RADICAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM:
WHAT’S ITS ALL ABOUT?
There is a lot of talk in the news today about Radical Islamic terrorism. But just what is all the controversy about? Are the terrorist’s being extreme or are they actually following what their holy book, the Quran, teaches? Also, we will look at is there a better way to combat the problem than just dropping bombs in the middle east and hoping the problem will go away.
The purpose of the Paper is to look at what radical Islam is, and what we as Christians can do to help Muslims come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. I think that the Church can do more than it is doing now to minister to both the local and international Muslim Community.
Historical Context/Contemporary Overview.
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(Brown, 2016). The latest development is that the President of the United States has issued a travel ban on several countries that have a predominately Muslim population. The resulting cry from the left is that it is a “ban of Muslim’s” but have any of them asked if maybe we should actually take the time to vet the people who want to come to America?
Cherish Character
I think that a large part of the problem is the question is who is the Muslim God, Is he the same god as the god of the Bible? No, he is not the God of the bible commands us to love our enemies. “Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you” (Matthew 5:43-44, KJV), One the other hand, the god of Islam (Allah) says in the Koran “[Remember] when your Lord inspired to the angels, "I am with you, so strengthen those who have believed. I will cast terror into the
Throughout this course we have examined many aspects of the Christian and Muslim faiths and many ways they differ but also many ways they are similar. Both Christianity and Islam state the God is the one and only God; however they differ from there where Christianity follows the life of Jesus as the son of God, and Islam follows the word of Muhammad as the last true prophet of God. In Islam faith they see Jesus as a prophet and only a prophet, not the son of God. However I feel that in reading Ali-Karamali’s book The Muslim Next Door was a decent insight into the Islamic faith but was very much just about her view of the religion, which is fine but overall not a complete view.
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In Alison M. Jaggar’s paper “What is Terrorism, Why is it Wrong, and Could it Ever be Morally Permissible?”, she takes the topic of terrorism and tries to bring up information about it in a way to where terrorism can be discussed fairly and examined critically. Terrorism has been defined differently by various people, but many have voiced their concerns about this type of violence. Jaggar tried to develop an account (i.e., in-depth definition) of terrorism that would be consistent, precise, and impartial (Jaggar Pg. 205). For an account to be impartial, there must be a separation of the moral assessment of terrorists’ ends from the moral assessment of the ways or strategies used by them (Jaggar Pg. 206). Jaggar’s proposed account of terrorism is as follows: Terrorism is the use of extreme threats or violence designed to intimidate or subjugate governments, groups, or individuals. It is a tactic of coercion intended to promote further ends that in themselves may be good, bad or indifferent. Terrorism may be practiced by governments or international bodies or forces, substate groups or even individuals. It 's threats or violence are aimed directly or immediately at the bodies or belongings of innocent civilians but these are typically terrorists’ secondary targets; the primary targets of terrorists are the governments, groups or individuals that they wish to intimidate. (Jaggar Pg 209) Her description of terrorism is very comprehensive or inclusive. Furthermore, her
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The message of peace is a fundamental universal concern which is relevant throughout our world today. Peace is not merely the ‘absence of war’, but a state of mind in which a sense of tranquillity comes from actively working towards right relationships with individuals and God. To understand the way in which Muslims and Christians view peace it is imperative to understand the source of the teachings for each religion. The principles teachings of peace for Both Christianity and Islam are primarily found in the sacred texts of both religious traditions. Christianity looks to the bible and specifically the New Testament for teachings about peace, whereas Islam focuses’ on the Qur’an and Hadith to guide their beliefs of peace. These sacred
In “Images of Jesus Christ in Islam,” Oddbjorn Leirvik warns the reader that one can easily read the Quran with a Christian bias, ignoring historical context (28). Examining the similarities and differences in the Christologies presented in the Bible and the Quran can easily garner such biases. Leirvik brings several issues forth that add perspective to examining the Muslim Jesus in comparison to the Christian Jesus. It is indisputable that each religious tradition is in support and full belief of its own message. Both Christianity and
"Many times I have suffered in the cold, in beating rains pouring in torrents from the watery clouds, in the midst of the impetuosity of the whirlwinds and wild tornadoes leading on my company—not to the field of...war...but to the land of impartial freedom, where the bloody lash was not buried in the quivering flesh of a slave...." (7,p.i).
I would recommend Coach needs to continue to explore new technologies such as social networking websites as a cost effective consumer communication opportunity to increase online and store sales and build brand awareness. As part of Coach’s direct marketing strategy, the growing number of entering to the Coach’s websites provide an opportunity to increase the size of databases of each country’s households.
Edgar Allan Poe has a unique writing style that uses several different elements of literary structure. He uses intrigue vocabulary, repetition, and imagery to better capture the reader’s attention and place them in the story. Edgar Allan Poe’s style is dark, and his is mysterious style of writing appeals to emotion and drama. What might be Poe’s greatest fictitious stories are gothic tend to have the same recurring theme of either death, lost love, or both. His choice of word draws the reader in to engage them to understand the author’s message more clearly. Authors who have a vague short lexicon tend to not engage the reader as much.
Having once been persecuted for their beliefs, our founding fathers wrote the United States Constitution with the concept of religious freedom functioning as an integral bulwark of the new nation. This value would be easily implemented in an ideal world, but tolerance is a skill we must develop and be conscious of. Driven by fear, recent atrocities committed by a small group of radical Islamists have caused for public opinion to view all Muslims in a negative light. Many believe that the simple solution to protecting the safety of our nation is to stamp out the influence of Islam in America entirely, by banning Muslims from entering our country and eliminating them from the public eye. In theory, conducting religious tests during immigration
The travel ban is an executive order which was put into place by President Donald Trump’s administration on January 27th, 2017. The order was put into place for our national security to “protect the nation from foreign terrorist entry into the United States.” This measure banned travel into the U.S. for 90 days from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. This obviously sparked an outcry from social media, which caused a divide among Americans. With a show of hands, how many of you think that the travel ban is actually a ban on Muslim refugees and that it is racist. Recent polls show that 57% of Americans favor the temporary ban while 33% are opposed to it, and 10% are still undecided. Racism, fascism, and Islamophobia; these words have all taunted supporters of President Trump and the travel ban. The one thing people don’t realize is that the travel ban isn’t banning Muslims from America. Who in the room can name the top 5 countries with the most Muslims. They are Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nigeria. Not one of these countries are listed in the ban. This ban is only for only ninety days, and is aimed at countries who have sent a large contingency of terrorists to the U.S. The countries selected have active terrorist training camps, and Trump is not the individual who selected the countries on the list. These countries are unstable, with no reliable vetting procedures. We shouldn’t admit people until they can meet our security screening standards.
“Christians are being driven from the Middle East in suffering”. With these words, Pope Francis described the religious persecution that Christians in the Middle East are going through. According to reporter Joseph DeCaro of Christian Persecution Magazine, who interviewed a Christian from Iraq, ISIL jihadists “are placing explosives in Christian homes just in case they decide to return”. This is outrageous. One man who came back to his village opened the door to his home and was killed as he entered because it was rigged with booby-traps. These are just of a few of the situations that show that religious persecution is still going on and thriving in the Middle East.
Be it resolved that the United States fully repeals the travel ban due to the discriminatory effects it has on some people. The travel ban is a terrible executive order that was put into place by President Trump on january 27th of 2017. The travel ban was put into place to protect the United States by not allowing any citizen from seven muslim countries to enter. These seven countries are; Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. These countries were targeted due to supposed risks of these countries harboring extremists groups such as Isis or Al-qaeda. According to the article “Trump's executive order: Who does travel ban affect?,” by BBC News, “ The travel ban suspensions the US refugee program for 120 days, places and indefinite ban on Syrian refugees and suspends all visas of incoming immigrants of the seven banned countries” (BBC News). The seven countries are heavily muslim, however most of the people in these countries are no threat to the United States in any way. Why is the United States completely discriminating the islamic religion when we are founded on the basis of religious freedom. Not everyone who is muslim is a terrorists so why are we punishing a lot of good people for the actions of very few. Most of the terrorist attacks that have happened since 9/11 have been carried out by a U.S citizen, so are we going to start deporting all muslim U.S citizens? The islamic religion is not the problem it's the radicalistic idea that some people
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