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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And terrorists "are Islamic extremists aggregating in the Middle Eastern and North African regions; devising plans to wreak terror in the lives of innocent people. ... Especially "in countries that possesses a vast number of "extremist- Islamic Militants, as Egypt does. ... In order to achieve this restoration, the United States should expand inquiries on intelligence in predominantly Arabian-Muslim-oriented various regions. ...

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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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Jewish zealots conducted campaigns against the Romans in the first century AD, and the Hashshashin, a Shi'ah Muslim group who gave us the word assassin, systematically murdered those in positions and leadership during the 19th century. ... The Islamic radical movements main success has been their ability to gain legitimacy from the general public. During the past two decades, they have had enormous success with their ability to present themselves to the Arab and Muslim world as the true bearers of Islam. ... Radical Islamic organizations have declared a holy war, Jihad, in order to bring...

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After the destruction of New York's Twin Towers, most people who live in westernized countries have taken a viewpoint that Muslims, in general, are anti-American, vengeful, devious and dangerous. They believe that all young men from Islamic countries are trained to be terrorists or, at the very least, cultivated to despise the American government and what it stand for. Although non-Islamic people groups have legitimate reasons for suspecting Muslims of a unified hatred for the United States, the facts point to a different conclusion: the average Muslim is not a terrorist or resentful o...

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Al-Jazeera: A Review Al-Jazeera is a legitimate news-broadcasting network that is accepted around the world as the Arab news service. In some ways Al-Jazeera is similar to American news channels and in some ways they are better. Al-Jazeera has been criticized though by some American media for c...

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It is global in the sense that it binds many different countries into conflict, especially the USA and parts of the Muslim world. ... The World Trade Center in New York City was bombed by Islamic Fundamentalists. ...

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