THE DANGERS OF REVOLUTION: EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF THE 2011 MIDDLE EAST UPRISINGS ON REGIONAL STABILITY Joseph W. Mulcahy NSEC 613 Current and Emerging Threats to National Security American Public University Summer 2011 1 Introduction In the waning weeks of 2010‚ a twenty-six year old Tunisian street vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi “opted not to pay off yet another official—and instead set himself on fire at the governor’s office in Sidi Bouzid.”1 The fatal act of civil disobedience
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Bibliography: Al Rasheed‚ M. (2007) Contesting the Saudi State. New York: Cambridge University Press [my tutor!] Aldridge‚ A Bergesen‚ A.J. (2008) The Sayyid Qutb Reader. New York: Routledge Coward‚ R Demant‚ A. (2006) Islam Vs. Islamism: The Dilemma of the Muslim World. Westport‚ CT : Praeger Esposito‚ J Esposito‚ J.L. (ed) (1984) Islam and Politics. Syracuse N.Y.: Syracuse University Press Hourani‚ A Juergensmeyer‚ M. (2003) Terror in the Mind of God (3rd Edition). Berkeley‚ Ca
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On the day of the 11th anniversary of the September 11th‚ 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center‚ another attack unfolded--this time‚ on foreign soil‚ but still very much hitting close to home. Four U.S. citizens--the U.S. ambassador to Libya‚ Chris Stevens; a Foreign Service information management officer‚ and two other U.S. personnel--died when members of the radical Islamist group called Ansar al-Sharia‚ one of many extremist Salafi groups‚ clashed with security forces in Benghazi after protesting
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THE WEST AND ITS OTHER: LITERARY RESPONSES TO 9/11 MOHAN G. RAMANAN University of Hyderabad mohan1949@rediffmail.com 125 Terror is now a part of our lives. Whether it is the bombing of defenceless villages in Afghanistan or Iraq‚ or the slaying of Daniel Pearl‚ terror is perpetrated by different people for different purposes. Terror is the employment of strategies to instill fear and insecurity in the victim. This can be achieved by the deliberate targeting of women and children as
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Introduction In todays world‚ the media influences many issues across the world. One of the issues that occurs is the Hijab in both the Western and Islamic worlds. There is many arguments about the hijab‚ Islam points towards its postive and good points whereas the media can imply it as otherwise. This contradicts the opinions and views that Muslims in the past and today have towards the Hijab. Because the media is a sub criterion within the question‚ we therefore need to also understand
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Jasmine Revolution ( Tunisia Revolution): On December 17‚ 2010 the protest started in the city of Sidi when a 26 year old fruit and vegetable vendor burned himself in front of municipal office. In following 3 weeks protests continued Ben Ali dismisses the minister of the interior. The move fails to quiet demonstrations. Ben Ali again came up with large concessions on state TV‚ but clashes grew more violent. State of emergency was declared with same ministries which outburst population even greater
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Sayyid Qutb’s Vision Sayyid Qutb has been one of the most notarized writers of Islamic fundamentalism this century. He has inspired many of the radical Islamic movements of the 1970s and 80s in the Middle East and Northern Africa‚ and his ideas of an Islamic society have been used again and again. Qutb has also influenced numerous generations of Egyptian and Arab intellectuals who seek to understand Islam as an ideology first and foremost‚ and as an ideology that leads to changes in the social order
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Is Religious Fundamentalism always Totalitarian and Prone to Violence? Fundamentalism is “a belief in returning to the literal meanings of scriptural texts. Fundamentalism may arise as a response to modernization and rationalization‚ insisting on faith-based answers‚ and defending tradition by using traditional grounds.” Fundamentalists believe that their view is only one true view of the world which leaves no room for ambiguity and that this is the true correct belief (Giddens‚ 2009). Fundamentalist
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“Just tell him what’s in your heart. That you want an education. For yourself. For all girls. For his sister‚ his daughter. For him” (Yousafzai and McCormick 119). This is what Malala believes in‚ she believes that everyone should have an education. In I am Malala she told her story to make her dream come true she is still working on that dream today. I am Malala was a great book And we all want more. We want to know what she’s doing today and what she’s still doing to get an education for everyone
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The Arabs‚ Islam and Globalization June 29‚ 2006 Middle East Policy Council http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/policy_library/data/01324 By Dr Fauzi Najjar. Professor emeritus at the Center for Integrative Studies‚ College of Social Science‚ Michigan State University. Abstract Fauzi Najjar discusses the cultural implications of globalization for Islam as viewed by Muslims‚ in particular the Islamists‚ who express the greater suspicion of this development and‚ instead‚ seek to promote
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