The Movement Of Al Hindi

The 1960’s and 70’s were a turbulent time in the United States, as many minority groups took to the streets to voice their displeasure with policies that affected them. During this time period a large movement for civil rights, including Native American’s, would seek to find their voices, as largely urbanized groups sought ways in which they could reconnect with their tribe and their cultural history. In their book, Like A Hurricane: The Indian Movement from Alcatraz to Wounded Knee, Paul Chaat Smith, and Robert Allen Warrior take an extensive look at the events leading up to the three of the largest civil rights movements carried out by Native Americans. Beginning with the takeover of Alcatraz Island in the San Francisco Bay by Indians of All Tribes in 1969; the authors tell in a vivid fashion of the Bay Area activism and Clyde Warrior 's National Indian Youth Council, Vine Deloria Jr.’s leadership of the National Congress of Indians, the Trail of Broken Treaties and the Bureau of Indian Affairs takeover, the Wounded Knee Occupation and the rise of the American Indian Movement.

This weekend, there was an alleged ISIS-Inspired knife attack in Roanoke, Virginia. An adult Arab male, allegedly hollered “Allahu akbar” while attacking two people, which was described by police as an attempt to decapitate at least one of the victims. The suspect was arrested by the Roanoke County Police Department for malicious wounding. According to the media, the FBI is investigating this as a terrorist attack (FBI investigating whether Virginia stabbings were ISIS-inspired, 2016).

Brandenburg argued that the law violated his first and fourteenth amendment rights. In 1969, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Brandenburg because his conviction violated his freedom of speech. The vote among the Justice’s was unanimous. To make this decision, the Supreme Court created the Brandenburg Test to tell if a speech has intent, imminence, and likelihood. The Ohio Criminal Syndicalism violated Brandenburg’s rights because the law itself was illegal and unconstitutional.

On Saturday August 12th, 2017 there was a “Unite the Right” rally planned. Protesters were gathered to express their opinions on the removal of the statue of General Robert E. Lee, a confederate icon. At 1:42 p.m. a speeding car flew through the crowd injuring 19 innocent people and killing a 32-year-old woman. The car then drove backwards and fled the scene but was later found. The 20-year-old man was arrested for murder in the second degree among other charges. Although some may complain, this attack was officially considered an act of domestic terrorism. Others may say that it is just a hate crime but Bill Nettles, the former United States attorney in South Carolina says, “The point of terrorism is to spread fear, the point of a hate crime is to inflict hate on one of the specific groups that is narrowly defined in the statute.” This event that was happening at the time and place of the attack is considered one of the largest white supremacist events in the United States history. The event lasted all weekend but on Saturday the protesters where clashed with counter-demonstrators. It is unsure why this 20-year-old guy decided to crash into these people at this rally but it is known that he had strong political views and that he did not agree with this protest. Again, either way anyway can look at this situation, there will never be an acceptable to do purposely kill and injure

After the Brussels massacre that took place on March 22nd, a question of faith rose surrounding the sanctity of the Islamic faith. In an article meant to expose answers to this very question John Kasich brings up a point that when people claim France is at war with Islam, they actually should be referring to radical Islam. This point pulled further controversy as those who were not Islamic began to wonder if the faith condoned suicide bombings in the name of expelling infidels and bringing the coming of the Caliphate. Another case mentioned in the same article details the prosecution of the Blind Sheikh, whose terrorist group attempted to bring down the World Trade Center back in 1993. While the U.S. government had attempted to paint

Terrorism is something that has shaken America for hundreds of years. One of the most crucial terrorist attacks was the “9/11” attack. After this attack, it made our nation’s leaders realize the danger of terrorism. After all the strikes on the U.S following the September 11 attack, the three branches of government has decided to place, enforce and interpret these terrorist laws to help protect our grounds and civilians; from President Obama and Bush’s proposals of the laws to the Supreme Court’s passing of these laws to the explanations of these new rules.

According to the article, Deah never had any problems with his neighbor”(Brumfield, 2015). Police investigations revealed that Craig Hicks was a very verbal religious hater. His social media pages clearly convey his thoughts toward religion of any kind. Hicks’ deviant behavior took the lives of three young American Muslims. Hirschi’s control theory states that most people are able to think about what consequences they may face before engaging in a deviant behavior (Macionis, 2015, p. 208). Unfortunately, Hicks’ hatred over powered his logical reasoning. What I learned from my class readings and the many articles I came across about anti-Muslim and other anti-religion hate crimes are that they seem to occur a lot more than I thought. We need to quickly find a solution to end such deviant thoughts and actions before more cases occur. Our world has experienced many terrorist attacks over the past 15 years, causing such hate. When we think of these terrorists attacks we immediately associate a religion to them. The murder of the Chapel Hill students was a tragedy to their family and friends; sadly Hicks did not realize that these students were very American despite their

On Friday at approximately 4:30 p.m., two Muslim women were sitting on a Metropolitan Area Express train in Portland, one of whom was wearing a hijab. A man, identified as Jeremy Joseph Christian, approached the women and began to harass them with what the Portland police described during a press conference as "hate speech." When two men attempted to diffuse the situation and calm Christian down, he stabbed

A report that was released by the United States Justice Department on February 12, 2016, showed that a “Florida man pleads guilty to a hate crime for threatening to firebomb two mosques and shoot worshippers.” The 43-year-old man by the name Martin Alan Schnitzler was arrested by the FBI on November 17, 2015, after he made numerous threats to shoot children in the head and firebomb a mosque in Petersburg, Florida. In his two recorded messages, Schnitzler said that he is watching the news report that covered the terrorist attacks in Paris. In these attacks, 130 lives were lost while more than 300 were seriously injured. Those responsible for these series of attacks were members of a terrorist group known as the Islamic States of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). Since ISIL members claim to be practicing Muslims and also fighting for the cause of Islam (Jihad), Schnitzler showed the same enmity he has for the ISIL terrorists to his non-violence Muslim neighbors. For this reason, he wanted to avenge the death of the victims of the Paris attacks by firebombing and shooting his Muslim neighbors’ two-year-old children in the head.

Humanitarian Law Project case. Since persons intended to advocate for the causes of Sri Lankan and Kurdish terrorist groups, they could be found guilty of providing material support to terrorists under the USA PATRIOT Act. In the ruling, the Court held that “there is no textual basis…to require specific intent with regard to speech…” During this time, the United States could be characterized by terrorist hysteria, stemming from the 9/11/2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Iraqi and Afghani wars. Similar to the circumstances surrounding Abrams and the Sedition Act, this case and the USA PATRIOT Act limit the freedom of speech in the face of war and heightened security needs. The Court abandons a fairer standard for one that will allow for greater deference to Congress and subsequently restrict speech, just like in Abrams. Since history repeated, the Court demonstrated that not adhering to a standard does not delegitimize the standard or case that established it; rather, not adhering to a standard may delegitimize the current

Considering the hate crimes for American Muslims, 2015 has been the deadliest year on record with about 63 recorded attacks on mosques. The previous high was seen in 2010, with 53 attacks focusing mostly on Islamic worship centers. 17 of those attacks took place in November. Which is as many as four times as many Mosque attacks when taken into comparison to last year. In 2014, Muslims were being targeted of 154 hate crimes. The number for 2015 hasn’t yet been calculated, although this year’s hate crime number is expected to beat the 2014 total. An incident took place whereby Naveed Afzal Haq shot six women at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle in July 2006, killing one of them. He was sentenced to life without liberation in 2009, plus 120 years. Moreover, In April 2014, three people were brutally shot at two Jewish centers in Kansas. (Newton,

On September 7, 2012, Amal Ahmed Abdullahi 29, was charged with attempted terrorism after threatening her coworkers because she claimed that her place of employment was full of unbelievers. Apparently, she had a conversation with one of her coworkers regarding religion. The statements that she made constituted a possible threat. She stated that, “her people were dying for Allah every day; that she was ready to die for Allah; that this whole country will be Muslim soon; that this country is full of non-believers and that this place (her work

With Al-Hussayen work in the technical field, he found himself accused of disseminating “radical Islamic ideology” to indoctrinate, recruit and instigate “acts of violence and terrorism” (Islamic assembly of, n.d.). Upon further consideration, the website, with which al-Hussayen was involved, posted items such as “the only means to eradicate all evil” is a world-wide jihad (i.d.). It didn’t stop there. There were recruitment videos and photos of martyrs, as well

That call to action can come in many forms of media and to a global audience. “Terrorist recruitment videos, often released online, have been tailored to appeal to various audiences. A propaganda video, which can still be watched on YouTube of captured U.S. soldier, Bowe R. Bergdahl, compares what seems to be his good treatment under al-Qaeda, to those of U.S.-run prisoner of war camps” (Philipp).

Though the First Amendment protects the freedom of expression [1], not all speech is protected by law.  What if material on the Internet advocates illegal conduct or issues threats of violence?  What if information such as bomb-making instructions helps someone carry out a threat of violence?  As stated in the preceding scenario-report, the controversial website Anarchist Fever inspired amateur anarchist Paul Berkowicz, to build a bomb (with instructions found on the internet) and blow up a federal courthouse.  Obviously, he will be punished for his actions, but the issue now is what will become of the websites that helped him etch his name in infamy?  What can be done about digital conspirators who hide behind free expression?  Often, there can be no direct link established between such websites and physical crimes they inspire.  When deciding about these gray areas of free speech on the internet, we must consider issues such as regulation of the Internet, the extent of free speech, and established legal precedent.  These are the real factors that determine whether or not content of the Internet is objectionable enough to be censored or even criminally punished.