Summary: Understanding The Terrorist Mind
American Military University
Understanding the Terrorist Mind
Roger A. Choiniere, Jr.
HLSS154 Mind of a Terrorist
Professor Rodney Simmons
September 28, 2014
What creates the mindset of a person to become a terrorist, and have these beliefs grown stronger through time?
In order for someone to become a terrorist, they must first have hatred to an ideological way of life and a strong commitment to the cause of action that will alter its success. The process begins with a belief by certain family teachings or a wrongdoing by a certain government or non-believers as it is referred to in the Koran.
The significant part of terrorism through the classification of lone wolf operatives creates a fear amongst civilian populations as to …show more content…
economy by these attacks. “While suicide is associated with hopelessness and depression, the actions of the bombers are seen as a matter of heroism and honor” (Borum, 2003). This lone wolf mentality showed the United States that their security measures were lacking in stopping their goal of boarding aircraft and creating such destruction and mayhem. Bin Laden’s goal was to show the Muslim Nation that the United States could be attacked and U.S. actions in response would prove its weakness as a …show more content…
Secular terrorist are committed to a change in policy or government positions on religion and will usually keep to a certain agenda than spreading their agenda to other areas not associated with their needs. Countermeasures to breaking the divide with religious and secular type of terrorist is keeping the government out of religious policies and changing the belief system and religious laws that is in place with certain Countries. By doing so, their sharia law (legal system based on Islam), is better managed with less turmoil. To gain this separation, reforms need to take place. However, “the word reform in the context of Islam carries a negative connotation. Likewise, secularism is popularly defined as “irreligiousity” as opposed to religious neutrality” (Stratfor 2011). If the government can be neutral in its religious understanding, no matter what cleric is in charge, then there is less chance of violence uprising.
In referring to old media concepts, it is based on the slow process of a media source gaining a story and the long process of it coming to the forefront to the interest of those reading about it. Terrorist realized the importance of using media as a tool and its manipulation with the reader. Some have waited until the arrival of a media news source to finish their process of hostage taking or moving people to another
Understanding the Terrorist Mind
Roger A. Choiniere, Jr.
HLSS154 Mind of a Terrorist
Professor Rodney Simmons
September 28, 2014
What creates the mindset of a person to become a terrorist, and have these beliefs grown stronger through time?
In order for someone to become a terrorist, they must first have hatred to an ideological way of life and a strong commitment to the cause of action that will alter its success. The process begins with a belief by certain family teachings or a wrongdoing by a certain government or non-believers as it is referred to in the Koran.
The significant part of terrorism through the classification of lone wolf operatives creates a fear amongst civilian populations as to …show more content…
economy by these attacks. “While suicide is associated with hopelessness and depression, the actions of the bombers are seen as a matter of heroism and honor” (Borum, 2003). This lone wolf mentality showed the United States that their security measures were lacking in stopping their goal of boarding aircraft and creating such destruction and mayhem. Bin Laden’s goal was to show the Muslim Nation that the United States could be attacked and U.S. actions in response would prove its weakness as a …show more content…
Secular terrorist are committed to a change in policy or government positions on religion and will usually keep to a certain agenda than spreading their agenda to other areas not associated with their needs. Countermeasures to breaking the divide with religious and secular type of terrorist is keeping the government out of religious policies and changing the belief system and religious laws that is in place with certain Countries. By doing so, their sharia law (legal system based on Islam), is better managed with less turmoil. To gain this separation, reforms need to take place. However, “the word reform in the context of Islam carries a negative connotation. Likewise, secularism is popularly defined as “irreligiousity” as opposed to religious neutrality” (Stratfor 2011). If the government can be neutral in its religious understanding, no matter what cleric is in charge, then there is less chance of violence uprising.
In referring to old media concepts, it is based on the slow process of a media source gaining a story and the long process of it coming to the forefront to the interest of those reading about it. Terrorist realized the importance of using media as a tool and its manipulation with the reader. Some have waited until the arrival of a media news source to finish their process of hostage taking or moving people to another