Terror Fatwas

Modern terrorism, as deduced from this literature, is acts to violence strategically used by secular groups spanning international borders with the aim of achieving a desired outcome. Further, it can be seen as organized activity whose genesis can be traced back to the 1880’s. From then to now there are identifiable traits and patterns observed from different (terrorist) groups which have allowed for the conceptualization of the term modern terrorism. This concept therefore, can be best explained in the context of being a wave or having a life cycle. That means it is a cycle of activity demarked by phases from inception and expands along the way then eventually it declines. The world, thus far, has experienced four waves of modern

This article by Isabelle Duyvesteyn starts off by summarising the objectives that challenge the perspective of terrorism since the last decade of the twentieth century is fundamentally new. In this article certain questions have been debated regarding new aspects of terrorism and they are: “transnational nature of the perpetrators and their organizations, their religious inspiration, fanaticism, use of weapons of mass destruction and their indiscriminate targeting.” ("How New Is the New Terrorism?", 2017)In order to understand the depth of aspects of new terrorism the article talks about “national and territorial focus of the new terrorists, their political motivations, use of conventional weaponry and the symbolic targeting that is aimed in order to achieve a surprising effect.” ("How New Is the New Terrorism?", 2017)

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 the events that took place in 2001, the idea that Western Countries declared “war on terror” was proposed and a new awareness of Islam emerged.

In Aug. of 1996, Osama bin Laden issued his first “fatwa.” The general grounds of the fatwa are that “the people of Islam had suffered from aggression, iniquity, and injustice imposed on them by the Zionist-Crusaders and their collaborators.” He cites the various “injustices” and states that, “it is no longer possible to be quiet. It is not acceptable to give a blind eye to this matter.” He argues that the most important duty is pushing Americans and American ideology out of the holy land and urges all Muslim brothers to fight and kill the enemy.

The face of Islam in western society has changed in light of the recent Paris attacks on November 13, 2015. Muslims in Canada are effectively trying to distance themselves from the extremist group associated with the Paris attacks. Due to the prejudice response to the attacks, Muslim Canadians are speaking up against the extremist group ISIS as written in the article by Sheema Khan in the national newsprint ‘The Globe and Mail’. The title of this article is “In the fight against terrorism, Muslims must own their message”, The Globe and Mail, 18 November 2015 (http://bit.ly/1lNjmYr).

There are several terrorist groups throughout the world today. All the terrorist groups have one common goal and that is to rid the world of Americans and western influence from the Muslim world. There is one organization that has ties to most of all the terrorist groups in the world and is the most infamous group in the world today and that is the group called Al-Qaeda The word Al-Qaeda means “the base” in Muslim. As an international terrorist organization led by Osama bin Laden. The group seeks to rid Muslim countries of western influence and replace them with fundamentalist Islamic regimes. Al-Qaeda grew out of the of the ashes of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1988, after it helped expel the Soviet

“Living with Terrorism,” is a blog post that was written by Norwegian blogger Bjorn Staerk on bearstrong.net in 2006. In this essay, Steark provides his perspective on how to manage and cope with the sensitive topic of world-wide terrorism. His essay is intended for the more conservative public and, most importantly, was written as a rebuttal to the far-right and anti-Islamic Norwegian blogger Peder Are Nøstvold Jensen (aka Fjordman.) Fjordman had suggested in one of his blogs that Islam, not Islamism, was the culprit behind terrorism, and this greatly displeased Staerk’s universalist creed and left-liberalist views. In contradiction to Fjordman’s remarks, Steark wrote “Living with Terrorism” to explain that terrorism does not always concentrate

Ever since September 11, 2001 Americans along with the majority of the world’s population have been skeptical of Muslims. It’s a sad reality but it’s hard for people to think of a Muslim without linking them directly to terrorism. But these assumptions aren’t totally out of the blue—the Muslim’s religion, Islam, teaches a low tolerance for other religions and the Islamic government has no separation of church and state, so it’s only normal to assume that their government shall have a low tolerance as well—some however, immediately translate this into terrorism. Through the Islamic government and religion, relations with foreign countries, and separation amongst themselves it can be concluded that Islamic Fundamentalism is clearly a threat

Following the terrorist attacks on 9/11 American’s began hearing unfamiliar words like jihad, martyrs, and holy war. In the day’s to follow cable news, newspapers and social media outlets were flooded with Anti-Muslim rhetoric. Internet sites broadcast cockpit recordings of the Islamic extremists pledging allegiance to Allah before impact as if to say God had approved. As debris from the towers fell and cleanup began American’s were learning about the Qur'an, the central religious text of Islam which condones such acts of violence. The Anti-Muslim rhetoric created coast-to-coast panic, and Christians who once accepted Muslims as a peaceful assembly began to question their loyalty to America and our way of life. Muslim groups began comparing the violent passages contained in the Qur'an with those inscribed in the Bible. They determined violent acts committed by Christians, particularly in the Old Testament were no less violent than ones commanded by the prophet Muhammad. And despite any controversy around violence the Muslim population continues to grow worldwide and possibly will someday surpass Christianity as the world’s largest religion.

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

ISIS, a militant Islamic group, has publicly claimed responsibility for the attack that ended with over a hundred casualties (Castillo). Though Islam’s interpretation is very individualized, it allows for reformed religious movement to evolve. Hence, ISIS is an islamic unified terrorist group whose’s motives are allegedly justifiable through a militant interpretation of the Quran. Furthermore, the violent extremist group declares itself the true Islam. Thus, the impact of current events has resulted in a world wide generalization about the religion entirely when in fact this is not true. Moreover, Muslims around the world have taken to social media about the subject by trying to separate the connection between the religion and the extremist events (Jenkins), which caused the initial inspiration for this creation. In sum, my revelation was drawn from this atrocity which touched communities all over the world and, in addition, the negative ethnocentrism towards Muslims world

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.

In the days after September 11, 2001, American leaders rushed to portray Islam as a peaceful religion that had been "hijacked" by a fanatical band of terrorists. One hopes that these assurances were merely tactical—that nobody was meant to believe them and that they were meant to assure the Muslim world that the inevitable American

The history of terrorism can be traced back as far as the French revolution. Some of these acts of terrorism only seem as distant reminders of our past, but at the same time, are not a far cry from today’s brutal acts; and although these acts seem distant, it doesn’t also mean they are no longer in the thoughts of individuals in today’s time.