What Motivates Terrorists? Abstract This paper will seek to understand what really motivates terrorists to commit the acts that make them so infamous. We are assuming that the chief motivating factor behind the decisions of terrorist organizations is the political outcome of their acts balanced against the risk and collateral damage inflicted to achieve this end. We will also weigh in the appeal of terrorism on potential recruits in weak states and determine how the motivations of the group
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Catcalling‚ drug abuse‚ suicide and the its attempts‚ depression‚ seeking help‚ rape culture‚ transgender; this list contains what is included in just some slam poems. Each slam is written as a summary of personal experiences or trauma. “Things That Happened to Me in High School…” discusses topics of abortion‚ drug abuse‚ and suicide attempts. Lauren Zuniga discusses what it’s like to live as a teenager and what some teenagers face in their daily lives‚ including slut shaming‚ nasty breakups and
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presents an extensive academic research into the roots of the problem and the rise of the early puritans and their mentality. The book addresses many of the challenges that Muslims face in this day and age‚ and touches on controversial topics such as jihad‚ warfare‚ terrorism‚ the nature and role of women‚ in the light of a clear distinction between puritans and moderates Through his extensive research and identifying the key problems‚ Abou El Fadl makes it clear that there is hope for the future despite
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Islam More Than A Religion Despite its huge following around the world and the growing Muslim communities in the United States‚ Islam is foreign to most Americans who are familiar with Christianity or Judaism. Because most Americans know little or nothing about Islam‚ they have many misconceptions about Muslim beliefs and rituals. The negative image many people in the United States and Europe have of Islam and the Muslim world has a long history. Many have judged Islam without making an effort
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distaste for globalization. Iraq was engulfed in civil insurgencies; it perpetuated the violence that was present in the Global South. Domestic instability led to the rise of terrorist groups. The quest for cultural emancipation was described as a jihad (Textbook p. 145). Both terrorist groups wanted to return to a utopian golden age where there was no colonialism‚ capitalism‚ and neocolonialism. They wanted nothing to do with modernization. Emancipation was their only way to get back their religion
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The definition of terrorism is broad and open to interpretation. Hoffman‚ in his book Inside Terrorism‚ suggests that terrorism is “the deliberate creation and exploitation of fear through violence or the threat of violence in the pursuit of political change.” Schwartz‚ Dunkel‚ et al‚ define terrorism in their Studies in Conflict & Terrorism article entitled Terrorism: An Identity Theory Perspective‚ as “the deliberate targeting of civilian sites for attacks designed to result in destruction
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Terrorism is the weapon of powerless Terrorism is a phenomenon very present in the entire world. Terrorists’ acts invade our consciousness through the media. Brian Jenkins (2006) noted that « Terrorism is theatre »‚ and terrorist attacks attract the attention of the media. Indeed‚ terrorists use the media as a strategy to have more impact on the individual. It underlines the link between terrorism and the media. It shows that terrorism can be a weapon of powerful. Nevertheless‚ terrorism can be
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Title of the Paper: Use of Force‚ Terrorism and International Law Author : Rishav Banerjee Designation : Student‚ Third Year‚ B.A.L.L.B (Hons.) University : Gujarat National Law University‚ India. Address : 6/11‚ GNLU Student Hostel Gujarat National Law University E-4‚ GIDC‚ Electronic Estate Sector-
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Boko Haram Boko Haram People Committed to the Propagation of the Prophet ’s Teachings and Jihad جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد Participant in the Nigerian Sharia conflict Active 2001– Ideology Sharia law Islamic fundamentalism Leaders Mohammed Yusuf † Abubakar Shekau[1] Mallam Sanni Umaru Abu Zaid – spokesman[3] Headquarters Kanamma‚ Nigeria Area of operations Northern Nigeria Opponents Nigerian State Battles/wars Nigerian Sharia conflict 2009 Nigerian sectarian violence
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Causes of War of Independence It is now an admitted fact that th mass uprising of the people of Indo-Pakistan against the British rule in 1857 was not a spontaneous reaction of alien rule but the emption of the volcano of discontent which had kept smoldering for about a century. The causes of the War of Independence were political‚ economic‚ religious‚ social and military. (A). Political Causes The English East India company got strongly implanted in the Sub-Continent after its historic victory
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