Afghanistan, Qatar, and Albania are countries in Asia, Middle East and Europe respectively. The countries have attained a different level of economic development as up to date. Evidently, the countries also have differences and similarities in their political, religious and economic systems as the case among many nations in the global society. In this case, Afghanistan is mainly an Islamic state and the capital city is called Kabul. The misinterpretation of the Jihad by the Muslim community has contributed to an increase in terrorism activities. The government uses a presidential and bicameral legislature system which faces opposition from the Taliban group. The Taliban’s communist system of government was defeated in 2001 (Dewing & Canada, 2007). The country which boasts of an excellent economic system also uses its money to fund terrorist groups.
Qatar is also an Islamic state with active terrorist activity. About 77% of its citizens are Muslims and Sunni Sect is the dominant sect. The dominance of the Muslim community has had an impact on the country’s terrorism. Terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda and Hamas have used religion to justify their activities. The Monarchial government system gives a lot of power to the Emir of Qatar who makes decisions concerning terror activities. Qatar also has a stable economic structure based on petroleum products. It, therefore, has a lot of wealth and is ranked with the highest GDP. This capital is used to fund terrorism activities such as purchasing ammunition (RT News, 2014).
Albania is also an Islamic state but unlike Qatar and Afghanistan, it does not support terrorism. This shows that although Islam is linked with terrorism, not all countries are influenced by religion to carry out terrorist activities. It is also stable economically basing its economy in agriculture and natural resources. However, according to the U.S Department of State; Diplomacy in Action (2014), Albania utilizes most of its money by funding counter-terrorism activities. The government system gives power to the prime minister to head the government, but both the government and the parliament have legislative power. Such a system has proved effective and instrumental to the contribution on the passing of laws against terrorism.
References
Dewing, M., & Canada. (2007). Afghanistan, history and system of government. Ottawa: Parliamentary Information and Research Service.
RT News. (2014, December 12). Hush Money: West turns blind eye on Qatar’s terrorism funding — RT Op-Edge. Retrieved from https://www.rt.com/op-edge/213863-qatar-terrorism-funding-west/
U.S Department of State; Diplomacy in Action. (2014). Country Reports on Terrorism 2014. Retrieved from http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2014/
