Summer has ended in Bangladesh‚ but terrorism continues to heat up the country. On October 24‚ a Shia shrine in Dhaka was bombed on the day of Ashura‚ leaving one dead and over a hundred injured. A few weeks earlier‚ Kunio Hoshi‚ an elderly Japanese citizen‚ was gunned down in Rangpur district. His murder came a few days after Cesare Tavella’s‚ an Italian aid worker sprayed with bullets in Dhaka’s diplomatic neighborhood. Police sources reported that five homemade bombs were used to target the
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To What Extent were Muslims Affected by 9/11? On September 11‚ 2001‚ nineteen hijackers took control of four passenger jets departing from U.S. airports. Two of those planes collided with the two towers of the World Trade Center in New York‚ the third plane hit the Pentagon‚ and the remaining plane was redirected and crashed in an empty field. Altogether‚ nearly 3‚000 people died‚ and the blame was immediately placed upon the Islamist terrorist group Al-Qaeda. (http://timeline.national911memorial
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi is a thoughtful examination of the Iranian government’s corrupt regime against its own people. During the late 1970s‚ Iran experienced cultural upheaval as the citizens fought to remove the amoral Shah from power (Tedla and Dolan). Since the Shah’s removal‚ Iran has been subject to violence‚ terrorism‚ and extreme ideology. The context with which Persepolis was written helps give readers perspective and insight as to the reasoning that motivates
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eroded by liberal thinking. The fundamentals included the following beliefs; the divinity of Jesus; meaning he was fully God‚ that God’s ultimate judgement and the existence of heaven and hell and the physical resurrection of Jesus‚ among others. Fundamentalists believed in the doctrine of plenary verbal inspiration‚ this is the understanding that‚ the Bible is the actual word of God to the extent that it was dictated by God‚ word for word‚ to the people who wrote it down. To the fundamentals‚ the Bible
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understanding of Islamic history‚ has identified a new enemy‚ "a new demon that has replaced the Red menace of the Cold war‚ i.e.‚ radical Islam" (Agha 6). This "radical Islam"‚ a stereotype common to Western thought‚ portrays Muslims as fundamentalists or potential terrorists. Some of these ideas that the Western people have about Islam are due to the mass media of the West. Reporters who cover the Muslim world often know very little details about it. The media then develops a distorted
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PLT3980: Issues in Global Politics "Religious fundamentalism and terrorism are products of globalisation. Discuss." Following evidence of a revitalisation in religious faith1 throughout the world‚ and a series of terrorist incidents purportedly motivated by religious fundamentalism‚ various commentators have argued globalisation has ushered in new forms of radical religious belief and expression and a unique form of contemporary terrorism. This essay contends that while various forms
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other negative consequences - within Indonesia. There is a plethora of evidence to suggest that the Bali bombing can indeed be viewed within the framework of a revolt against the West. Indeed‚ although the Indonesian government was initially reluctant to assist the United States in its campaign against terrorism -- which is clearly evidenced in the fact that
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polygamy in the U.S. is forbidden and criminal offenses‚ Mormon fundamentalists known as sects continue the practice of plural marriage and despite federal opposition. Despite the wide view of American society being openly opposed to polygamist lifestyle‚ polygamous followers maintain with their
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discrimination. Time has shown that many people feel uncomfortable in new situations‚ and are opposed to change‚ and this lies in the fact that these circumstances make them feel uncomfortable. Furthermore‚ religious fundamentalists play a major role in gay discrimination. Fundamentalist Christian‚ Dr. James Dobson‚ has a newsletter‚ Focus on the Family‚ that regularly denounces gays‚ and these views are not far from the views of many other Christians. One of the stones in the foundation of the Christian
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sects that carry out acts of terror against pro-western nations. The terrorist that the United States mainly focus on are the groups in the Middle East. The Islamic revolutionary regime in Iran has inspired groups of Islamic extreme fundamentalists. These fundamentalists are ready to wage Jihad against their enemies. Jihad is the Muslim form of warfare that focuses on a persons inner struggle. This type of force is supposed to be used to improve one’s self or society. With the west influencing much
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