Terrorism Terrorism is when violence is used to further a political goal at the expense of the general population. It can have roots in religious, social, or political conflicts. With most terrorists being muslims, people have began to think that Islam is a violent religion; however, that is completely wrong because muslims believe in peace. Just because a certain group of muslims believe in violence, does not mean the rest of them do. Muslims coming out to talk about the topic, before people begin
Terrorism is the use of violence as a means to create terror or fear in order to achieve political, religious or ideological aim. Moreover, the violence is usually against unarmed civilians with the goal of undermining the state control. Additionally, to separates terrorism from ordinary violence, it is important to know the key characteristics of terrorism - political or religious objectives, usage of violence against civilians, attacks have far-reaching repercussions beyond the targets, and conducted
Terrorism has been used many times throughout history by groups to scare nations and people into to giving them what they want. The point of terrorism and terrorist attacks is to try to control people through fear. This tactic has been used many times, by many groups, against many nations. For American people, terrorism was brought to the forefront of their lives on September 11, 2001 when four groups of terrorists hijacked four separate airliners. The hijackers took the planes and crashed them into
issue of international terrorism. Starting from the 9/11 WTC tragedy, until the presence of ISIS which can not be understimated in the global arena. Terrorism has created much scarcity in each of the hearts and minds of people. Terrorism as defines in the UK Prevention of Terrorism Act 1976, s.14 which is ‘the use of violence for political ends [including] any use of violence for the purpose of putting the public or any section of the public fear’. The action of terrorism can be said success if
intensified Abu Muhammad al-Joulani and Jabhat al-Nusra in 2011 which became the main Jihadi team. In April last year Isis lost ground in Syria but they now control the eastern edge of Aleppo, Syria to western Iraq and the northern city of Mosul in these areas Isis has shown that they are merciless What are ISIS doing now? As of April 12th the Independent has stated that Isis has destroyed a 2,000-year-old ancient structure know as The Mashqi gate or Gate of God. This act is the latest in a campaign
created their own group called ISIS. The ISIS organization is a definite product of globalization and they are connecting the world through a strong social media presence. Many of the original ISIS fighters are from Tunisia, Egypt, Syria, Yemen, and Bahrain. According to U.S. Homeland Security, the majority of the ISIS fighters were initially from Tunisia. This means that many of the dispersed protesters from the Tunisian Arab Spring joined together with other insurgents to help create ISIS, which is now
is one of Africa’s more prosperous countries but it faces problems with terror every day. Extremists have been a growing threat in West Africa due to the fact that they are known to be the highest contributor to humanitarian crises. The extremist group Boko Haram, who also refer to themselves as the West African Province, have been involved in the massacres of many innocent lives in Nigeria since 2002. They aim to create a nation state of Islam through tremendous violence. The world leaders such
biggest attention of the audience is terrorism. One of the definitions of the terrorism states that it is a use of violence on innocent people in order to achieve political, ideological or religious puprposes or to promote them. Michael Jetter School of Economics and Finance at University EAFIT in Medellin, Colombia has analysed the rise of terrorist attacks from 1970 untill 2012. The report shows the number of acts of terrorism has drastically
The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) is a terrorist group that began to take over the Middle East. They have become one of the biggest and most brutal groups in the world. They captured and behead prisoners, placed them in dog cages while burning them alive, and torture them to death. They even go so far to crucify them and display them on the internet, like YouTube, for the world to see. As of today, nobody really knows what caused ISIS, although, many believe it was during the dictatorship
war, Syrians evacuated from their desperate situation. There are some countries in Europe that helping the refugees willingly. However, Syrian refugees are being refused by a number of European nations due to the fear of cultural differences and terrorism. Nevertheless, the common sense of humanity and the endeavor in eliminating religious prejudice should be motivations for the governments of European countries to offer Syrian refugees assistance. Several European countries refuse to accept Syrian