Maher Hathout (Owen, Terror Is Not Islam). ... It is essential for the public to be aware that the ones committing these inhumane crimes in the name of Islam are not to be defined as Muslims at all. ... " Islam is simply a religion, and Muslims are those who follow that religion. ... The majority of Americans are not familiar or correctly and fully educated on the tenets of Islam, and most do not personally know a Muslim. ... Non-Muslims greatly misinterpret Islam and its practices; every issue stems from this misconception. ...

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Mahmood Mamdani's book, "Good Muslim, Bad Muslim," reoriented my perceptions of the Muslim world due to his discussion of Afghanistan. ... Prior to the CIA intervening, the Islamic world did not have, "an armed jihad for nearly a century.... Mahmood Mamdani's book, "Good Muslim, Bad Muslim," reoriented my perceptions of the Muslim world. ... As followed, "The Islamic world has not seen an armed johad for nearly a century. ... He just provided more information as to why we shouldn't be ignorant and hold negative perceptions of the Muslim world, especially if we are...

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The author notes that the two schools of Islamic thought are characterized by a fundamentalist interpretation of Islamic scriptures besides having widespread influence throughout the Muslim world. ... Wahhabism further emphasizes the value of avoiding non-Islamic cultural practices and demonizes interactions with non-Muslims on the grounds that the Sunna forbids Muslims from imitating non-Muslims. Azumah (2015) observes that Wahhabi scholars warn against having non-Muslims as friends, and further warns against smiling to non-Muslims or even wishing them well including on their holidays. ... Ac...

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Formed from the ashes of Al Qaeda, an Islamic militant group, known as 'ISIS' or the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria", has risen to power in several Middle Eastern nations. ... The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, more commonly known as ISIS is an Islamic jihadist group that have recently gained notoriety. ... The majority of ISIS members are Sunni muslims, who are the largest branch of Muslim and have been involved in sectarian violence against Shi'a Muslims, who have a different ideology and have previously held power in Iraq and Syria. ... This propaganda also ent...

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These attacks are mostly Muslim hate crimes. ... Non-Muslim communities have offered a lot of support to worshipers. ... This article describes how cruel non-Muslim Americans and their children have become to the Muslim School students and teachers after September 11. Islamic schools are getting patrolled constantly by police. ... "Hate Acts Against Muslims Subside." ...

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In the last two decades terrorism caused by Muslim extremist has been on the up rise as well as consistent. ... A few major terrorist groups who make international headlines consistently are Boko Haram, Al-Qaeda, Islamic State, Taliban and the Muslim Brotherhood.16 If Wahhabism does in fact encourage these Islamic based organizations to commit heinous acts in the name of Islam, then there should be a link between these terrorist organization's ideology and Wahhabi theology. ... According to Olawale Rasheed, "records show that Wahhabism came to West Africa in the 1930s, through loc...

• Word Count: 4638
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When he turned 14, he joined the Muslim brotherhood, the largest and most influential islamist movement and the largest political opposition in most Arab states. Ayman took control of the Muslim Brotherhood following the execution of Muhammad Qutb on charges of conspiracy. Over a period of time, the Muslim Brotherhood joined other political cells and formed the Egyptian Islamic Jihad.Ayman graduated from Cairo University at the top of his class and went to work as a military doctor in the Egyptian Army. ... After the merger of Egyptian Islamic Jihad and al Qaeda, al-Zawahiri decided to becom...

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Christians against Muslims trying to gain control of Jerusalem. ... Muslims have caricatured the West (especially America) as the "Great Satan" because the worldly pleasures of Western culture are luring those faithful away from the true path of Islam. Muslims reject America's decadent values and sees America as a failed Christian nation. Osama personifies the way American values are eroding Islamic values by saying "American values are eating away at Muslims like acid". Hence, for Muslims who feel alienated, and attack against America can be seen as a triumph for Islamic values. ...

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Jihad is an Islamic term referring to a religious duty of Muslims. ... Understanding the various ways that Jihad has been interpreted throughout Muslim history will help one distinguish between extremist organizations and the majority of Muslims. ... Richard Bonney depicts that the jihad has two concepts which coexist: one is the Muslim's struggle against his or her own lower nature, the struggle within the self and the other is a more political concept, the Muslim view of 'just war'.1 This reference gave rise to the distinguishing of two forms of jihad: "greater" and "lesser"....

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They also mistakenly associate the violent acts that occurred on that day to the Islamic religion, since the terrorists claimed that they were fighting in the name of Islam. ... The Islamic faith is based on the values of peace and morality. It is against the Islamic faith to perform any acts of violence. ... However, the Taliban represents only a minute fraction of the arabic community and muslims. ... Arabs and Muslims who live in the United States came here because they admired and valued the freedom that we have. ...

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Osama bin Laden has been able to manipulate Islam to fuel his jihad. ... Scheuer (2011) also pointed out that after the death of the father, the bin Laden brothers continued to establish a distorted Islamic stronghold over Osama by setting up meetings and between the young Osama and Islamic scholars and figures (p. ... Scheuer (2011) illustrated how Islamic scholars influenced him into throughout his life: "Until well into the 1990s, a central aspect of Osama's faith was his belief that all Islamic scholars merited respect and that the best of them were the natural leaders in reforming Mu...

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The tendency to associate Islam with terrorism among the policy makers in the United States has challenged the tensions between the US and Islamic countries or Muslim-majority countries and it eventually affects the global political order. Judiciousness of the majority Muslim state countries in responding the problem of terrorism often raise suspicion by the US and it causes international political pressure for Muslim state countries. As a result, the local government in these Muslim majority countries often face a dilemma between "task" in combating terrorism on the one hand, and the nece...

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Some say that certain Muslim groups hate our democracy and the freedoms our government allow us. ... Worst of all to these Islamic radical groups, America is also seen as the long-time friend of the hated Israel. To these radicals, it is crucial that Americans be driven out of "Dar al-Islam"--the lands of Islam. ... Recognizing this void, Islamic groups stepped in to fill the gaps left by poor governments. People became loyal to these Islamic groups because they succeeded where other models had failed them. ...

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This has been made so through radicalization and strong teaching of the Muslim faith to their youths who believe that those people who are not Muslims are pagans and therefore need to be engaged in 'jihad' or holy war. In addition to this, in this century, there are so many learned fellows who have failed to secure jobs and the only alternative solution that they have so far is to join Islamic terrorist groups. ... The reason being that the youths are taught in mosques where non-Muslims are not expected to be and so there is no way someone is going to suspect that radicalization and...

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Homegrown terrorism and radical Islamic terrorism are the two major national security threats in the United States in the 21st century. ... Violent Islamist extremism refers to the idea of creating a global state that would put into effect the most radical version of Islamic law and the use of violence against non-Muslim military personnel and civilians and Muslim opponents. To recruit followers, Islamic extremists use propaganda that the West, led by the United States, is at war with Islam. ... " Therefore the question is; Can Homeland Security protect us from Homegrown and Radical Islam...

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First of all Grendle is a hated individual with an unprecedented amount of power, too much of the world mainly Arabic and Islamic nations this is exactly how the United States is perceived. ... Then came the coming of Beowulf a man who most likely unfamiliar to Grendle, Beowulf took Jute civilians and trained them to fight and not fear Grendle, much like how Osama Bin Laden trained and funded Arabic and Muslim civilians to fight and not fear the United States, also Osama bin Laden was a very obscure individual to many Americans before this weeks tragedy. ... I believe the views and examples of...

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This is well documented in Susan Akram's article entitled "THE DEMONIZATION OF ISLAM AND ARAB AMERICANS" (Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ), Spring-Summer 2002 p.61 (58). ... On September 13, 2001 The New York Times reported that the backlash following the terrorist attacks are impacting "the lives of ordinary Arab- and Muslim-Americans -- and surprisingly, those who are neither Arab nor Muslim but look to untutored American eyes as if they might be." The article mentioned numerous incidents against Muslims, as well as "people who had nothing to do with the Islamic world but who might appear a...

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Therefore, blaming the Islamic religion in this is unfounded. ... The religion of Islam is rarely mentioned as a root cause. ... Another interpretation by individuals who were anti-Muslim is that, the entire religion, together with the followers, was to blame. However, even nations in the Muslim world came out to condemn the attacks and defend the religion of Islam. The Bush Administration also came out against the demonization of Islam. ...

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The citizens of the country, before then rarely thought about Muslims, the Middle East, or terrorism in general, except for a few minutes a week, when it was a topic on the nightly news. Since the attacks, Americans thoughts about Islam, terrorism as well as security, have become a way of life. ... Four commercial airliners were hijacked by radical Islamic terrorists. ... One of the many threats that our country faces today is a radical terrorist group full of savages called "ISIS " or the Islamic State. ... ISIS is now taking radical Islam, as well as PURE EVIL to new heights with their bruta...

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They said they were fighting to restore the Islam way and bring stability back to a country that hasn't seen any in a very long time. ... They wanted to bring Afghanistan back to Islamic traditions and they were very patinate about what they were fighting for. ... They strongly believed in the Islamic teachings and would do whatever it took to full fill there destiny, which made them a strong force to fight against. ... This forced them to move to Pakistan, were they set up religious schools and taught Islamic believes. ... Mullah Mohammed Omar delivered a statement saying "Even if t...

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In fact, since 9/11 American Muslims are less drawn to jihadism. ... These alienated individuals are more likely to listen to Muslim extremists and their propaganda that debase the true religion of Islam. In the U.S., Muslims are not as alienated, which makes them less susceptible to Muslim extremism. ... Finally, the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, as well as the plight of Muslims in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, have led to anger from Muslims around the world. ... Muslim extremists justify terrorist attacks by using these statistics. ...

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The university taught Osama the wide world of Islamic policies. ... While Osama was there he established the MAK (Maktab al-Khindimat) in order to recruit Islamic soldiers for the fight in Afghanistan. ... Osama was highly insulted that the Saudi government would let non-believers into the birthplace of Islam. ... His decree that he issued charged Americans of declaring war against Muslims. ... They have been able to create alliances with other terrorist groups to create the International Islamic Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders which includes the Egyptian al-Gama"at al-Islamiyya, ...

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From their rise to power in 1996 the Taliban have been taking the Muslim/Islamic Religion to the extreme originally they only started with approximately one quarter of Afghanistan but before their fall from power in November 2001 they had taken control of most of Afghanistan, driving innocent people out of their homes, killing civilians including women and children and enforcing strict rules such as a woman must never leave the house without a close male relative as well as other things. ...

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They finally had to pull out of South Vietnam after one million Vietnamese as well as nearly 60, 000 Americans lost lives and the administration incurred severe backlash at home (Good Muslim, Bad Muslim, chapter 3). ... Following Henry Kissinger's mindset, as he famously said, "It's a shame they can't both lose" the U.S set out to make sure that both regimes crumbled in the midst of war (Good Muslim, Bad Muslim, Chapter 3). ... Though at the time there were no immediate repercussions to the United States, as did many events of the Cold War, the Iran-Contra Scanda...

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Islamic state of Iraq and Syria is a terrorist organization lead by Al-baghdadi, if you don't, you should because they are extremely dangerous and are a threat to the United States. ... ISIS is a made up of Arab and Muslim terrorist organizations, Isis is most known for their beheadings, crucifixions, tortures, as well as rapes of innocent people, all the evidence can be seen online for everyone to see. ... But with the rise of the Islamic state, and the beheading of two Americans, Mr. ...

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