RELIGIOUS QUEST II Outside the Mainstream Research Paper In the Beginning Is it possible to believe that in both Islam and Christianity‚ two faiths ultimately founded on notions of peace and forgiveness‚ that it is morally acceptable to commit sin against those who are “the real sinners”? Both the Islamic terrorist organization Al-Qaeda and the North American based Christian terrorist group the Army of God obviously sympathize with that statement. Each organization has
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Some are calling for a “ban” on the religion of islam for its extremist followers for the recent terrorist attacks from the terror groups from the middle east. Theses groups consist of ISIS‚ Al-Qaeda‚ and many more. One of the most recent terrorist attacks was in Damascus killing 74 from a twin bomb killing around 50 pilgrims and 20ish government fighters. With these attacks on the rise it only hurts the religion in real world. The aftermath of these violent crimes are usually multiple casualties
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Shingo Yamane Religion and Terrorists I didn ’t know the word “terrorist” until September 11th in 2001. That day is the day when people all over the world couldn ’t believe their eyes. Who had ever seen the moment when two airplanes crashed into the towers? It was the very shocking moment. I just came home from school and turned on TV‚ and then all the channels were filled up with the emergency news of that unexpected incident. Even though I was only nine years old on that time‚ I was old enough
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terrorist acts that has propagated these dynamic changes in the tactics and techniques used by al-Qaeda. This adaptation has seen the ideologies of al-Qaeda survive‚ despite constraints being placed on its operations. It has also ensured the continued jihad against the near enemy of apostate Islamic governments in the Middle East‚ and the far enemy of the United States and its Allies (Hoffman‚ 2004: 553) to further pursue its goal to establish a Caliphate muslim state governed by the Sharia (Alexander
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The Muslim Brotherhood “Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. Quran is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.” This is the motto of the world’s largest‚ oldest‚ and most influential Islamist organization known as the Muslim Brotherhood‚ or al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun. They are an organization that operates under an umbrella of secrecy with an agenda to remove westernization of Muslim culture and establish Shari’ah law and Sunni Islamic governments
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Al-Qaeda had been seen as the most powerful and relevant threat to the United States‚ specifically since the September 11‚ 2001 terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers. But appearing on most subject matter experts and intelligence community personnel is the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria‚ better known in the press as ISIS. This is a Sunni group that has become more vicious and powerful than any other terrorist group known to us‚ even more brutal than al-Qaeda itself. This is why it is
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Introduction There is currently a large scholarly literature exists on all aspects of political Islam in the Middle East‚ but it is very rarer to see any explicit theorizing intended at explaining the Islamist revival in the Middle East and remains partially unexplained despite a number of theories seeking explanation for its growth and popular appeal. In general‚ most theories contend that Islamist revival in the Middle East is a retort to relative deprivation ‚ especially social inequality and
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Interpol is the world’s largest international police organization‚ with 188 member countries including the United States. Interpol was created in 1923 and headquartered in Lyon France‚ it facilitates cross-border police co-operation‚ and supports and assists all organizations‚ authorities and services whose mission is to prevent or combat international crime including terrorism. Interpol aims to facilitate international police co-operation even where diplomatic relations do not exist between particular
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Title: Sectarian War: Pakistan’s Sunni-Shia Violence & Its Links to The Middle East. Author: Khaled Ahmed ISBN: 978-0-19-90-6593-6 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pages: 369 Price: PKR.550 By: Syed Haider Abbas The author of this book is Khaled Ahmed. Khaled Ahmed was in the Pakistan Foreign Service from 1969 to 1978. He left it to become a journalist of distinction in The Pakistan Times. He is a former consulting editor of Daily Times; resident editor of The Frontier Post; joint editor
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Osama bin Laden On the morning of September 11‚2001 nineteen men hijacked four planes. Only hours later 2‚977 innocent people were killed. Have you ever wondered what a criminal mastermind could contribute to a society? I thought about the same thing when I saw Osama bin Laden’s name on the list of people to choose for this project. This is the main reason why I picked Osama bin Laden for my report. I wanted a challenge‚ not an easy look up in two seconds type of research report. Osama bin Laden
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