Jihad

that American and Western views were corrupting Islamic tradition. According to Elaine Landau, “The militant fundamentalists do not want Western corruption to infect the Muslim world.” He passionately believed in the Jihad, a war against enemies of Islam. The famous theorist stated, “Jihad is not confined to the summoning of troops and the establishment of huge forces. It takes various forms; from all the territories of Islam, there should arise a group of people reinforced with faith, well equipped

“I say to our Muslim brothers across the world: your brothers in Saudi Arabia and Palestine are calling for your help and asking you to share with them in the Jihad against the enemies of God, your enemies the Israelis and Americans” (Torres, 2013). This was the first declaration by Osama Bin Laden in 1996 calling upon Muslims around the globe for the destruction of America and other Westernised countries for their hostility towards Islam and Muslims. It is safe to say that this declaration was

Communal violence can be defined as a form of conflict between ethnic groups, where solidarity is felt for one’s own group and opposition towards other groups (Myers and Horowitz, 2002). The formation and trajectory of communal violence holds a number of similarities with the way that terrorists are trained. Both incorporate motivations for violence which are provoked by economic and political events. Secondly, motives for violence are often ecsasperated by ideological goals which are often based

“The Crisis of Islam” by Bernard Lewis is a very captivating book because of the historical evidence that relates the Islamic religion to Al-Qaeda. This book addresses the issues Muslims are dealing with and helps the reader understand what they have been going through for the past couple hundred years. It addresses the issues they dealt with in the past and issues they are dealing with now. Bernard Lewis uses this book to convey to readers the issues that are currently happening involving terrorism

Abby Whitley 26 April 2017 Terrorism and justification In today’s society one of the main threats that politicians and the media focus on the most is the act of terrorism. Terrorism is defined as the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political gain. A person who is considered a terrorist carries out their strategy to remedy or draw attention to an issue that they disagree with. The people who carry out these acts genuinely believe that their actions are justified based on the role

Understanding Hamas: Violent Terrorism as Political Strategy Introduction Kydd and Walter (2006:50) assert that violent terrorism is effective as a political strategy "because it causes governments and individuals to respond in ways that aid the terrorists' cause." For Hamas, violence against civilians for political aims does play a role in its political strategy. However, violence in and of itself is not the ultimate aim of the organization. Formed in 1987 during the Palestinian uprising (the

bombers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had planned on killing and dying in the name of global “jihad”. The two brothers were self-radicalized homegrown terrorists. Existing evidence points to the fact that, while inspired by militant jihadism and in loose contact with terrorists in Dagestan, they operated alone. This is a case study of the radicalization process that led Tamerlan Tsarnaev to adopt violent “jihad”, kill three people and injure 250 others. Background Tamerlan Tsarnaev, a 26 year old male

radical Islam is necessary so we can truly combat it in the social and political world.     When people hear the word Jihad (and they are not Muslim) it automatically sends a chill down their spine. This term has come to mean in the news a religious war against anyone who is not a conservative Muslim . In the Qu’ran (the holy text) it means something very different. They believe that Jihad has a dual meaning, that the person should strengthen their relationship with Allah and teach others about him .

pure”, is a Pakistani based Islamic terrorist organization. LET is a Sunni group, and they follow the Ahle-Haith interpretation of Islam, which is similar to Salafism.1 LET is consider as one of the oldest and extremely powerful jihad group. LET’s wants to conduct jihad on behalf of Allah, preach the true religion and train the new generation about true Islamic lines. LET aligns its ideology goals with the interest of the Pakistani state. LET has stated that they want to create an Islamic caliphate

Ngabo Kalisa Yvan Lee • Senior Thesis: Project Al-Qaeda In the recent past terrorism, especially in politically and economically unstable regions, brings a continuously growing threat for people from every color, religion or ethnic background. And also in rather safe areas, such as Europe or the U.S., people fear the threat of terrorism. For such inhumane violence a scapegoat is often easily found in Islam, the religion these groups affirm to fight for. Such belief can readily lead to condemnation