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9 / 11 Islamic Religious Beliefs

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An act of terrorism has forever changed our nation from the moment it happened lasting forever. September 11, 2001 hijackers took control of four commercial airliners and purposely crashed two of the planes into the World Trade Center in New York. This attack killed thousands of people. It was a sight that had frightened millions as they watched from around the world. There is no direct answer as to which caused this. However, there are many beliefs of why this act of terrorism happened. There was and still is long lasting effects on what happened on 9/11.

This terrorist attack on America could have been because of the islamic religious beliefs in contrast to America’s. 9/11 has not been the only attack that has happened from Islam due to religious beliefs. “Islam’s war involves attacks on sacred symbols of other faiths.” (William, Mary E, pg. 22). These terrorists are known for destroying churches and burning down other sacred symbols and later replacing them with mosques because they don’t have the same beliefs that they follow. “Any evidence that there once was another religion on islamic soil must be effaced,” (Williams, Mary E, pg. 22). Islam did not want any other beliefs other than their own on their soil. Islam was willing to destroy anything against their beliefs in hopes of imposing a threat and gaining followers. “...Al-Qaeda is shorthand for a much larger religious phenomena-militant islamic fundamentalism that has spawned violence and terrorism against

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