Jihad

Research Paper In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan supporting a newly elected communist government that was being threatened by traditional Islamic government officials. In 1981 Osama Bin Laden the son of a wealthy Saudi businessman crossed the border into Afghanistan to support the cause against the Soviet invasion. Bin Laden young member of the Islamic Brotherhood which believed in traditional Islam blended with 20th century government. In the beginning Bin Laden helped by raising…

Terrorism is the threat or use of violence against a population or group of people to spread fear for the purpose of a political motive or agenda. The Taliban is possibly one of the most renowned terrorist groups in Afghanistan, and despite the containment methods used against them, they continue to grow and prevail in rural southern areas of Afghanistan and parts of Kabul. The Taliban is unique because they not only adhere by means of strict Islamic fundamentalism, but Pashtun laws and culture.…

The forces at this time were called mujahideen (This is a term for fighters that are engaged in a jihad) they used standard guerrilla style tactics to fight back ageist the Soviets that controlled the major cities but not the countryside. The USSR responded but pouring more of their resources into Afghanistan. This proved to be an uphill battle for the…

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…

Is Islam and violence like a peanut butter and jelly combination? Do they always get along with each other? The 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…

with promise of extra credit. Osama was told that he would have to memorize, the entire Koran (and islamic bible) by the time he graduates from school. The group soon lost focus and Osama now has studied the beginnings of the principles of violent jihad. At the age of 18 he was promised to marry his first wife, his 14 year old cousin Najwa Ghanem. He graduated from Al Thager in 1976, the same year his first child was born , named Abdullah. On May 2nd, 2011 Barack Obama announced that Osama Bin…

The group was founded by osama bin laden, started in the late 1980s Began as a logical network to support muslims fighting against soviet union The groups members we recruited throughout the Islamic World When the Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan in 1989, the organization dispersed but continued to oppose what its leaders considered corrupt Islamic regimes and foreign presence in Islamic lands. Frustrations: Al- Qaeda’s primary enemy is the United States, which it sees as the root cause of…

Abdullah Azzam and Ayman al-Zawahiri. Al-Qaida was initially formed by men from all over the world and many of these members were veterans of the Soviet war in Afghanistan. The goal of Al-Qaida is to recruit, finance, and train mujahedeen to start a jihad and rid western influence and replace governments with fundamentalist Islamic regimes following Sharia Law. Much of the ideals Al-Qaida follows is interpretations of the writings from Sayyid Qutb of Egypt (Gerges, 2011). Al-Qaida…

Globalization is the practice of global assimilation ascending from the exchange of world opinions, merchandises, philosophies and additional features of culture. Progresses in transport and satellites organization, as well as the growth of the telecommunication and its expansion the Internet, are most important aspects in globalization, engendering additional interdependence of financial and ethnic events. Globalization has basically remained motivated by the benefits and requirements of the…

According to Merriam-Webster: Terrorism: the use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal With all the dark forces fighting the assimilation that once made America a superpower, it seems fit to analyze some of these vices. It seems every day, CNN reports a new terror attack, shooting, or bombing somewhere in the world and terrorism has grown and evolved into something everyone, even Americans, fears. People keep looking over their shoulder…