One way that these groups are different
One way that these groups are different
Boko Haram are a radical extremist group formed in northeastern Nigeria. They are Sunni Muslim terrorist organization that has been in existence since 2000, but become an important topic in July of 2009. They follow Ultra-Salafist ideology which is an ultra-conservative form of Islam. Boko Haram have two main goals, institute Sharia law in Nigeria and/or create their own caliphate and establish a strict code of Sharia law according to their interpretation of the Quran. Their movement is similar to that of Maitatsine riots of the 1980s led by Mohammed Marwa. Boko Haram’s main principle is the prohibition of Western culture and technology. Now what has allowed them to form and grow was what was one of the main questions of this analytical essay, and the other question was how can Boko Haram be stopped.…
Boko Haram and Joseph Kony's Lord’s Resistance Army have their differences. One difference is their original intentions. Boko Haram was not originally a violent group, according to “Bringers of Sorrow; Boko Haram”, by Mike Smith, “In its early days the group emphasised teaching rather than killing. Yet it took a radical, violent turn soon after Yusuf's [Boko Haram's original leader] brutal death.” (1). Little is known about their intent since they haven't exactly publicized it (“Bringers of Sorrow; Boko Haram”). We do however know that they do not approve of western education because it contradicts Islam. (“Bringers of Sorrow; Boko Haram”). The Lord’s Resistance Army, on the other hand, is one of the remaining groups from a movement in the 1980’s to replace Uganda's second government.…
When studying Islam, it is important to understand the essential elements of the faith, how they are practiced, and the distinctions among the three branches: Shiite Islam, Sunni Islam, and Sufism.…
known as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and Islamic State. The aim of ISIS is to create an Islamic state across Sunni areas of Iraq and in Syria. ISIS is known for killing dozens of people at a time and carrying out public executions and crucifixions. It has taken over large swaths of northern and western Iraq. The group currently controls hundreds of miles. It ignores international borders and has a presence from Syria's Mediterranean coast to south of Baghdad. It rules by Sharia law. Unable to serve under the new Iraq government after Saddam Hussein's military was disbanded, former Iraqi soldiers became ISIS fighters.…
It is believed by the Egyptians that Isis’s function was described as being the goddess of love, motherhood, magic and fertility. Isis was a member of the Ennead, the nine original, most important, Egyptian Gods and Goddesses of the cosmogony of Heliopolis (The God’s birthplace). She was once was mortal ruled with Osiris times before the time of the Pharaohs in Egypt. She married her brother, who was later murdered by her other brother Set because he was jealous that their father left everything to Osiris. According to some myths, the annual flooding of the Nile River was caused by the tears Isis wept for Osiris.…
Throughout the 20th century there were events which involved racial acts toward a certain race. The Nazis were a group run by Hitler in the 1930s and 1940s and were anti-Semitic or in other words, racist against Jews. Another group during this time was a group called the Ku Klux Klan, which is a white supremacist committee. Despite the fact that these two groups were different in some ways, they were also the same in others, because they both have a purpose for their group, both had a leader which influenced many others, and lastly, both have had acts of violence and murder towards the race they hate.…
The key issues in Mark Berman's Washington Post article about Boko Haram, is the violent actions that the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram takes in order to further their agenda against Western education. Boko Haram is an Islamic extremist group whose name translates to Western education is sinful with extremist views they distort the Quran to justify their terrorist actions. In doing so, they have recruited hundreds, maybe thousands of people in order to incite terrorism in Nigeria.…
The Similarities between the communist threat and the threat of ISIS is how politicians are using these threats to get elected. These politicians are putting the fear into people’s hearts for their own personal gain. The politicians are using these threats to act tough, meanwhile they’re hiding up in their big houses while telling Americans that they should fight for their country and for freedom. The two groups also had authoritarian ideas to enforce people to support their ideologies. Making it hard for many Americans and Muslims to get behind their radical ideas.…
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 set personal vendettas against the United States and the policies the US has established regarding their stray from the conservative, traditional practices within each of their faith traditions. Through that warring, essentially extremist ideology, Al-Qaeda and the Army of God have set themselves apart from their religious affiliates, outside the mainstream philosophies of Islam and Christianity. However, as erratic and irrational as these groups’ principles seem, their backgrounds and ideologies lend some sort of practical insight into the minds of these organizations, who have seemingly defied the very foundations of their faiths. From the warring mountain regions of Afghanistan to an abortion clinic in Pensacola, Florida, these two organizations, hundreds of miles apart and centered around two different religions, are eerily linked in the violence and terror they instill upon the unsuspecting public.…
Although they are closely related in meaning, terrorist and revolutionary differ in their connotations. Terrorist describes a person who uses violence for political aims, and the word is often used by the American government to describe foreign-born men and women who oppose the American people. Revolutionary describes a person who is engaged in or promotes a political revolution, and the word is used daily to describe a drastic change.…
The existence of Adolf Hitler (Hitler) began at 6:30 p.m. on the evening of April 20, 1889. Hitler was baptized as a Roman Catholic and had dreams of becoming a Roman Catholic Priest. As a child, Hitler became obsessed with a book on the War of 1870-1871 between the Germans and the French, convinced it had been a glorious event (The History Place, 1996). In his second year of high school, Hitler developed a passion for politics, German history…
When the words war on terror arises we automatically associate this with radical Islam. We are surrounded today by daily stories from around the world of war and suppression, but where did this all begin?…
In 1944, Raphael Lemkin wrote, "genocide refers to a coordinated plan aimed at the destruction of the essential foundation of life of national groups." It was in his book, Axis Rule in Occupied Europe, that the word genocide first appeared, but the concept had been used many years prior to the naming. Similarly, ethnic cleansing had also been carried out by leaders for several decades and is defined as "the elimination of a group based on ethnic/racial factors." These two terms share many similarities, but differ greatly because ethnic cleansing does not necessary mean the killing of a race, but rather can be accomplished by deportation or forced emigration. However, genocide clearly is the planned extermination of a racial group. Both concepts…
In the San Bernardino, terrorist attack the married couple killed 14 people at a holiday party, and then after a shootout with the police they were killed. The media was very busy showing how this attack conforms “their preferred narrative of right-wing extremism fueling gun violence” (Continetti, 2016 P.54). In addition, how it was very possible that the Islamist ideology played a role in the killings. The killers were Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, they had worn tactical gear, while armed with multiple weapons, and leaving behind explosive devices. There was some planning to this Islamic terrorism had struck its worst blown in America since 9/11. Malik had already pledged alliance to the Islamic state, the FBI also informed that the…
What is ISIS? The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant was born out of the ashes of Al Qaeda in Iraq, which was established after the US-led invasion in 2003 and ultimately broke with Al Qaeda's core leadership in Pakistan. ISIS has fought for control of Sunni Arab areas in Syria against other jihadi groups, including Jabhat al-Nusra. Who are Isis? What does this murderous group want and how many British jihadists are…