Radicalization of youth is the biggest threat of international terrorism. Socially ignored‚ disenchanted young men turn to extremism in search for identity‚ acceptance‚ and purpose which they are unable to find in a community they are living. Lately‚ they choose path of terror as a solution to their questions. However‚ in any act of terror‚ right wing condemns all of Islam‚ and holds every Muslims accountable for the actions of wrong doing of few radicalized mind. They tend to ignore the fact that
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The beauty of Jihad is hidden behind the supposed meaning which is “holy war” in actuality there is so much more to jihad‚ it is a way in which Muslims can struggle and strive for our creator Allah (swt). What makes me sad is the misinterpretation of the word; the media has made it look like a militaristic concept when in reality it is to struggle in the name of Allah (swt) and Islam. Hopefully reading this will help us better understand the word Jihad. The types of Jihad maybe the key to actually
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Defination of Terrorism. ter·ror·ism [ter-uh-riz-uhm] Show IPA –noun 1. the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce‚especially for political purposes. 2. the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization. 3. a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government. 4. | systematic use of violence and intimidation to achieve some goal | Root causes of terrorism One debate that seems to occupy the center stage in the discourse on terrorism
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Title: Sectarian War: Pakistan’s Sunni-Shia Violence & Its Links to The Middle East. Author: Khaled Ahmed ISBN: 978-0-19-90-6593-6 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pages: 369 Price: PKR.550 By: Syed Haider Abbas The author of this book is Khaled Ahmed. Khaled Ahmed was in the Pakistan Foreign Service from 1969 to 1978. He left it to become a journalist of distinction in The Pakistan Times. He is a former consulting editor of Daily Times; resident editor of The Frontier Post; joint editor
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Osama bin Laden On the morning of September 11‚2001 nineteen men hijacked four planes. Only hours later 2‚977 innocent people were killed. Have you ever wondered what a criminal mastermind could contribute to a society? I thought about the same thing when I saw Osama bin Laden’s name on the list of people to choose for this project. This is the main reason why I picked Osama bin Laden for my report. I wanted a challenge‚ not an easy look up in two seconds type of research report. Osama bin Laden
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Laden a terrorist or a freedom fighter? Born in 1957‚ into a wealthy family‚ at school and university he joined the Muslim Brotherhood. When the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979‚ he collected money and supplies for the Afghan resistance‚ the mujahideen. He made further trips‚ and joined the fighting. As a wealthy Saudi‚ he stood out and acquired a following‚ and other Arabs joined the Afghan Muslims. He organised a guesthouse and camps‚ naming them al-Qaeda. The Afghan jihad against the Soviet
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who was educated in the best universities in the U.K and collaborate with the C.I.A. Bin Laden directed the financial operation in a computer archivist called al Qaeda (literally base “data”). Since then many members of the mujahideen extremist went association with Al Qaeda network. (http://especiales.ya.com/alqaeda/) In December 1978 Prince Turki Al Faycoal‚ director of the Saudi secret service‚ recruited to Bin Laden for financial trading operations the CIA
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Revolutionary agenda Aimed towards antithesis of progressive‚ modern‚ and developmental state Wide range in size‚ sectarian agenda‚ and scope of activities of these groups Harkat ul Mujahideen and Harkat ul Ansar: Afghan focused‚ NWFP based‚ madrassa educated Lashkar e Tayaba‚ Jaish e Muhammad‚ Hizb ul Mujahideen: Kashmir focused‚ Punjab based‚ public school educated Jan Consulting GROWTH OF ISLAMIC EXTREMIST GROUPS IN PAKISTAN Number of Extremist Groups by Province 60 Punjab Sindh
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IN THE LINE OF FIRE 1. Name. In the Line of Fire 2. Author. Pervez Musharraf 3. Chapters 22 4. Pages 237 5. Price. Not Known 6. Year of Pub 2006 Introduction 7. With the publication of his memoir‚ In the Line of Fire‚ Pervez Musharraf has virtually launched his campaign for the next presidential election due towards the end of 2007. Through the medium of this book he intends to convey to the people of Pakistan what he has accomplished for his country
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choking Laila to death. She is executed by the Taliban for her crime. LAILA: She is a beautiful young girl with golden hair who is raised by a modern set of parents to be an educated woman in an Islamic world. Because her parents are killed by a Mujahideen rocket‚ and she is six weeks pregnant to Tariq whom she believes is dead‚ she married Rasheed. Like Mariam‚ she becomes part of a home where she is abused and where she carries on a lie that her daughter is Rasheed’s. Eventually‚ after Tariq surfaces
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