GCSE Style Question TASK: Explain the role of religion in terrorism. Pick out and fully explain two examples of the role of religion in terrorism. What are some examples of religious terrorist groups? Examples include Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda network‚ the Palestinian Sunni Muslim organization Hamas‚ the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah‚ the radical Jewish groups affiliated with the late Rabbi Meir Kahane‚ the Israeli extremists Baruch Goldstein (who machine gunned Muslim worshippers in a
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Terrorism The Social Evil Terrorism has become a world wide phenomenon these days. What precisely do the terrorists prefer to call themselves when they gain nothing by attacking common‚ innocent people whose death or maiming does not better the strategic or tactical position of terrorists. Common man begins to hate them and is ready to denounce them as soon as he thinks it safe. Thus terrorism becomes a social evil. Terrorist acts can hardly help their perpetrators towards realizing political plans
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INTRODUCTION Before we start to discuss the counter-terrorism strategies of European Union‚ we have to first answer the question: “What is terrorism?” or “How exactly can be terrorism defined?” When answering this question we will encounter two “problems”. Firstly‚ it is not straightforward to define this worldwide-known term because of its complexity of relating criminal‚ unlawful activities and there is no universal definition of terrorism. And secondly‚ there are as many definitions as many scholarly
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revolution‚ in the character of terrorism”. He compares older tactics of terrorism with modern saying that earlier the terrorists used to strike only selected targets. However‚ new terrorism is more of an indiscriminate exercise where the fundamental objective is to cause as many casualties as possible. (Laqueur‚ The New Terrorism: Fanaticism and the Arms of Mass Destruction‚ 1999) According to the researcher‚ another difference in the modern and old form of terrorism is increasing readiness to use
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TERRORISM; THE QUESTION OF DEFINITION ’However certain the facts of any science may be and however just the ideas we may have formed of these facts‚ we can only communicate false impressions to others while we want words by which these may be properly expressed ’ A. Lavoisier1 Introduction Despite the events of 11 September and the ongoing ‘War on Terrorism’ there remains no agreed definition of terrorism. Academics‚ scientists‚ military experts‚ the media‚ governments and security experts
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and kashmir 05 • Northern and Northwestern India 06 • Northeastern india 10 • South india 13 • Challenges before India’s Internal Security 14 Internal strategy 16 Introduction Internal terrorism has been an ugly scene in India probably for as long as we have known. The independence war saw the nation split into two parts which led to not only blood shed but left a scar across the hearts of many. People who were living together were made
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HC/PS/13015-Faith Kisio Self-defence and its Implications to the War on Terror Introduction The quest for international security has become more elusive in recent years. From the continuous conflict in the Middle East to resource wars in Africa and territorial conflict in Europe‚ there has been an increase in insecurity globally. This has been incredibly exacerbated by the war on terror post September 11‚ 2001 attack in the United States (US). It was following this attack that the US declared
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Terrorism is becoming a problem in the United States and is a major focus for the government. Each branch deals with terrorism in different ways. The judicial deploys a project which will aid to fighting terrorism. The Legislative designed a team to counterattack terrorist destruction. Executive uses all strength in power to reduce enemy attempts. The Judicial branch main focus is to launch a project to support senior judicial officials in leading a criminal justice response to terrorism. Allowing
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Is the War on Terrorism Succeeding? Introduction The use of terrorism seen has been increasing recently for some reasons. It caused by the use of modern technology rather than politics. Couple factors are influenced‚ such as the use of aircraft and high-tech weapons by government that are unavailable opposition force and make dissidents to use conventional way. Terrorist’s victim also more available rather than in the past‚ current technology make terrorist easier to gain an audience‚ and modern
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OF TERRORISM AND RISE OF NON STATE ACTORS “Prediction is very difficult‚ especially about future”. - Niels Bohr 12. Terrorism is by no means a new concept in terms of law; however it is a complex one as no consensus has yet been reached regarding its definition under international law1.There are many definitions of terrorism but the underlying fact is that all of them encapsulate the major elements of threat and act. Few examples of the definition of terrorism are
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