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Essay about Reasons behind Suicidal Terrorist Attacks

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Emile Durkheim's theory of suicide:

"Any form of public death--be it an execution, a disaster, a brutal murder, or a suicide--sends shockwaves through society and stimulates a great deal of emotion, especially among the witnesses." (44, Sociology in a Changing World)

Suicide bombing, or suicidal terror, is an effective means of achieving political and psychological devastation to societies and cultures the world over. This violent tactic is the weapon of choice for Islamic militants seeking to undermine the American dominance in the 21st century. Obviously, the brutal acts appear to be the work of insane, desperate human beings. Nevertheless, many suicide bombers, such as those affiliated with al-Qaeda, are part of a middle class …show more content…

Fueled by the prospect of becoming heroes and lacking the maturity to understand the dangers they are seeing, young Palestinians are easily provoked to enter into harms way. The children on the front lines of this uprising are not accidental. The Palestinian Authority (PA) has intentionally provoked children to drop their toys and pick up stones against the occupying forces of Israel. A number of Palestinian teenagers, some as young as 13 and 14 have gone on suicide missions because the societal conditioning has deceived children into believing that combat and a heroic Death for Allah are expected of them. The subject matter of the PA national curriculum and state-owned media coach the children into armed conflict. The objective; to irrevocably plant seeds of hatred into entire generations. The children are almost conditioned to take up collective behavior that conforms to violent ideological social movements. For many in the Palestinian society the one goal in life is death. The PA leadership consistently accuses Israel of violating human rights for the killing of innocent children while they are fully responsible for placing the children in the heat of the battle. This is a cynical attempt to undermine human rights tensions.

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