Muslims Use Violence To Defend Islam

A United States citizen turning against one’s own government and embracing an ideology to kill another citizen or commit an act of violence is a growing phenomenon commonly known as homegrown terrorism. This transition or radicalization process that transforms an individual into an adversary has intensified since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The problem continues to persist in other parts of the world such as Canada, United Kingdom and even in Saudi Arabia, a Non-Western country. This form of extremism has shown its propensity in the United States since the turn of the century when Muslim extremism had its early beginnings as a venue to support a black separatist movement.

Just as there is no uniform consensus regarding the definition of terrorism, the same issue also applies to the statistics regarding de-radicalization and disengaging of terrorists from their groups. In the case of the home-grown terrorist, unless it was an incarcerated terrorist, how could this information even be tracked? Although similarities to other types of group-based crime have been attempted, the difference lies within the motivations of terror groups. Other types of criminal groups arise from the issues of low socio-economic capital; in contrast, terror groups are based upon an ideology. Of course, poverty and low opportunities may encourage the formation of a terrorist mentality but it is not the driving force. Extremism in religion is usually the root cause of

Because of the interwoven relationship between politics and religion and the distorting of an entire religious faith, it is crucial that we examine how the KKK and AQ are similar and how they are different. The Western world is quick to forget that Christianity has had its own record of violence and thus, we believe that Islam is the world’s only violent faith. This is not the case. From an examination of two of the world’s most violent religious extremist terrorist groups, we can hope to break down the assumptions of Islam. For the purposes of this paper, terrorism can be defined as the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against

The question whether Islam promotes violence and terrorism is a question that I believe is an answer many people don’t understand the answer to and lack the knowledge of their own to make the distinction. In Philosophy the study of Epistemology uses logic to structure an argument and types of evidence you can use to support certain conclusions. What constitutes people’s knowledge in Islam? This helps support the argument as to

Terrorist organizations across the globe have adapted to how the world views them, and are learning how to deter their actions from looking like anything more than political movements. The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is a prime example of this, as it has won the opinions of many diplomats and state leaders to believe that ideologies and actions supported by the Brotherhood come up short of what it means to represent terrorism. The struggle to determine whether or not organizations such as the Muslim Brotherhood are in fact terrorists arises when they claim that their ideologies are equal and opportunistic for all, and that violence and horrid actions are not representative of the whole group, but the simple act of deterrence does not alter the truth; however hard the group tries to claim ignorance to violence and reverence to peace, when historical evidence and

People around the world are in left in shock and fear after hearing about or experiencing the attacks by a group called ISIS. This group that originated from Iraq gave themselves the title “islamic state” and used be called al-qaeda but since they separated from the group it has become its own organization. It eventually expanded into neighboring Syria and has its tentacles in places like Egypt, Yemen, Afghanistan, Libya, etc.. Today, there is global fear that ISIS is trying to spread its tentacles in every part of the world. So, this has caused panic amongst the people and all of them are blaming muslims for this dangerous group. They are fearing it would spread even to America and cause destruction and fear to the people. Since the paris

In the world today, a lot of terrorism activities have been witnessed with thousands of innocent people being victims. This has led to a belief shared by many that Muslims are generally terrorists. This may have come due to the fact that a lot of terrorism activities are carried out by Muslim extremists but that does not qualify everyone practicing Islam as a terrorist. An article by Pritchard (2015) indicated that a lot of British Muslims feel that they are often associated with actions of extremism and little attention is given to the positive actions they participate in. Of course, in some ways, the fact that few

Islam was a victimized religion in the early years. It was extremely close to eradication due to Muslims scattered around Makkah. The conditions they lived in were crucial, to the point the prophet (saw) took action and sent some of his followers to Africa so they wouldn’t have to be bothered by Meccans, while the prophet himself fled to Medina. Even though they all left, Meccans kept trying to scare them just so they know they are under pressure. Meccans usually won any type of battle they had because Muslim's were much smaller compared to them. The beautiful part about this was they still held strong to their beliefs. The prophet led his people with dignity and much respect. He represented how every Muslim should be, and trained them to the way of Islam. For Muslims

Brussels, Belgium is still on high alert following the Paris attacks on November 13. These attacks killed 130 people in total. Brussels is still under partial lockdown because of terrorist threats made against them. Their main target is the mastermind behind the Paris attacks, 26 year old Salah Abdeslam, but unfortunately they didn’t get him in the raids, and he’s still at large.

Every political leader in the country says we are not in a war against Islam, but after the September attacks, there were over 400 hate crimes against Muslims or Muslim-Americans, including nine deaths, 90 physical assaults, and 85 incidents of vandalism. Cases include firebombings of Islamic centers and mosques in Chicago, Cleveland and Seattle (Poe A.10). Many Americans have acquired the stereotype of Muslim people as a symbol of danger.

Wood describes that the idea of being part of something bigger than the mundane life of the everyday working class is the main factor as to why people join ISIS (2015). To further back up Wood’s idea, a NBER study (by economists Efraim Benmelech and Esteban Klor) proved that for every ten percent increase in GDP per capita there is also a 1.5 percent increase in the likelihood of the country’s citizens to join ISIS. This study goes on to say that it is not the politically oppressed either—there is no strong correlation with the freedom of speech and recruitment to join ISIS (“Where Are ISIS's Foreign Fighters Coming From?,” 2016). In “Why So Many Foreign Fighters Flock to ISIS,” Florida discovers that the two main factors that decide what countries tend to have citizens that join ISIS are: one: the amount of Muslims in the country, and two: those where the religious and ethnic minorities feel that their host countries do not accept them (2016). ISIS exploits this to their advantage and uses many techniques to recruit

First of all, we are talking about what role did violence and warfare play in the origins and the rise of Islam. Since the 1950s, Western countries led by the committee to allow the establishment of Islamic mullahs called on the community of believers. Freed from the oppression of Islam out of the only parts of the land has old Yugoslavia and modern Israel.

Giry starts off the subject matter by claiming that violent attacks carried out by radical Islamists or “jihadists”, such as terrorist bombings of London’s subway or the murder of the Dutch filmmaker Theo von Gogh, have been taken as primary evidence that European immigration and integration policies have failed. She has rendered this diagnosis as flawed since it overlooks the fact that the majority of Muslims in Europe have nothing to do with radical Islamism and are struggling to fit in.

Imagine waking up one morning, walking out of your house, and seeing men with rifles walking up and down the streets of your neighborhood. The armed men directing traffic, checking businesses, telling the women how to dress. It would not be a pleasant morning would it? This is what Syria and Iraq have been experiencing with the Islamic sate taking over the two countries. The armed men telling people what to do, inspecting everything, and controlling all the movement is the least of Syria and Iraq’s problems. The Islamic state has committed various acts of violence in both countries. The Islamic State has to be put to a stop if not by the countries surrounding it than by the United States before it causes more destruction in other places.

A few years ago, an extreme offshoot of al-Qaeda proclaimed itself a caliphate in the Middle East. Today, the entire world has witnessed ISIS commit brutal crimes against humanity, including beheadings and other horrific acts of violence as well as its unlawful seizure and destruction of public and private property in Iraq, Syria and beyond. Because of this, many people think that Islam requires fighting non-Muslims, killing, invading other lands, etc. All these thoughts about Islam are totally wrong.