Women As Suicide Bombers

what they do and to whom. Pape is trying to convey that "suicide terrorism is rising around the

Throughout centuries of human existence, women have been deemed as inferior to men in multiple different cultures and religions. Men have developed a norm to be the individual who carries out duties to help maintain a stable life for himself and the family in which he is providing for. Because of this fundamentalist approach towards how society should be, women’s rights have been suppressed throughout political, social, and cultural actions. The Islamic religion in particular, is fond of abusing the rights of women and empowering the rights of men in such a way that it has created a permanent existence of conflict within countries who follow Islam. In fact, in the Quran it states that women must have lesser authority than men, therefore their

In 2010 a young Afghan women had her nose and ears cut off. Aesha Mohammadzai, first appeared on the cover of time magazine in 2010, shared her story on how her husband and in-laws cut off her nose and ears as punishment for trying to run away. Mohammadzai said: “Every day I was abused by my husband and his family. Mentally and physically; Then one day it became unbearable so I ran away." Three years later Mohammadzai began her reconstructive surgery. Aesha Mohammadzai now lives with a foster family, and is studying English in school. A true inspiration to Afghan women, Aesha Mohammadzai tells women who are being abused to stay strong and never lose hope (Phillip Caulfield.2013). This is just one of the many common punishments Afghan women receive. Mohammadzai is proof that still in today’s society women in Afghanistan are still suffering with extreme punishments. The life expectancy for a woman in Afghanistan is 44, one of the lowest in the world (Life as an Afghan Women.2013). Throughout the years, women have been forced to live in fear because of the way they have been treated. The consequences of punishments are not balanced with the actions that are performed, and women fight to hold their own. Afghan women have struggled with extreme, cruel and violent punishments. Women’s punishments are the result of the loss of their basic human rights.

As a matter of fact, in the novel the Taliban (who was the main terrorist group at the time the novel was actually taking place) had decrees that all had a “certain logic: the extermination of the Afghan woman”(Latifa 52). The Taliban and ISIS hate women, and they want women to be of little

"I was planning to murder mainly women as an act of revenge because of the life they gave me. I attack [them] because I grew up to believe them as a weaker part of the human breed. All women need to die and hopefully next time I can [gouge] their eyeballs out” (Bruk). This excerpt is from a 17 year old boy’s journal who stabbed and attempted to murder three women merely because he is still a virgin. He believed that he “had no choice” but to kill women because of what they did to him. Or even better said, what they did not do to him. Although this case of misogyny is extreme, it represents America’s views on women. Most men will not kill women for abstaining from sex with them but they will be angry because they believe women owe them something.

In today’s world, many people believe men are the ones who possessed the physical, and mental endurance to do beyond and greater things then woman. America and the Middle East share some similarities, but have more differences when it comes to women’s right, education, and freedom.Women in American gained their rights during the 1920s (Women Suffrage Movement ), and until this day women in the Middle East are struggling to obtain their rights, because of the domain society the live in.

In 2003, a warning by the Israeli government noted that female participation in terrorism in Palestine is increasing and that “the terrorist organizations behind the attacks want to exploit the advantages of dispatching females to perpetuate them … under the assumption that a female is thought of as a soft, gentle, and innocent and therefore will arouse less suspicion that a man.” (Sjoberg and Gentry, p.1, 2011). In addition, the Israeli government outlines the roles women have played in attacks by different levels. The highest level is the suicide bomber, or the female who attempts a suicide bombing and failed. Lower level would be those females who have performed as facilitators, in both planning and perpetuating terrorist attacks. (Sjoberg,

Yet, many argue that the distinction between combat and non-combat becomes blurred in the context of women warfare (Ladin; Holm, Hoar). In actuality, many women are assigned to jobs that will expose them to enemy attack, and this has been openly acknowledged by the top Pentagon officials. The United States Army has also recognized that women would be deployed in combat zones as an inevitable consequence of their assignments. This was

The leader of the Taliban thought of himself as a Islamic reformist, along with a interpreter of the Quran. At first he was just getting people in pakistan to stop bad habits like smoking or doing drugs, and keep certain things he viewed as good like not cutting mens beards. He got people to adopt good habits like personal hygiene, but told them that listening to music and watching movies or dancing was making God angry. He wanted to bring back Islamic laws to replace a system that wasn’t working. Soon his message changed to one that was frightening, the Taliban were bombing and killing many who were going against their views, girls in school were under threats because the Taliban believed that women should stay home and not have a education.

Many politicians argue that foreign interventionism is a responsibility of the United States, as the “world’s policeman,” but perhaps the responsibility lies instead with the church. For example, protestant reformation started as a push for religious freedom and correct theology, yet it fundamentally altered political thought and the governments of many nations. The people of the Middle East suffer primarily from bad government. Therefore, it can be fixed by a turn to government based on a Biblical worldview. The proper entity to fix the Middle East are the Christians living there, who must apply their worldview across the board, and who should reform their society on the basis of reality. Islamic law, beliefs, and unfriendly foreign interference have to halt before the Middle East can be a less violent and dangerous area.

The Taliban have tons of rules for women. All of these come from www.rawa.org/rules.htm. Here are some rules on women. A ban on males and females riding the same bus. Women can’t be seen on balconies. Women can’t be treated by male doctors. If women can’t be treated by male doctors and women can’t go to school, who is going to treat the sick women? Those rules are ruining the females’ everyday lives in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Here is a quote directly from the website listed above: “Ban on women wearing high heel shoes, which would produce sound while walking.” That is crazy! The Taliban banning women from wearing high heels because they produce noise! Also, there is a ban on watching of movies, television and videos, for everyone in Afghanistan. It’s hard to live life without TV because that

In 1981, a large suicide bombing occurred in Lebanon during a civil war between Christians and Muslims, which was known to be the world’s first largest suicide bombing to occur in mankind. Indeed, ever since that tragic experience the world has seen a rise of such tactics over the following decades. With the bombings that have occurred over time, researchers came up with the conclusion that most of these bombings are caused by adolescents. For instance, Patrick Markey asserts in a 2016 article that “Teenagers are easier to recruit for suicide missions (Markey, "Child Suicide-Bombings Increasingly Used in Militant Attacks", 2016)…” Due to this revelation many pose the question "What propels these youngsters to damage themselves as well as other people?" Well one would contend that the main thrust behind youthful suicide bombers would be the inspiration

"Since 2009, the horror has increased incrementally," Campbell told ABC News. "Suicide bombers were virtually unknown until 2011. This past week, that children were used as suicide bombers is something entirely new. And then a little more than a year ago, the use of women as suicide bombers, that was entirely new. It certainly isn't anymore."

A foreign policy issue that should be a concern the President is the role of women in Salafi Jihadist terrorist networks. This is a major concern of national security because women are seen as innocents; they are underestimated. To underestimate women in jihad, gives our enemies more power than we could imagine. According to Alisa Stack-O’Conner, Department of Defense, researchers “usually see them [women] as victims.” Women are not seen as ‘terrorists,’ but as ‘women involved in terrorism.’ The Western populous, see female terrorism as not the norm of terrorism. It is seen as a male dominated field. While there are more men than women involved in Salafism, to completely discount women as suicide bombers, airliner hijackers, or shooters is a detriment to the fight against Salafi Jihad terrorist networks such as ISIS, al-Qaeda, or al-Shabaab.

Suicide Terrorism is strategic and deliberate as evident through three main properties and not through irrational behavior or religious fanaticism. Timing, nationalist goals, and target selection are three universal patterns supported by data in which suicide terrorism can be deemed a tactical phenomenon.