Jihad

There have been many domestic terrorists and domestic terrorist groups over the years. Many of the recent domestic terrorists and homegrown violent extremists have been influenced by many international beliefs or ideals that came from international groups and did not originate in the United States. Many other domestic terror groups did not start their own set of belief systems from scratch but adopted a set of beliefs. Many leftist militant groups or left wing domestic terrorism groups adopted a…

Under the Black Flag: At the Frontier of the New Jihad by Sami Moubayed was a very educational book that included many specific details and important information. This book covered the topic and ideas of terrorism, ISIS, and al-Qaeda. I chose this book to learn more about the importance of this field, and I expected to understand the background, motives, and reasoning behind ISIS and terrorism. This 240 page nonfiction introduction to ISIS published by I.B.Tauris&Co.Ltd was a very educational…

Slayden Hayes expresses that Islamic fundamentalists continued to oppose the government. With help from the United States, camps were set up in order to provide the proper training on how to use the mass of large weaponry they also received. They saw themselves fighting in a "Holy War" and the Arabs joined in to try to help them out and hopefully defeat the Soviet Union (33). The people who most opposed the form of government chosen by the Soviets did have some help from outside groups and…

The Beginning of the End of Terrorism: Is It Justified? In the most recent years, a rise in terrorism globally has invoked a string of United States military actions in response. Though these actions have been debated by pacifists to warmongers based on personal beliefs, Aquinas’s just war theory from Summa Theologica is the most impartial and distinguished method to justify or condemn the U.S. military’s involvement. There are numerous actions taken by the United States military that were, and…

Persecution against American Muslims have soared to an all time high after 9/11 attacks. In Arthur Miller’s, The Crucible people are persecuted for “conspiring with the devil”. In the play, the minority is sought out and persecuted. This play was meant to represent the Red Scare in the 1950’s. The minority is sought out, oppressed, and treated unfairly by the authority. To accomplish my purpose of showing this of happening, I will describe the likenesses and differences between The Crucible, The…

There are many factors that come in to play when trying to establish the psychological and behavioral factors to terrorism. To summarize a few of these factors within al Qaeda's leadership and affiliate groups are the feelings of victimization or alienation. They believe that acts of moral violations by any of their adversaries will constitute the violence they shed in search of a higher ethical order. "Another foundational component is the idea that the terrorist’s ethnic, religious, or…

Biological Warfare: The Anthrax Plot Besides terrorism, biological warfare is a serious threat to America. Biological agents used as weapons significantly affect a nation’s economy, social and political standing. Anthrax is one of the most common biological agents used as a weapon by terrorist groups and on the American population. In this paper, I summarize the article “Organizational Versus Individual Attribution: A Case Study of Jemaah Islamiyah and the Anthrax Plot”. Additionally, I…

Many comparable definitions of what constitutes as “terrorism” exist today, but Bruce Hoffman provides one of the most complete definitions in his book Inside Terrorism. He affirms that terrorism is (1) violence, or the threat of violence, (2) with political goals, (3) that is carried out by a group (4) or organization, (5) that has widespread ramifications and consequences (Hoffman, 2-3). Although there are a host of potential causes of Islamic terrorism, only one can adequately explain its…

Religious terrorism can be common, destructive, skeptical, or revolutionary. It can be done so by one person, linked cells, large dissident movements or governments. Depending on one’s point of view, there is often a debate on whether or not the attackers should be classified as terrorists or religious freedom fighters. Religious terrorism is typically characterized as acts of unrestrained, irrational and indiscriminant violence, while offering few if any policy options for measures on…

Should a race or religion be feared for the fault of a small group of members? Should everyone be seen as a terrorist or a threat to the nation for what two through four people caused? How would you react if a religion or race wanted to build a mosque some two blocks from an event that took place? Well since the 9-11 attacks many Americans have struggled to build a healthy bond with the Islamic World. This was very visible during the idea of Park 51 located in New York city 2 blocks from where…