Mujahideen

THE MAKING OF A TERRORIST: A CRITICAL READING OF JOHN UPDIKE’S ‘TERRORIST’ Saraswati Ph.D Scholar, Department of English, Central University of Haryana, India ABSTRACT International Terrorism has been on the rise for the last few decades. John Updike’s novel ‘Terrorist’ explores the evolution of a modern terrorist in the context of post 9/11 America. This article applied three sociological theories that sought to explain the motivations of a terrorists to John Updike’s novel. These theories…

the children, Aziza and Zalmai, are significantly influenced through the parenting of Laila, Mariam, Rasheed, and Tariq due to various factors, including, but not limited to, beliefs on gender and their roles and opinions on organizations like the Mujahideen and the Taliban. Following a run-down situation with Rasheed in which Laila provides life to a girl, Aziza, Laila provides life to a boy, Zalmai, who Rasheed loves. As females, Aziza, Laila,…

Salahuddin Al-Ayubi - warlords who admired. Salahuddin al-Ayubi was born in 532 AH 1138 AD in Tarkit that part of the West Bank of the River Tigris, located between Mosul and Baghdad. His father, a governor named Najm bin Shadhin is the nephew of Sultan Nurudin Zenggi, Kurdistan descent who came from Azerbaijan. Aside from being a warlord, he was also a preacher and leader of the non-Muslim leaders of the Arab nation. During his lifetime, he was in a tent more war than live in the palace with…

(MIP-2) Countless people going through conflict also face severe physical damages that impact their lives tremendously. (SIP-A) When many people think of war, they think of the terrible injuries that can cripple and ruin the lives of those who receive them, most of whom are innocent. (STEWE-1) Many innocents have already faced enough from being pushed into crowded, dirty refugee camps with little food, water, and medical care. They are forced to suffer through sickness and injury alone, and…

Correlations between Leadership and World Events Since the beginning of time, governments have played a major role concerning the well being of its people. The very concept of having a government was to provide stability and safety to all those who reside in a certain area. Whether one leans left or right politically is irrelevant, both sides understand the job of having a government fundamentally comes down to providing a basic, moral framework that provides safety and economic stability,…

Pennsylvania. If you asked any American that was alive on that day, they could tell you exactly where they were as they watched the news continually run the graphic footage that was happening on our own soil. Behind this attack was one of the Afghan former mujahideen (Arabic meaning jihad or soldiers in a Holy War) most involved leaders: Osama bin Laden. Osama bin Laden became the face of evil, and quickly rose to the top of our government’s most wanted list. It wasn’t until 2011, more than 10…

Abdullah Yusuf Azzam was known as “the fighting cleric” and the “spiritual founder of al-Qaida”, he was associated with the creation of the Maktab al-khidmat lil Mujahideen, the Special Services Office, for Arab-Afghans that would process logistically fighters into Afghanistan that would fight against the Soviets in the Afghan-Soviet War. During this time Usama bin Laden worked for Azzam bringing in donor money and…

Modern revolutions have an almost archetypal pattern in which the popular masses overthrow an ancient, dogmatic totalitarian regime in favour of a more liberal and secularist political system. It is therefore of little wonder that the Iranian Revolution in 1979 received immense interest – and also became a subject of incredulity, perhaps – when the people deposed of the pro-Western Shah of the Pahlavi Dynasty and his constitutional monarchy only to be subjected to Ayatollah Khomeini’s…

In 2003, The Kite Runner, was published and has since become an international bestseller, published in 70 countries. In 2006 he was named a goodwill envoy to UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency. His second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns was published in May of 2007. Currently, A Thousand Splendid Suns is published in 60 countries. Khaled Hosseini has a strong relationship with his home country, Afghanistan. Hosseini has been working to provide humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan through…

After the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda outdone the government to be the world 's most obnoxious terrorist organization. Al-Qaeda means “the base" in Arabic and the amount of terrorists are ordered by Osama bin Laden. In addition, Osama bin Laden was killed in a united action by the U.S. army in May 2011 (Hayes, L., & Brunner, B.).However, people believed that this group will be encouraged to look for a revenge from this incident, whereas others questioned if they will…