Essays on Extremists

Gun Control, by (Student’s Name)

Specific Purpose: To convince my audience that it is high time Americans had effective gun control laws in place to help tame the series of gun violence in form of mass shootings by extremists Attention Grabber: Recent statistics shows that more Americans now die from gun related violence and attacks than from any other crime

Thesis: The enactment of strong gun control laws with universal background checks will help to significantly reduce firearm mortalities

Source 1: News Article Value: High Credibility: High Source 2: The Washington Post Newspaper Article Value: High

Credibility: High

Source 3: Peer Reviewed Journal Article Value: High Credibility: High

Supporting Materials

For this speech, I will rely on statistical information, newspaper reports, and journal articles. Statistically, statistical data ...

The United States has seen a change in its security situation over the last three decades. Before the 9/11 attack, U.S. concentrated on preventing the attack of its citizens and property by jihadists who were mostly affiliated to Muslim countries. Still, U.S. authorities tracked the footsteps of all foreign-grown movements that posed a danger to the property and U.S. citizens working out the United States. After 9/11 attack, the U.S. began focusing on a more comprehensive and robust system to protect the United States from both domestic and international terrorism attacks. At this juncture, domestic and international groups carried ...

Communication on a bare skeleton analysis entails providing information to a second or third party. This information can influence the second or third party in any number of ways. In everyday life, people living in a society communicate and make decisions: positive – fostering understanding – or negative – bringing about conflict. Information is therefore key in communication. It can be presented in a specific way to manipulate the thought process or decision making of the consumer: this is called propaganda. Propaganda is a form of persuasive communication characterized by biasness to the intention of speaker. It has largely been used in ...

One of the most elongated conflicts in the world has surely been related to the Jews and Arabs over the territory that defines the modern state of Israel. What many people fail to notice is the gravity of the conflict and how the conflict surely is not recent. What makes both the conflict and the peace process so complex between these two groups is that their cultures and religious beliefs date back thousands of years, (Jospe, R., 1995). To this end, they have many religious holy sites, for example, that are sacred to both faiths due to the territorial ...

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The digital revolution that reached its peak in the second part of the 20th century pervades its influence on every facet of the global society. One of the effects of a society impacted by this evolution is the faster access to data and the availability of the global community to that information. Nonetheless, there is another instance that is changing the operation of contemporary society-extremism. Examining all of its contemporary features, extremism is posing a two-pronged threat; one, it impacts the global community and two, terrorism impacts the changes that society will undergo. It is only after ...

Introduction

Radical extremism is a sought after media subject today. However, the real picture is always missing. The entire world focusses only one type of radical extremism. The world chooses to forget that there is yet another type which is far more dangerous. The callous campaign of the Crusaders in the Eleventh Century destroyed the peace in the Middle East and is responsible for all the animosity towards the West from this region. Yet, European scholars at the time did not document the massacres or acts of cannibalism by the Crusading armies. Similarly, while the Western media is busy covering ...

U.S. Position in the Post-cold War ERA U.S. Position in the Post-cold War ERA

The post-cold war saw the rise and growth of the Western liberalism and capitalism. The fall of the great communist powers gave the opportunity for capitalism to thrive in the world. The era of cold war was a struggle for power, where international political economy the struggle for power and wealth was witnessed and is still present to date. The struggle for power is what creates chances for conflict in the world, “the changes in the distribution of power between states increase the chance of ...

And Its Impact on the United States

And Its Impact on the United States

Introduction

The entire subcontinent of the Middle East would have a very different history and outlook if it were not for very unfortunate events that have taken place in the area over thousands of years. There is plenty of wealth to go around, plenty of trade opportunities with the rest of the world, as well as a great potential for a tourist market. Unfortunately, “the cradle of civilization” is in a constant state of unrest that has precipitated over gigantic wars that have left a lasting impact on the area. In fact, war ...

The general understanding of a radical is that they seek change in some form, be it good or bad. An extremist exists outside of society, standing on their own or with like-minded individuals that see themselves apart from whatever society they have chosen to depart. Radical extremists are typically those who believe that their way is that which must be followed. Anyone that dares to disagree with them tends to become an instant enemy, and a potential victim. Through threats and acts of violence radical extremists have caused the loss of freedoms and liberties that many citizens have taken ...

In January 2015, two persons attacked “Charlie Hebdo”, a renowned French satirical weekly newspaper. It turned out later that the attackers were Al-Qaeda jihadist - born and raised in France. Instantaneously, the mass media including TV, Internet (Social Media), and newspaper started broadcasting and publishing videos and images related with the horrible incident. People all around the world showed their support to the victims and their families by honoring them with tributes and also arranged peaceful demonstrations against terrorist activities. The gravity of the event reached the desired threshold for the formation of another international coagulation against the new ...

I second the strategic plan of integrating the Islamic community leaders into the identification of threats in the contemporary community is the right manner of solving these threats against humanity and Islamic religion. It is important and essential to classify the threats against humanity based on Islamic extremists instead of generalization as per religion teachings. According to clip, it is essential to understand the influence of religious teachings on personal beliefs and identity in the community (Meleagrou-Hitchens, 2011). Although religion offers a person insight into understanding their existence and life, Islamic extremists exist in the Islamic, not to believers ...

Abstract

The Middle East has been in the center of international attention for the past couple of years as the region has been embroiled in several conflicts that reshaped the region’s status quo. While a majority of the conflicts reported in the Middle East are caused by armed factions, some of these conflicts were brought by various social movements intending on forcing change to the country. Some of these social movements are brought in by the public themselves; hoping to pressure the government to impose reform. Some of these social movements sometimes meet failures, but there are those which ...

Rock music has evolved over the ages and can be traced back to the years of the 1940s. Rock music emerged after fusion of different music genres like country music, jazz, blues western swing, rhythm and blues amongst other (Covach 3). The early rock musicians are like Little Richard, Bill Haley, and Chuck Berry. They are credited with the popularization of rock music in the world as they presented unique fashion styles, dance moves and even integrated pop culture in their music. Though this genre of music was in existence in early 1940, it came to acquire its name ...

21st of April 2016

This social movement unites people with different points of view on the relationship between humans and animals. Maximalist approach adherents believe that we need to waiver farming, animal husbandry, hunting and other ways of using animals for human needs. The main idea can be expressed through a verbal formula: "Man and animals are equal and therefore have equal rights; to kill animals is just as crime, as to kill a person." However, this theory does not hold out to any criticism, as the idea of equality between men and animals is highly irrational. Animal protection extremists, or eco-terrorists affect ...

The post-cold war saw the rise and growth of the Western liberalism and capitalism. The fall of the great communist powers gave the opportunity for capitalism to thrive in the world. The era of cold war was a struggle for power, where international political economy the struggle for power and wealth was witnessed and is still present to date. The struggle for power is what creates chances for conflict in the world, “the changes in the distribution of power between states increase the chance of conflict in the international system (Gilpin 1918).” The power shift from dominance by the ...

Effect of Scriptural Violence on Aggression

Effect of Scriptural Violence on Aggression There is a growing concern about the foundations, or cornerstones of violence in our society, as we try to rationalize the loss of life that has occurred in multiple instances of extreme violence. One possible source under scrutiny is the bible. Psychologist Brad Bushman, of the University of Michigan, and his peers, recently performed a detailed study of the violence found in the bible, and other religious instructional texts, or “holy books” in order to determine whether or not these texts specifically sanction violence as a commandment of God. Further the study hoped ...

Islamophobia

Conclusion and Recommendations10 Work Cited .11 Islamophobia

Introduction

Targeting a certain population or set of people in the world and stereotyping them and discriminating against them is not a new phenomenon as it has been around since a long time. People and nations that have been in power, always find a way to maintain their hegemony and keep their interests and benefits alive. In the same way, different people, creeds, nations and ethnicities have been discriminated against in light of the prejudices harbored by influential people. These can spread and affect the views of other people in the same way ...

Terrorism is one of the variants of tactics of political struggle, associated with the use of ideologically motivated violence.

The essence of terrorism is violence with the intent to intimidate. The subject of terrorist violence – individuals or non-governmental organizations. The object of violence – the authorities in the face of the various civil servants or the society in the face of individual citizens (including foreigners or officials of other states). Also, private and public property, infrastructure and lifelines. The purpose of violence is to achieve desirable for terrorists, developments, revolutions, destabilization of society, war with a foreign country, independence of a particular territory, the fall of the prestige of power, political concessions from the authorities, etc. The definition of ...

Religion is regarded as one of the most important and impulsive identifiers of a culture as it consists of moral values and principles that have a strong foothold in the conventional cultural model. For the same reason, when one’s religion is threatened, it puts everything at risk; past, present and future (Simonsen & Spindlove 17). The same has happened in China where the Muslim Uighur from Xinjiang have formed activist groups in order to protect their religious standing and have an independent Islamic state of their own. The history of Uighurs’ independence dates back to A.D. 744. ...

- What does the USA PATRIOT Act permit with regard to the surveillance of suspected terrorists? Based on past experiences and ongoing public debate, what public criticism might arise if I speak out in favor of increasing the use of surveillance?

The USA PATRIOT Act, which stands for “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism,” holds the explicit objective of expanding surveillance activities, as part of an immediate response to the September 11, 2001 (9/11) attacks (EPIC). Being a counterterrorist response by Congress, the USA PATRIOT Act was signed into law by ...

The Islamic State must not be regarded as a terrorist organization alone. The group has evolved into a well-run political machine and a potent military force. The group believes in a twisted translation of Islamic law as an anchor political belief and demands that this particular world view be imposed on Muslims as well as peoples of other ‘inferior’ religious beliefs. Founded by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the group was originally called as the “Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), the first regiments of the IS fought against the US military in the aftermath of the downfall of Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein. The IS ...

The impact of the digital world on the social surroundings has been growing over the past decades, along with the access to the internet, spreading of mobile technology and increased interest in non-conventional information transfer mechanisms. The discussion around blogging and blogosphere, as it is referred to by the scholars is very closely linked to the ethical questions, concerning communication and information exchange. The reality shows that the freedom of communication and expression of opinion comes very close to the definition of the concept of democracy. And, yet, even the traditional and, presumably, well-defined concept of democracy causes numerous ...

America is at war with a transnational terrorist development energized by a radical belief system of hatred, persecution, and homicide. The Internet has turned into an inexorably strong component in radicalization to savagery, empowering extremists abroad to straightforwardly convey and communicate to target citizens in the United States. This immediate correspondence permits vicious extremists to sidestep family and group leaders. An arrangement of al Qaeda-based dangers to ambush American and Western focuses in Europe, and additionally dangers to launch attacks inside the United States, has brought about noteworthy concern inside the U.S. intelligence group. Authorities are attempting to focus the degree to ...

In response to the 9/11 terrorist attack on the world trade center and the pentagon, the then president, George W Bush, developed a new organizational structure to ensure that the security of the American homeland was beefed up, he intended to achieve this by creating the office of the Homeland Security. In order for the Department of homeland security be able to provide for safe and secure environments, extensive researches are regularly done so to improve on our homeland security. In this paper, I will critically analysis and compare two reports that have been designed to improve on our homeland ...

Although the most publicly well-known counterterrorist agencies in the United States are the CIA and Homeland Security, but the Department of State has also been playing an equally important role in counterterrorism for decades. Over the years, especially after the September 11 attacks, the role of the Department of State has gotten bigger and has become more visible ("State dept. official" 2012). Today, the Department of State is the leading federal agency that deals with and handles terrorist in foreign countries where the interests of the United States are involved. The Department of State takes the head role ...

In his Letter from A Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King Jr. argues that nonviolent resistance should be seen as a vital part of conflict transformation, and he focuses on the way it has been used throughout history by non-state actors such as social movements and grassroots organizations. MLK characterizes nonviolent resistance a process of social change through active nonviolence. The primary point of the letter was to respond to the “Call for Unity” that white members of the church created in Alabama a few days earlier. In it, they stated that they were aware of the injustices that were present in ...

It is common today that people believe in different aspects when it comes to how life must be treated and spent. Some believe in sub-sects of the world’s major religions while others believe in their faiths without question. However, recent cases point out that some people would do unimaginable things just to protect their faith and the name of their prophet. Experts have noted that some religions are indeed dangerous due to the traditions they follow. Some believe that this should not be the basis in identifying the dangers of a religion. Others think that religion only becomes dangerous ...

Terrorism is not as much about killing a maximum number of civilians as sending a message about its aims and aspirations. ETA, a Basque separatist, nationalist group has stood for the independence of the Basque province since 1959 deriving encouragement from Marxism, nationalism, and other kinds of ideological influence. To achieve its strategy, the multi-compartmental group with a complex and secret structure of limited interconnections has used a set of tactical approaches like killings, intimidation, and humiliation. While its leadership has been subject to rotations due to it being targeted by the authorities, it has forged multiple ties with similar radical or extremist organizations ...

1. Activity 8: Write a poem on something I’d like to be free from

I’d like to shed, my busy head.

It’s full of sound and fury. It spins all day, and I must say, It hounds my heart with worry. I don’t know why, I pace and sigh.

Perhaps it’s cuz, I truly love Life here in my cocoon. Could I fear the day I break away When I am fully grown Of a world that’s not my own? 2. Activity 12: Write a realistic poem about a circumstance in the world that I care about

They came for religious freedom

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Canada is known to harbor Sikh extremists since decades that have been spreading the fog of terrorism and backlashing the Indian State from Canada. Due to the ballooning terrorist activities hosted by Sikhs in Canada, the citizens of Canada walk precariously each day. Today, Canadian Sikhs account for 1.40% of the Canada’s total population. Kesur Singh, a Major in the British India Army is regarded as the first Sikh settler in Vancouver, Canada, in 1897. In the year 1984, after the attack on the Golden Temple, escaping the persecutions by Indian Government and in search of a new peaceful life, ...

Cultural geography (with number and section)

Do Islam and Democracy Co-exist? Sometimes it is interesting and even weird how we, people of the Western, so to say, origin, whose values have derived from the beliefs of our ancestors who established the Old World, cannot accept that there may be other views on how the world should operate than the one we, Europeans and Americans have coined and are living up to. In the course of centuries we have manages to build a society where state and church go separate ways, where there is a universally recognized array of values and where liberty is the main driving ...

Introduction

Although some might use pluralism and diversity interchangeably, they are not the same thing. For example, diversity exists where more than one religion exists in a same area, which is not pluralism. When all these religions in the same location share common beliefs and work together to forge ahead without major differences; that can be called pluralism. Polarization, on the other hand, finds differences in the different religions and opts to separate the two based on the differences. This letter is addressed to a community leader and a radical who does not believe in any other religion other than his own. He ...

Introduction

9/11 is the expression that has been dedicated to the 2001 terrorist attacks by Al-Qaeda that the United States suffered from on September 11. It is true that 9/11 became a turning point for the George W. Bush administration. In addition, it also affected the United States' foreign policy.The events unswervingly led to the United States support for the downfall of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan where it was believed to have its foundation (Thompson, 2004). These attacks were also important as they were later used by the United States of America as a justification of invading Iraq regardless of the fact that ...

(Course/Major)

On the 15th of December 2011, American troops lowered the US flag from their base in Baghdad, signaling the end of the American military and peacekeeping mission in Iraq. After a year short of a decade of military missions in the country, the dismantling of the regime of Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein as well as the explosion of sectarian violence and civil disturbances, the situation was further aggravated by the continuing involvement of the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization. In this light, the official departure of American troops from Iraq, and the cessation of active US participation in keeping the peace ...

Thesis: As of the present time, the absence of democracy and Western ideals of peace in areas such as Ukraine and North Korea emphasizes a possibility of America failing to act as a global police because one move they make may be read differently by the opposing side and declare war, which America is trying to prevent. - Since the end of the Cold War, the United States had been active to stop the onset of war or conflict in highly tensed nations which were either marred by terrorism or the lack of democracy under the Wilsonian foreign policy made ...

United States became one of the key factors behind the development of the peace process in the Middle East and is currently forming the basis for its continuation. United States from the very beginning of its entering the Middle East was most actively engaged in negotiating and mediation activities. Those practical steps of the Americans brought some positive results. Together with the Soviet Union, the US was at the origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict resolution in the late 60's - early 70`s of XX century. With the participation of Washington first notable successes in this area were achieved, ...

Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire is a well known Canadian humanitarian, Senator and author of two books along with being a retired General. The Lieutenant-General worked during 1993 till 1994 as the Force Commander in UNAMIR, the peace keeping force organized by United Nations in Rwanda against the known extremists of Hutu against the moderate people of Tutsis and Hutu (Romeo Dallaire a, 2014). Romeo Dallaire has founded The Romeo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative along with being a Senior Member at the Montreal Institute’s Department of Genocide and Human Rights Studies. His achievements also include that he is also the Co-Director of the Project ...

Introduction

Nuclear weapons should be abolished or not has been debated since the making of these weapons. This is one of highly debated and disputed issues. There are a number of people who believe that nuclear weapons should exist because they are necessary for the safety and maintaining peace in the world. A number of people, on the other hand, believe that nuclear weapons can only destroy the humanity. They are a threat to the world and they should be abolished in order to make a peaceful world. This research paper aims to propose a discussion on nuclear weapons and examines why nuclear weapons ...

The word talib literally means faith-seeking. Taliban - is interwoven network of teachers and students of private, overwhelmingly rural, madrasas in Afghanistan and the surrounding Pashtun lands of the Pakistani territory, which existed here for a long time. However, the policy of the Taliban never interfered, remaining purely religious social stratum. Push to the political activities of the Taliban movement gave the Soviet war in Afghanistan. In the historical and mass consciousness of Islamic nations there is the concept of jihad - war against the invading crusaders on Islamic territory. Participation in it is the bounden duty of every ...

Introduction

Over the decades, technological advancements have evolved dramatically, especially in the 21st century that has marked a significant acceleration not only in the online world but also in the dangers that arise from it. Additionally, in the recent past, there has been a greater access to the internet all over the world, bigger capabilities of different programs as well as a larger range of services. Included, is the spread and use of online religious radicalism. For instance, a great number of Xinjiang extremists illegally crosses China’s borders to nations such as Iraq and Syria and join extreme Islamic movements. The extremists obtain ...

Introduction Islam is termed as the fastest growing religion as compared to other religions. It believes in one God who is known as Allah becoming a monotheistic region. It was brought to humanity by Muhammad the prophet who was revealed by God these things. Islam developed in a place known today as Middle-East in the 7th century C.E Islam means surrender and or submission, Allah. Quran is the sacred book of Islam for it contains teachings taught by Muhammad after being revealed to him by Allah. Due to Muslims are characterized by praying five times to Allah in a day. Islam does ...

Mohammed introduced Islam, or submission to God, to the people of Mecca in 610 (Ro). The religion combined some Jewish and Christian traditions and later on included set of laws influencing most aspects of life. The religion proved to be influential and an empire that included Central Asia and Spain was established. However, his death 1400 years ago caused a divide amongst the Muslims. Debates about who will succeed Mohammed ensued, with some saying that a qualified member should be the next successor, while the others insisting that the next ruler should come from Mohammed’s bloodline. In the end, members ...

Security studies approaches have evolved over time in the international arena. In the globe currently, there are major driving forces that influence the advancement of global security studies. The reasons cited for this change include deep power politics, technological innovation and crucial events in the international security arena. Moreover, other reasons include institutionalization, local dynamics of intellectual deliberations. It is of immense significance to discover which forces are of massive significance that makes the decision in denoting a security incident. (Mukherjee, 2013). Core factors like realism and liberalism also feature prominently in the discourse of regionalization of security matters in ...

Introduction

The Muslim Brotherhood refers to the transnational political and religious group that was created in Egypt by the Islamic scholar Hassan al-Banna on the basis of the belief that Islam is a way of life and not simply a religion. Banna was opposed to the Western concepts of democracy and justice. He considered the imitation of Western customs sacrilegious. Therefore, he founded this organization to unite the believers of Islam from all across the world into the bond of brotherhood and liberate Egypt from the bondage of Western influences (Jones and Cullinane 2013). By definition, democracy refers to a form of secular ...

The right to vote is the principal right an individual living in a democratic country is entitled to. In fact, voting is a fundamental right that every citizen must exercise, as a part of the larger duty of decision making for the government. There are one hundred and seventeen recognized electoral democracies. Of these twenty two have laws making it compulsory for citizens to exercise their voting rights impending which they may face punitive action (Frankal). Also out of these twenty two democratic countries, eleven countries implement these laws. Australia is one such democratic nation with compulsory voting for all citizens (Mackerras & ...

Extreme Islamic Terrorism.

Abstract This article is a research article about Extremist Islam Terrorism or commonly known as the Jemaah Islamiyah. The article focuses on the background of the Jemaah Islamiyah, their origin and organization and how they are involved in the global terror attacks. The article also focuses on the founders and members of the Jemaah Islamiyah and the terror attacks that they have been linked to over the years. Also, the article will include the methods that have been put in place by the terror victim countries such as the United States of America in order to stop the terror ...

Post-9/11 prejudice and discrimination

The human race has always faced the challenges of extremism and discrimination that have threatened the equality and fraternity among the people across the globe. The history of the world has witnessed many harrowing incidents that have scarred the civilizations with bloodshed and acts of violence. Human race has become the greatest enemy of itself. While previously there were holy crusades and holocaust- all based on religious boundaries and biases, the modern world is also inflicted by the “opium of the masses”- religion. In the modern times, the world has seen a constant friction between the Western world and ...

Iraq

Introduction Iraq is a country that is located in Western Asia. According to the website of the Encyclopedia Britannica, Its official name is the Republic of Iraq. It is surrounded by the countries of Turkey, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Syria. Its capital is Baghdad, which is also its largest city (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2014). According to the website of the White House, the country, however, enjoys a narrow coastline of length on the northern section of the Persian Gulf, which is adjacent to the Mesopotamian Alluvial Plain, otherwise known as the Tigris-Euphrates River System, the home of the Fertile ...

(Professor/Instructor) In 2001, American military forces in Afghanistan arrested American Yaser Hamdi. US military officials charged Hamdi with collaborating with the Taliban and subsequently termed as an “enemy combatant,” and detained to a military detention facility in Virginia. Virginia-based lawyer Frank Dunham filed a motion for habeas corpus for Hamdi in Federal court, initially for his own and then on behalf of Hamdi’s father. In Dunham’s motion to declare Hamdi’s detention unconstitutional, Dunham argued that Hamdi’s “right to due process” as enshrined in the Fifth Amendment by detaining him sine die and not allowing Hamdi ...

Terrorism

Since the September 11 attacks in 2001, the future complexion and definition of terrorism has become quite ambiguous for the public. In its early incarnations, terrorism was associated with the spread of fear for the sake of ideology without the mass genocide included. However, as the years progressed with the onset of various ideologies and changed political affiliations, some no longer know if the ongoing violence classified as terrorism is still ‘terrorism’ or just a plain warfare. This ambiguity has subsequently influenced how governments, such as the United States, in organizing their counter-terrorism strategies and now directed such strategies in ...

Samuel Huntington’s The Clash of Civilization delves into the growing tensions between Islam and the West. He focuses on how it is not the religions that are in conflict but the civilizations that are in conflict with each other. His article compares and contrasts the two as they have grown throughout the years and their civilizations and cultures have changed and adapted. The Westerners attempting to universalize their values pushes against the Muslims who are growing more confident in Islamic traditions and values. With Islam growing in numbers and gaining momentum amongst the Muslims, Islam feels like the ...

Summary of Jihadist Ideology

In the article, “Jihadist Ideology”, Mary Habeck has explained two major reasons for September 11 attack on the United States. The theme of this article is that the extremists are considering that the violence and killing of innocent people is justified on the basis of Tawhid. The first reason for September 11 attack is that the extremists or Jehadis consider Islam as their religion, and Tawhid is the base of Islam. Tawhid describes that only God is the sovereign power. According to extremists, the international institutions are giving sovereignty to people, and allowing them to make their own laws ...

Deadly Force in Criminal Justice

Ever since 9/11, America has been tough with extremists and terrorists within her borders and also outside. The complexity is weeding out terrorists within the country has made the job of security agencies even harder. Since its inception, the Department of Homeland Security has steadily increased its budget, says Bullock et al (2009). The government is forced to spend much more on arming the police and other security agencies within the country against possible terrorist attacks. While in the past the emphasis of the law enforcers was to act against criminals when there was an attack on its soil, ...

Abstract:

The post 9-11 world depicts a totally different outlook in terms of the global politics and regional security. It was the first major event since the fall of the Berlin Wall which forced the nations into revisiting their security policy and beefing up their internal security networks which would allow them preempting any similar event of aggression in the future. United States of America and United Kingdom undertook punitive measures in order to overcome the challenges faced. Each of the state adopted multi prong policy which was directed towards domestic and international safety of their national interests. This paper looks ...

Islamophobic Media in Case of Park51

The past decade has experienced an increased growth of disdain for Muslims in the west especially in America. It has been a period where the western people have not hesitated to voice their opinions and expressions about Islam. The growing disdain, especially in America has been due to the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York. However, the proposal for the construction of an Islamic center close to the site of 9/11 terrorist attack provoked anti-Muslims activists who created a notion that the proposal was a scheme by Muslims in America to conquer the hallowed site of 9/11 ...

The Somali Experience.

Somalia is a country that is located in the horn of Africa. Geographically it neighbors Kenya, Ethiopia and the Indian Ocean. Somalia is a country that is mostly habited by the Somalis popularly identified as Somalia Somalis in order to differentiate them from their Kenyan counterparts. The Somali are a people with a complex but definite culture. They fully ascribe to the Muslim religion almost in its entirety. They are almost extremists when it comes to practicing their religion and actually have dire consequences for any person or people who show any sort of disrespect to the Muslim religion. Somali by language is a ...

Internet Deviance

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Introduction

Online deviant behavior or Internet deviance can be described as a number of activities that are either illegal, amoral, or both. It is not an untold secret in the contemporary times that the accessibility to information has been transformed by the Internet. This is because it has become a very easy task for people to search others who possess similar beliefs and then emphasize widely unacceptable behaviors. Internet has also empowered people with similar pathological level. Such individuals are able to organize and communicate with each other on virtual communities. Although it is still not clear whether such ...

Region is one f the complex issue on the world. It is worth noting that there are many religions in the world today, and this even complicates it further. Religions entail a collection of organized cultural systems, beliefs, as well as world views that relate to human existence. Religions have sacred histories, symbols, and narratives that explain the origin and order of life. I believe that there are other religions that offer violent extremism through misinterpretation. There are various incidences in the world that demonstrate this perspective. One of the religions that offer violent extremism through misinterpretation is Islam. In ...

The Letter was written to the editor of Medford mail tribune criticizing environmentalists. The writer is reacting to a supposed decline in exploitation of the countries resources, for the call of environmentalism. He/she tends to disagree with environmentalists labeling them as extremist in their views and actions. In a serious tone, the writer upholds his firm stand against these environmentalists. One can argue that the writer did not give the topic critical thought before submitting the letter. Despite the fact that he/she has the right to opinion, he/she should note that environmentalists are concerned with the well-being of the environment ...

Terrorism is one critical area in the world that has caused a lot fear, death and threat to millions around the world. Taliban, Al Qaeda and ETA are some of the major terrorism groups formed in different parts of the world. Al-Qaeda and Taliban are somehow the same. These two terrorist organizations have Islamic roots although they have differences in the doctrines and ideologies. On the other hand, ETA which stands for Basque Fatherland and Liberty is based on the Marxist principles within the Spanish Basque provinces of Alava, Guipuzcoa and Vizcaya. The three are designated as foreign Terrorist Organizations ...