... 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. Boko Haram Boko Haram made headlines ... recipe for Islamic terrorism. Therefore it is safe to say that Wahhabism does influence the Taliban to commit terrorist acts in the name of Islam. Muslim Brotherhood Founded by Hassan al-...

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... prepared to go, including being ready for suicide missions, so as to achieve their goals poses the greatest challenge to all institutions and people, including security personnel. Although radical Islam is often associated with fanatical violence, other categories such as those who regard themselves as 'peaceful revolutionaries' equally pose a threat to the civilized and orderly society. While ... the contemporary world of globalization requires for peaceful coexistence of people with freedom of religion and other basic human rights, radical Islam and those who regard themselves as...

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... among the attributes of God and are supposed to inspire the behavior of true believers. The Taliban's score remains unimpressive on all counts. [ source : Taliban's Act Flies in Face of Islam's Tenets, International Herald Tribune, Mar. 7, 2001] Shortly [In 1996, the ruling government of Afghanistan was displaced by the Taliban movement -- an Islamic fundamentalist group which claims control over ... to that conflict: the United States, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Iran, all of which have provided assistance to the Islamic resistance fighters known collectively as the mujahedin (defenders...

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... But the question that arises from the September 11th attacks is why? This essay will investigate will analyze why the attacks took place, focusing on the push of globalisation threatening Islam, what is Islamic Fundamentalism, the Israeli factor and Samuel P. Huntington's international politics theory of "the clash of civilizations. This essay will also focus on the long-term ... objective of the fundamentalists was to replace civil, secular law, with religious laws, the Sharia, creating a theocracy. The fundamentalists saw secular law as inadequate and didn't create a true Muslim societ...

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... the world.International terrorism has changed in structure and design over the centuries. 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 modern age of terrorism began in the 1960's. International terrorism in ... 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 b...

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