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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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...

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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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Hate towards every Middle-Eastern person, hate towards every Muslim, hate towards every person that looked like they may resemble or fit into the category of being a Muslim. ... Therefore the media and other citizens tied this "holy war" with all Muslims. ... The people of Middle-Eastern decent or of the Islamic religion were all being blamed for the acts that a group of men that were using their religion as their excuse for the attacks. ... As soon as they see the scarf they are like "Oh you"re Muslim." And they are so uneducated they even target people that aren't Muslim. ...

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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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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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