“Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon” (Jackson 246). “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson describes about a tradition of an annual lottery draw, participated by the people of a village to insure a bountiful harvest. Usually in lotteries, the winners get something special that makes them happy. But in this story, the tradition of the lottery is that whoever is the winner is stoned to death to get a good crop on coming harvest time. We know that tradition is an important part of any culture. But this…
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. …
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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…
Osama Bin Laden was the world’s most wanted terrorist; he masterminded the September 11 terrorist attacks and led the infamous al-Qaeda terrorist network. He thus became the symbol of Islamic terrorism as he called for attacks on the United States, its allies, and the west in general until his death in 2011. For many people event today, he remains the epitome of terrorism and its evils. However, according to the case study “Bin Laden Justifies Terrorism,” Bin Laden believed that his tactics of…
was described. Born on March 10, 1957, no one knew how much havoc he would wreak all over the world. In his 54 years of life, he accumulated 6 wives bearing 21 children. During this time he also founded the Islamic terrorist group named Al-Qaeda in 1988. His main goal in life was to advance Islamic revolutions throughout the Muslim world through the use of war, bloodshed, fear, and violence. Between the years of 1991-1996, he was part of many terrorist attacks that lead to many assassinations.…
States. Once the initial shock had faded some Americans’ grief or sadness then quickly turned into anger and a demand for the those responsible be brought to justice quickly. Not soon after we had learned that the extreme Islamic terrorist…
study argues that the link between the Islam and the exaggeration is a goal to decrease the Muslim faithful across the world (Fernandes). The Latino affiliated rebel groups carried out 42% of all the violence that result in deaths in America. The Islamic extremists were associated with only 6% of the terrorist’s acts. Therefore, it is easy to understand that religion is not linked to terrorism, but politics is the main source of…
One of the worst attacks on the United States that no one will ever forget was on September 11, 2001. On this day, 19 extremists in the Al-Qaeda group took control of four United States airplanes, hijacked them and carried out a major suicide plan of attack against the United States. Two of the four airplanes flew head on into the World Trade Center Towers in New York, one flew into the Pentagon in Washington, and the last airplane crashed in Pennsylvania in a field when passengers tried to…
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…