Jihad

Jacob Klingbeil Mrs. Foust Honors English 12 12/5/2017 Motives and Methods of Terrorism In the past decade, terrorism has increasingly become more of a problem. With advances in technology, terrorists have found new ways to strike fear. Identifying and preventing attacks has become much harder because of these advancements. Along with the many methods of attack, there are several different motives for attack. There may not be an easy solution to the issue of terrorism, since there are many…

“The Reluctant Fundamentalist” by Mohsin Hamid is the incredible chronicle of a young Pakistani man’s experience in America during the height of the fear of terrorism. This was not only a time of evolving ideals in the American nationalist consciousness but it was also a catalyst for changing ideas around the globe, especially within and towards the Middle-East. “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” is the story of Changez’s struggle with change, and his decision whether to embrace it or to stick to…

a. To conquer and destroy the armed power of the enemy. b. To take possession of his material and other sources of strength. c. To gain public opinion. 11. Offensive and defensive. Clausewitz said that basically the two conflict parties alike have a strong initiative to conduct offensive, so there is actually no defensive terms. But each didn't want to strike at the same time, so one party will probably wait until it has enough strength and therefore temporarily they took defensive strategy.…

1.8.2 Rational Choice Theory This theory will be important in explaining the behaviour and thinking of terrorists, terrorist groups and even government leadership as they attempt to tackle terrorist threats. The Rational Choice Theory is a theory based on the notion that man is a reasoning being who weighs the costs and benefits of choices and therefore makes decisions based on rational calculations (Business Dictionary, 2013). Terrorists, despite being considered by many to be inhumane and…

I. In each of the following categorical propositions identify the letter name, quantity, and quality. Then state whether the subject and predicate terms are distributed. 1. All governments that bargain with terrorists are governments that encourage terrorism. 2. No labor strikes are events welcomed by management. 3. Some hobbits are heroes. II. Change the quality but do not change the quantity of the following: 4. No vampires are vegetarians. 5. Some dragons are not threats to human…

There is a lot of Ideological extremism in America still to this day. In the United States, most terrorist environments easily fall into the left-right ideological field. You do not find as strong an ideological demarcation in other countries. Only groups with a strong international character defy ready ideological organization. Black power is often sectioned with the new left. Black power is promoting interest of one group of people. The American right is strong on family values. They are…

Wiktorowicz tries to explain why some individual engage with Islamic radicalism movement? What explains their initial interest? Why do they want to be joined in this risky activism? Even if the cost is high and might be they will sacrifice themselves. Wiktorowicz, with his sophisticated theoretical framework of social movement theory, is tries to answers these questions, why Muslim extremism in the Western societies like Great Britain did these? Wiktorowicz, in this case, is trying to analysis…

Talal Asad tailors a thesis based on his belief that terrorists use the same justification as just war thinkers when planning and reviewing their actions. He does this quite effectively, in part by arguing against the ideas proposed by Michael Walzer, and in doing so he creates an impressive platform of reasoning regarding why Walzer’s proposals do not hold up. The authors do display some similarities when posing their arguments. In their relatively recent writings, “Five Questions About…

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…