mind that junior mujahedin should be monitored. Teach them the ethics of jihad and of dealing with people. They should be praised for doing good and reprimanded for doing something improper. The mujahedin Taliban should seriously keep in mind these few words and important guidance mentioned in Mansur sahib speech. Pay…

During The Crucible, women were constantly being falsely accused of witchcraft and ended up having a reputation of witchery or ended up being dead. Anyone who interfered in these accusations was considered to be overthrowing the court and ended up being imprisoned. Unfortunately, during this era, nineteen people were hanged and one was pressed. And although the events portrayed in The Crucible took place in the late 17th century, the incidents portrayed in the play such as intolerance, fear,…

Audrey Cronin, another specialist in terrorism, believes that terrorism has religious roots. She states there are four types of terrorist organizations which are left wing terrorists, right wing terrorists, ethnonationality/separatist terrorists, and religious terrorists. She feels each type has different motivations. She believes that left-wing terrorists engage in kidnappings, murders, arsons, and bombings and are directed at elite targets (Cronin 38). The right wing terrorists indicate…

The Islamic Fundamentalism is a movement of Muslims go back to their roots, obey the regulation and the words on their original Muslim holy book - The Quran. In recent years, the phenomenon of Islamic fundamentalism has captured the attention of the Western mass media, such as the September 11 attacks in New York City and the November 2015 Paris attacks. These news makes public to consider the Islamic Fundamentalism as a terrorist. Some people even portrayed Muslims as violent fanatics and the…

I have been very fortunate to be able to mentor a local 11th grade student. I think mentoring this student has truly made me grow personally. We typically talk about current topics, like how every day there are bad things happening constantly one after the next. However, we never really talked about personal stuff until one day, when we started talking about our own personal religious beliefs and this was uncomfortable for me because I am a devote Muslim and, recently, there have been such…

on Islam as an ideal rather than on Islamic practices, and most deal with texts and doctrine rather than the reality of people’s daily lives. Carolyn Fluehr - Lobban’s book admirably fills the need for a study of Islamic practices the translation of ideals into daily routines and rituals. Her book vividly illustrates the wide variety of customs, language, rituals, laws, beliefs and politics that are encompassed in, and too often obscured by, the word ‘Islamic’. Recognizing that in the…

These four main networks are; Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Al-Shabab, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, and Jabhat al-Nusra. All four of the affiliates have different agendas. Al Shabab intends to gain control of Somalia, while AQIM’s agenda is to overthrow the Algerian government and institute an Islamic state. Jabhat al-Nusra’s intention was to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. Although the analysts may agree on the four different affiliates…

The Al-Qaeda terrorist organization was form in about 1989; Al- Qaeda is an international terrorist group that was dedicated to the opposing of non-Islamic government with force and violence. This organization actually maintained many offices in many parts of the world; some include Pakistan, Afghanistan, and even the United States. The founders of this terrorist organization were Osama Bin Laden and Muhammad Atef, and that is including Abu Obadiah Al Banshiri. Its emir Osama Bin Laden led…

The behaviors of Clinton, Trump, and the voters have all been influenced by stimuli, and the candidates are well-aware that their statements act as additional stimuli to voters, so they have to make certain that their statements are vastly supported in order to obtain the majority of votes when it comes time for the general election. The voters recognize that America has been heavily impacted by phobia-ridden sentiment recently due to terrorist attacks by ISIS who claim to be acting in the name…