terrorism but the one thing everyone ties it back to is Islam. Many terrorist attacks have been carried out by radical Muslims‚ who believe they are doing the right thing under the rule of jihad. Jihad a word commonly mistaken for holy war is as described by the Quran and teachings of the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w)‚ "jihad" has many meanings. It can refer to internal as well as external efforts to be a good Muslims or believer‚ as well as working to inform people about the faith of Islam. This research paper
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Hawks of the sea The Pirates of Barbary‚ Corsairs‚ Conquests‚ and Captivity in the 17th-century Mediterranean by Adrian Tinniswood is an interesting book that details the ventures of the many Barbary Pirates. This book explains the effects of the often forgotten but highly important Barbary Pirates. Tinniswood explains the workings of the maritime cities‚ whose economies depended on the piracy that was engaged by the Anglo-Turkish pirates. He first discusses the famous raids and affects the pirates
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Religious extremism in Pakistan Religious extremism tends to a state of mind of a person about his religion in which he has such firm belief on his concepts such that any negotiation from it is unbearable for him. He becomes aggressive towards the society. As not only he considers himself to follow the religion strictly in his way but wants the society to do so. If unfortunately someone refuses his thoughts‚ he can go to any limit to make that person acting upon his ideology. He can even commit
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THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY Part One: The entire world is in transition. The developed parts of it‚ principally the nations of the so called “West”‚ have achieved multi-generational democracies‚ while most of the world’s population still lives under regimes that are thinly disguised vestiges of 8th century‚ pre-democratic autocracies. There is always a local transitional moment‚ that chaotic time period before the achievement of any democracy in a given place but after the demise of the predecessor
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With the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990’s and the cold war over‚ the international community seemed to be on the threshold of an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity. Instead‚ a new series of problems were created‚ like ethnic conflicts‚ weapons proliferation‚ environmental problems‚ population growth‚ drug trafficking‚ and terrorism. Terrorism‚ as defined by Title 22 of the United States code‚ section 2656f(d)‚ is the "pre-meditated‚ politically motivated violence perpetrated
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DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL STUDIES STUDENT NAME: Van Rooyen‚ Jihad STUDENT NUMBER: vryjih001 TUTOR: Bradford‚ Benjamin TUTORIAL NUMBER: #11 ASSIGNMENT: #3 Plagiarism Declaration 1. I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is to use another’s work and pretend that it is one’s own. 2. I have used the “Harvard” convention for citation and referencing. Each contribution to‚ and quotation in‚ this essay/report/project from the work(s) of other people has been attributed‚ and has
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came from a wealthy family and supported Islam. In the novel‚ he wanted the spread of Islam in Segu and also made friendship with Segu’s enemy but sometimes he did not act as a person of Islam. As we know from the novel‚ Islam spread “jihad” called holy war. They saw Jihad as a good mission because for them Islam was the benefit for the whole world‚ but all that Islam brought in Africa was war and division between people of the same kingdom. The other theme of Segu is the Antlantic Slave Trade which
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Does Religion cause War? Business Administration and Finance Higher Diploma Level 2 Diploma Project Name: Sahida Ahmed Candidate Number: 1061 Centre Number: 10961 Contents Page Project Proposal Form............................................................................................... .Page No. 3-6 Project Activity Log..................................................................................................... Page No. 7-8 Time Plan…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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interpretation of Islamic law. Its long-term goals are to launch a jihad to drive Western influence out of the Middle East‚ destroy Israel and become the nucleus of a global Islamic empire. It is composed of Sunni Muslims drawn to radical Islamist ideology. Most of its members are Iraqi and Syrian Arabs‚ although it has attracted a wide range of foreign militants‚ especially Arabs from Saudi Arabia‚ Jordan‚ Libya‚ Yemen‚ and Egypt. (Jihad means a struggle in the way of Allah. Militant groups believe this
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Africa of course‚ would be colonized by the many Europeans. However‚ a lot of African groups/civilizations would start too. They would start and older ones would be expanded. The slave trade had decreased due to British pressures and so Africa started trading more of other items with the rest of the world. This same thing was happening in Asia and the Middle East too. In South Africa‚ the Zulu kingdom would be formed‚ and in Western Africa‚ an Islamic caliphate‚ Sokoto Caliphate would be formed
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