State-sponsored terrorism

Terrorism has been a worldwide threat to human existence in the recent years with more cases of terrorism reported. Terrorism refers to the prohibited use of violence against innocent citizens or property to make timid of the government while stating particular social or political objective. Terrorism is branched to two parts, either international based or external. Domestic affects the terrorist activities within particular nation motivated from inside. While international terrorism are…

‘Terrorism is in the eye of the beholder’ – Critically assess this statement It is argued that the act of terrorism began during the French Revolution, after the executions of the monarchy, the leading revolutionary group the Jacobins sort to use the guillotine as a method to extract fear in the public and deter enemies. Terrorism/terrorists or any other form of deviant behaviour instils fear into the public and thus can apply stigma to the involved parties, such as the Islamic state/Muslims, a…

INTRODUCTION Every Terrorist group has a history such as where they came from and why did they appear in a specific country. Boko Haram first begins in 2002 in Maidu-Guri, the capital of Borno State in the country of Nigeria located in a west part of Africa. The Islamic terror group over the past years has being operating around the Nigeria and Niger boarder; also between Nigerian and Cameroon boarder. Nigerian has a population of about 170 million people and it is a multi-ethnic country with…

but also stepping up coil, oil, and gas industries- increasing the United States’ environmental emissions. The main fear is that if the U.S. does leave the agreement, this…

Though religion has led to an abundance of answers to ancient questions left answered, we are left to question the cost. Are rudimentary mappings of our universe and origins worth the means? Teaching tinsel morals, promoting close-mindedness, as well as supporting ethnocentrism. These negative effects are not visible in all cases of religious dogma, however, there is evidence that suggests that those who follow these ideals in a malicious manner can catalyze negative relations for the rest of us…

According to FBI data report about terrorist attacks in the United States from 1980 until 2005, there were more Jewish people involved in terrorist acts than Muslims, 7% versus 6%. If we change the word Muslim into Jewish in Maher´s claim, people would conclude that all Jewish people have too much in common with ISIS.…

On the morning of September 11th 2001 the United States was struck with the biggest terrorist strike in the history of the nation. Ultimately this attack changed the way we look at and fight terrorism. The 9/11 attacks were carefully plotted out, using very sophisticated measures to complete the objective. Since this attack, many have pondered how they received the training it takes to pull off an attack of this magnitude. When you are able to kill over 3000 people through a series of…

Islamic State by Patrick Cockburn, The Myth of Martyrdom by Adam Lankford, and lastly Terrorism: A History by Randall Law. These three books all covered different fields of religion, while taking different approaches to analyzing the topic at hand. The differences these books had made for a large range of topics, but the similarities helped reinforce key aspects of the Religion 101 class. The three books not only covered general religion, but ancient/modern terrorism, mental aspects of terrorism…

incidents, such as terrorism attacks. As in our society, the novel Frankenstein has a connection of how many lives have been lost due to inhumane choices. In relation to today’s society and in the novel are examples of how humanity has been lost to one another. In the beginning of the novel Victor Frankenstein, spends most of his time creating a monster that he ends up denying having anything to do with him. Frankenstein does not…

contradiction. This suggests that radicalization requires you to fight against a common enemy that has betrayed you, and by committing these acts you will suppress the feelings of alienation. What is interesting about groupthink is it makes the act of terrorism even more frightening, because these groups have accepted the entity that makes them feel alienated and continue to carry out violent acts to make a…