Islamic Terrorism And The Threat Of Cultural Subversion

“Fight in the name of God and in the ‘path of god’. Combat those who disbelieve in God.” The quote above is an excerpt from Matthew Gordon’s book, “The Rise of Islam”. Throughout the course of history, many religions have had a profound effect on western civilization. During the early 5th century a religion arose that had an extremely important impact on western civilization. The Arabic prophet Muhammad founded the religion known today as Islam. Violence, diplomacy, Arabic tradition, and public law played a vital role in the rise and conquest of Islam. These four key elements that fostered the rise of Islam helped establish one of the largest religions in western civilization.

Islam, a religion of people submitting to one God, seeking peace and a way of life without sin, is always misunderstood throughout the world. What some consider act of bigotry, others believe it to be the lack of education and wrong portrayal of events in media; however, one cannot not justify the so little knowledge that America and Americans have about Islam and Muslims. Historically there are have been myths, many attacks on Islam and much confusion between Islam as a religion and Middle Easter culture that is always associated with it. This paper is meant to dispel, or rather educate about the big issues that plague people’s minds with false ideas and this will only be touching the surface.

Religious terrorism is regularly portrayed as demonstrations of unreasonable, silly and indiscriminate violence, along these lines offering few, if any what really spur religious terrorism measures. This presumption about religious terrorism comes from different nations, groups and individual’s. Unbalanced regard for prophetically catastrophic terrorism, and an absence of qualification between religious terrorism and its mainstream partner. This article, in this manner, expects to do four things: characterize and separate religiously inspired terrorism, confidence, and activism along the lines of faith and violence. Furthermore, prescribe a scope of religion, confidence, and terrorism systems in view of these perceptions.

After Mohammed's death in 632 CE, faithful Muslims waged wars to spread their faith beyond the Arabian peninsula. Even though those who were conquered were not forced to convert to Islam, the presence of Islam after the captures were enough for a magnitude of people to convert. The Muslims were commanded to, “‘Fight in the cause of God against those who fight you, but do not be the aggressors.’” Any wars that were fought against unbelievers were to be in representation of God and were to lead by example of the Prophet (Document 5). So, they brought their faith with them into battle, and therefore the

The purpose of this paper is to annotate four sources that I will analyze for my final research paper. These sources focus on the following items: (a) Comparing Muslim converts and non-converts in the United States, (b) the psychology of radicalization, (c) the risk of radicalization and terrorism, and (d) how we can combat homegrown radicalization and terrorism. By analyzing these sources, I will be able to develop in-depth reasoning on this topic and complete the research paper.

Ali did not believe in violence and made headlines when he refused to fight in the Vietnam War. He said it would go against his religious beliefs to go and kill people who have done him no harm. He believed so strongly in this message that he was willing to accept years in jail instead of going to war. He was a real Islamic leader and according to Usama Shami, president of the Islamic Community Centre of Phoenix, "[He] is a champion of Islam, who is respected and who spoke against violence.” Up until his last days Ali would teach that groups like Isis do not represent Islam and that the violence of Jihadists goes against the Islamic faith.

In the text of “Ottoman Empire: History,” the narrator opined, “The empire, reunited by Muhammad I, expanded victoriously under Muhammad's successors Murad II and Muhammad II.” Muhammad I is well-known as the last prophet of the Islamic culture, him and his follower went into war in order to convert people. According to William J. Federer, author of the article, “Jesus and Muhammad Words, Actions, Teachings Contrasted,” “Muhammad killed an estimated 3,000 people, including beheading 700 Jews of the Banu Qurayza tribe in Medina, A.D. 627.” The Ottoman Empire killed many people to gain territory for his religious beliefs.

Islam used its powers and privileges to the fullest extent. It threatened and terrified the morale of inferior religions.

Verses 2:190-194 and 216-218 of the Quran reflect what Muslims believe constitutes a just war. A part of verse 191 says, “And kill them wherever you overtake them, and expel them from where they had expelled you.” The Quran even supports a just war in sacred places and sacred times of the year. Another part of verse 191 says, “But do not fight them at the Sacred Mosque, unless they fight you there.” The first part of verse 194 mentions fighting during a sacred time when, “The sacred month for the sacred month; and sacrilege calls for retaliation.” It also addresses how it is a necessity for a Muslim to fight if there is persecution by verse 216 saying, “Fighting is ordained for you, even though you dislike it.” The rest of verse 216 says that the person who finds fighting unappealing must still fight. These people who do not like fighting do not know what is best for themselves, but God does according to verse 216.

The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror is a book written by Bernard Lewis that ‘in particular charts the key events of the twentieth century leading up to the violent confrontations of today.’(Lewis) Lewis clearly and entirely pointed out key events explaining the choices to be made by the people of the Islamic faith. They must determine whether their religion takes its place alongside other religions in a global community, or whether it will revert back into conflict with non-Muslim nations.

This shows how caring he was and had strong faith. He never thought he was better than anyone and that is how a true leader in Allah’s eyes is. During the arrival process of Makkans, he realized there were not enough homes for everyone, so he kindly asked residents to "adopt" people from Makkah and shelter them. This easily solved their issue of poverty. This shows how caring the prophet is, always taking others into consideration. After months of building the masjid, the prophet set up a charter, which guaranteed each citizens rights. When settling there, he had friendship treaties go out to Jewish tribes and others. He did this to keep them as allies and prevent any miscommunications. Islam was heavily spread by people living there at the time and it became the first Islamic state. At the rate Muslims were growing, Meccans were terrified after all they did to the Muslims. They expected the Muslims to fight back after all the damage they caused. So, while passing through this city they decided to go and attack Muslims. That resulted in the Prophet sending look out troops to watch the

One can scarcely turn on the television, or the radio, or open up a web browser without the mention of Islamic terrorism or unrest around the world. Though the United States and the rest of the world may not be engaged in a protracted religious war, for radical Muslim fundamentalist they are. Bernard Lewis brings to light possible reasons for the issues facing the world dealing with Islamic terrorism. The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror explains these issues in historical context as well as how some of the actions professed in the name of Islam and claim to

Walter Laqueur’s book, “The New Terrorism: Fanaticism and the Arms of Mass Destruction”, is empowering readers with the entire spectrum of terrorism. The reasons behind terrorism are not easy to understand, but Laqueur goes into great detail to try and bring the reader to an understanding of what the terrorist is thinking in order to justify the means to the end.

The objective of this work is to examine Islam, a highly controversial sensitive issue in today's world and specifically to examine the misconceptions, beliefs, and values of those of the Islamic faith. Most people think that the majority of Muslims live in the Middle East, while in reality there are more people of the Islamic faith living in Indonesia. Islam, just as Judaism and Christianity, is practiced in various cultures, serves to shape, and is shaped by those cultures. This study examines the perceptions of those of the three faiths in various countries and how they view one another and seek to answer how a level of threat is felt by those belonging to these three religious groups in various countries. Countries examined in this study include those of the United States, Great Britain, India, Pakistan, and the Middle East. The depth of understanding or the teachings of Islam among the various religious groups in these various countries will also be examined in terms of how these understandings impact the ways that Muslims and non-Muslims interact and communicate with one another.

It is the second largest religion in the world, and the fastest growing. Islam, which comes from the root “peace”, is now recognized by terror. “Inside Islam,” unveils the mystery of a terribly misunderstood faith. The movie goes back to the early roots of the Hebrew Bible and explains how the Five Pillars, Islam’s fundamental practices, assisted in the spreading of the religion to the rest of the world. Here we find out what the Qur’an, the holy texts, say about violence, suicide and war, and how extremists have assimilated these words. Along with these, specialists like Khaled Abou el Fadl, the author of “Speaking in God’s Name”, will dig deeper into the challenges that Islam is facing today, and how we play a role in them. This documentary is intended to transform the United States’ views on Islam and make them realise how similar the doctrine actually is to their preferable religion of Christianity.