The first of the Crusades began in 1095‚ when armies of Christians from Western Europe responded to Pope Urban II’s plea to go to war against Muslim forces in the Holy Land. After the First Crusade achieved its goal with the capture of Jerusalem in 1099‚ the invading Christians set up several Latin Christian states‚ even as Muslims in the region vowed to wage holy war (jihad) to regain control over the region. The Crusades were predominantly a series of religious wars undertaken by the Latin Church
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Name: Ossama El Garhy ID: 900113710 Section: 19 Date: 1/11/2011 “The Art of Jihad” Documentaries have a huge impact on one’s thoughts and beliefs. The Art of Jihad is one of the most interesting documentaries I have ever seen. It is about three American artists discussing the stereotypes about Islam especially in USA‚ and how they try to reveal the actual meaning of Islam through their works. Non-Muslim people‚ especially non-Arabs‚ do not know the real meaning of Islam. These people always
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Islam‚ Terrorism‚ Jihad and Media A bomb goes off in a marketplace in Tel Aviv. A suicide bomber launches himself in a bus full of people in the street of Baghdad. Foreign tourists get massacred at a holiday resort in Nairobi‚ Kenya. This can go on and on. We all have heard this kind of pathetic news in the media. These kinds of incidents are widely known as Islamic terrorism according to the western media. All such incidents have come to be identified with the religion of Islam. Such incidents
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Al-Qaeda reinvented itself after being pushed out of Afghanistan by adapting the “leaderless jihad” concept‚ which contradicted its previous bureaucratized structure. Abu Musab al-Suri wrote in his magnum opus that “leaderless jihad” is “a system‚ not an organization‚” meaning that al-Qaeda members share common ideology of defeating enemies of Islam and do not need to be connected through an organization (203). Smaller cells prevented locating leaders of the organization. As a result‚ there was
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something needs to change. Terrorists pain and suffering has now become Americas problem and according to the speech made by Benjamin Barber a political theorist; it is questioned if terrorism will ever be stopped. Benjamin wrote a best seller book on Jihad vs. McWorld and his arguments were heard throughout the world. Tension between forces of integration‚ pop culture‚ and new technology have brought religion and democracy at dispute. Different civilizations of thought are within various cultures and
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Difference between Jihad and Terrorism Jihad The word Jihad derived from the Arabic word Jahada which means to strive or struggle. In a religious context it means to strive spiritually and physically. It is not only included in the religion Islam but also included in the Judaism and Christianity which is considered most popular religions today. In Islam Jihad can be defined as a struggle for improvement. On the other hand‚ Jihad is a fighting in order to defend an asset or honor and homeland.
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In Jihad vs McWorld‚ author Benjamin Barber makes an interesting argument about two conflicting forces he believes to be shaping modern society. In the passage‚ he describes the world as coming together and falling apart at the same time. Barber compares and contrasts the forces by using metaphors such as Babel and Disneyland. He utilizes a number of descriptive phrases to convey what Jihad vs McWorld mean and stand for. Ultimately‚ Jihad and McWorld represent two opposing concepts within society’s
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The Weapons of the Crusades Guy Steuart 4/20/13 War in Society Dr. Jobin The Crusades were extremely violent times. With constant pressure to take back the holy city‚ armies were constantly fighting and killing. They were also always trying to find better and more efficient ways to fight and kill. Old weapons were engineered to be more destructive‚ new weapons were invented to destroy the ever-advancing technology in fortification. The three main categories of weaponry that were most important
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The Fourth Crusade Is karma the reason for the slow but evident sinking of Venice into the Mediterranean? Maybe it is indemnity for the cruel selfish acts of Venice during the Fourth Crusade. The Venetians along with crusaders robbed Constantinople for personal gains. The Fourth Crusade should be an example that it is crude and unjust to attack fellow men for no reason. The Crusades were a series of battles and short wars against the Muslims. In the eleventh century Jerusalem had been taken
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The Crusades were a series of religiously sanctioned military campaigns waged by much of Western Christian Europe‚ particularly the Franks of France and the Holy Roman Empire. The specific crusades to restore Christian control of the Holy Land were fought over a period of nearly 200 years‚ between 1095 and 1291. There are several reasons for the Crusades‚ but the importance and relevance of some are debated by scholars even to this day. (NEW PARAGRAPH) In the Middle Ages‚ Christians considered
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