Islam and Terrorism

TABLE OF CONTENTS Ackat onceledge handst Chapter -1 1. 1Introduction Chapter-2 2. 1Islam 2. 2 Muslim 2. 3 construct Of Islam 2. 4 Pillars Of Islam 2. 5 Concept Of JIHAD In Islam Chapter-3 3. 1Terrorism 3. 2 Elements Of Terrorism 3. 3 Types Of Terrorism 3. 4 Terrorist? 3. 5 Al-Qaeda 3. 6 Anformer(a) Phase Chapter-4 4. 1 Islam and little act of terrorism Chapter-5 5. 1Different Incidents 5. 1 9/11 5. 2 The Madrid assailing 5. 3 The London Bombing 5. 4 Bombay Attack Chapter-6 6. 1Conclusion CHAPTER-1 1. 1 INTRODUCTION Terrorism is a very(prenominal) vast and the more or less discussed topic in the contemporary world of global politics.Although it was being discussed well before 9/11, but the difference later on 9/11 is that now even a lay man in the most remote part of the world is discussing it. There were times when quite a little would joint that we do not follow politicsor we do not get involved in politics. hardly now I think no angiotensin-converting enzyme can run away from it, it is a part of bothbodys lives, it is a part of our lives so we better start living with it. Terrorism is an old phenomena it all over the time took different shapes. Today terrorism has taken a very change and dangerous form.Islam is a religion and a complete code of sprightliness and totally appose terrorism. In current scenarios the sanctioned reason of terrorism is not Islam but international politics and national interest of the nations of the world. And world powers utilize it as a supportive pillars. Islam is not a source of terrorism but its solution Here we discuss Islam and Terrorism and the present phenomena of so called Muslim terror. This is now days at the top of the international agenda. That is because those who emerge and carry come in acts of terrorism in the name of Islam.And those who criticize these acts , represent a slender minority in the world of Islam. Failing to understand Islam which is religion of peace and justice hey make it a tool of terrorism. In fact from the last few centuries Muslim bewilder been said to be responsible for violence by western forces and their allies. And on the different hand Islam And on the early(a) hand Islam rejects to serve to violence with violence. In fact Islam suggest to respond to evil with goodness. CHAPTER -2 2. 1 Islam What Does Islam Mean? The word Islam itself means Submission to Allah. The religion of Islam is not named after a person as in the case of Christianity which was named after Jesus Christ, Buddhism after Gutama Buddha , Marxism after Karl Marx, and Confucianism after Confucius. Similarly, Islam is not named after a tribe like Judaism after the tribe of Judah and Hinduism after the Hindus. The Arabic word Islam means the submission or surrender of ones will to the will of the only true god worthy of worship, Allah. 2. 2 Muslim Anyone who does indeed submit to the will of Allah as required by Islam is termed a Muslim, which means one who has submitted to the w ill of Allah.M whatever volume in the westmost have developed the sad misinformed trend of calling Islam Muhammadenism and its followers Muhammadins. This is a totally foreign word to Muslims and unrecognized by them. No Muslim has ever called his religion Muhammadenism or called himself a Muhammadin. 2. 3 Concept Of Islam Islam teaches us that this life is a life of worship. We be placed on this earth in club to worship Allah and obey His command. During this earthly life we ar subjected to a series of trials.We have the option of enduring these trials and conforming to certain laws, and our reward will be great in the next life, or we may decline to endure these trials and choose to not conform to the law, then we will be made to affliction it in the next life. Unlike some other religions which study that God entered in a covenant with a certain theme of people and that this group is genetically better than all other human beings, or closer to God, Islam on the other ha nd teaches that no color, race, tribe, or lineage is better than any other. O humankind VerilyWe have created you from a male and female, and have made you nations and tribes that you may know one another. Verily the noblest among you in the sight of Allah is the most God-fearing. Verily Allah is The Knower, The Aw are. The noble Quran, Al-Hujrat(49)13. 2. 4 Pillars Of Islam (1) To relent witness that there is no entity worthy of worship except Allah(God) alone, and that Muhammad (pbuh) was His messenger. This establishes obedience to God Almighty alone. (2) To perform fivesome prescribed prayers to God every day according to a specific prescribed method and at specific prescribed times.This continually reminds us to bear God in mind in all actions, either before or after any given prayer. (3) To pay two and a half percent (2. 5%) of ones wealth to charity every social class if their savings exceed a certain minimum level which is considered above the poverty level. (This is th e basic concept, the actual calculation is a little more complex). (4) To fast the month of Ramadhan (from the Moslem Lunar calendar) every year from sun rise until sunset. This involves not eating, drinking, or having marital relations, from sun rise until sun set. 5) To perform a pilgrimage to Makkah (in the Arabian Peninsula) once in a Muslims lifetime if it is financially possible and their wellness permits. During this period, Muslims come from all over the world to join together for six days in a prescribed set of acts of worship. All Muslim men are mandated to wear the same garment which was designed to be very plain, simple, and cheap to obtain. 2. 5 Concept Of JIHAD In Islam in the Arabic nomenclature the word jehad literally means, to strive, and to struggle. many Muslim scholars further classify Jihad into following categories 1.Jihad-an-nafs or Jihad against ones self 2. Jihad ash-shaitaan or Jihad against Satan 3. Jihad al-kuffar or Jihad against disbeliever 4. Jih ad al-munafiqeen or Jihad against hypocrites 5. Jihad al-faasiqeen or Jihad against corrupt Muslims. Quran-(95) exclusively when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the pagans wherever ye find them, And seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every imposture (of war) but if they repent (accept Islam) and establish regular prayers and practices regular charity then open the way for them for God is oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. Quran-(865) O Apostle Rouse the believers to the fight, if there are twenty amongst you, patient and persevering , they will vanquish two hundred if a hundred, they will vanquish a thousand of the unbelievers for these are a people without understanding. CHAPTER 3 3. 1 Terrorism Acts of unlawful violence and war. Terrorism is not a new phenomena, its is as old as creation of man. It came into existence when for the commencement time in the history of mankind someone intimidated others to gain his purpose. With the passage o f time advancement in the methods and techniques made terrorism more complicated and artful.Terrorism is defined as a mean of extending intimidation in a systematic way by presidencys, groups or individuals to gain various political, sacred and ideological objectives. The experts on terrorism agree that terrorism is a structure mode to spread violence and terrify people with purpose of gaining political, ideological and apparitional aims. 3. 2 Elements Of Terrorism There are four elements of terrorism ? Violence, force(83. 5%) ? Political(65%) ? Fear, emphasis on terror(51%) ? Threats(47%) ? Psychological effects and anticipated reaction(41. 5) ?Intentional, planned, systematic, organized action(32%) ? Methods of combat, strategy, tactical maneuvers(30. 5%) 3. 3 Types Of Terrorism ? Bio-Terrorism ? Chemical-Terrorism ? Cyber-Terrorism ? Nuclear-Terrorism ? Religious-Terrorism 3. 4 Terrorist? Terrorist are those group of people who commits acts of violence to produce fear, or har ass or weaken or embarrass government bail forces. Such groups discourage foreign investment, or assistance programs that can affect the target countrys economy. There are about 30 organization involve in terrorist activities throughout the world.Al-Qaeda is the main network of terrorist according to American think tank. 3. 5 Al-Qaeda After expulsion from Saudi-Arabian Arabia, Osama bin Laden( leader of Al-Qaeda) established headquarters for al-Qaeda in Khartoum, Sudan. The first actions of al-Qaeda against American interests were attacks on U. S. servicemen in Somalia. Osama Bin Laden is on the American Federal Bureau of Investigations list of FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives for his possible involvement with the circa 1998 bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya. 3. 6 Another PhaseSome terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah have limited their acts to localized regions of the Middle East, darn others, notably Al-Qaeda, have an inte rnational scope for their terrorist activities. Bombings An increasingly popular tactic used by terrorists is suicide bombing. This tactic is used against civilians, soldiers, and government officials of the regimes the terrorists oppose. The use of suicide bombers is seen by many Muslims as contradictory to Islams teachingsweasel words however, groups who support its use lots refer to such attacks as martyrdom perations and the suicide-bombers who commit them as martyrs (Arabic shuhada, plural of shahid). The bombers, and their sympathizers often believe that suicide bombers, as martyrs to the cause of jihad against the enemy, will catch the rewards of paradise for their actions. Suicide attack A suicide attack (also known as suicide bombing) is an attack intended to kill others and inflict general damage, while the attacker intends to die as well in the process. CHAPTER-4 4. 1 Islam And Terrorism .During the last two decades in particular, the concept of Islamic terror has been often discussed. In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks on targets in New York and Washington which caused the death of thousands of innocent civilians, this concept has once again returned to the top of the international agenda. still though the hijackers have Muslim identities, the terror they perpetrated cannot be labeled Islamic terror, just as it would not be called Jewish terror if the perpetrators were Jews or Christian terror if they were Christians.In fact, the aggressors can commit such violence only with the intention of attacking religion itself. It may well be that they carried out this violence to present religion as evil in the eyes of people, to divorce people from religion and to generate hatred and reaction against pious people. Consequently, every attack having a religious facade on American citizens or other innocent people is actually an attack made against religion. All the triplet Theistic religions command love, mercy and peace.Terror, on the ot her hand, is the opposite of religion it is cruel, merciless and it demands bloodshed and misery. This being the case, while looking for the perpetrators of a terrorist act, its origins should be seek in disbelief rather than in religion. People with a fascist, communist, racist or materialist outlook on life should be suspected as likely perpetrators. The name or the identity of the triggerman is not important. If he can kill innocent people without blinking an eye, whatever his label is, then he is a disbeliever, not a believer.He is a murderer with no fear of God, whose main ambition is to shed blood and to give harm. How we can articulate that Islam and Muslim are terrorist? In current scenario Muslims are the only victim of terrorism because they face terrorist activities on daily bases and also face world criticism. They are all anti-Muslims and make different prapogenda against muslim because some elements are against and oppose the progress and development of these muslim countries and want to engage them in such activities. scour as they said some muslim liberations parties as terrorist parties as they called hamas in palastine, hizbullah in lebenon, mujahidin moment in Kashmir and true Afghanistan islamist moments and many other moments as terrorist moments if they are terrorist moment then what is Israel done in palistaine, black waters in Pakistan, raw in Kashmir, fbi, and cia in Afghanistan ,Iraq, and Pakistan and also some other muslim countries.On the one side they said that they work for human rights and freedom and on the other hand they called liberation moments as terrorist moment if they claim on islam and muslims then muslimalso claim that the non muslims state are also terrorist Islam is that religion who forbid people to harm even animal and than how a follower of islam other humans like him?They are many other form of terrorism like cyber terrorism, bio terrorism, reginol terrorism, chemical terrorism and mostly muslim countries are unfamiliar with these price then why west emphasizes that muslim are terrorist why they cannot blame on other form of terrorism the reason is that they only against islam and muslim? For this reason, Islamic terror is quite a erroneous concept which contradicts Islams message. That is because, the religion of Islam can by no means concur with terror. On the contrary, Muslims are responsible for preventing terrorist acts and carry peace and justice to the world.Islam, a religion of mercy, does not permit terrorism. In the Quran, God has said God does not forbid you from showing kindness and dealings justly with those who have not fought you about religion and have not driven you out of your homes. God loves just dealers. (Quran, 608) CHAPTER-5 Main Incidents Of Terrorism through and through Out The World 5. 1 9/11 In response to the September 11, 2001, attacks on the WTC and Pentagon, the U. S. invaded Afghanistan in October 2001 to dismantle al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Al-Qaedas in frastructure in the country was destroyed and their military commander, Muhammed Atef, was killed.Abu Zubaydah, another top operative, was captured in Pakistan. Bin Laden and al-Zawahiri, however, escaped and are presumed alive. They release audio and video messages to the Arab media from time to time. In March 2003 the U. S. widened the war on terrorism by invading Iraq and deposing Saddam Hussein and his Baath party (see Iraq profile). The decision to encompass Iraq in the war on terror has been highly controversial. Although President Bush asserted that there was a working relationship between Hussein and al-Qaeda, no solid proof of collaboration between them specifically on the Sept. 1, 2001, attacks, or on any other terrorist activities has emerged. 5. 2 The Madrid Bombing On March 11, 2004, Spains most horrific terrorist attack occurred 202 people were killed and 1,400 were injured in bombings at Madrids railway station. Evidence soon emerged that al-Qaeda was responsible. By April, a dozen suspects, most of them Moroccan, were arrested for the bombings. On April 4, several suspects blew themselves up during a police raid to avoid capture. Many Spaniards blamed their prime ministers staunch support of the U.S. and the war in Iraq for making Spain an al-Qaeda target. 5. 3 The London Bombing On July 7, 2005, London suffered a terrorist bombing, its flog attack since World War II. Four bombs exploded in three subway stations and on one double-decker bus during the morning rush hour, killing at least 52 and wounding more than 700. A group calling itself the Secret presidency of al-Qaeda in Europe claimed responsibility on a Web site, asserting that the attacks were a retaliation for Britains involvement in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.A year after the bombing, British investigators concluded that the links between the bombers and al-Qaeda were marginal. The four bombers, all born in Britain, had all visited Pakistan, but there was no rise of any direc t support from al-Qaeda. 5. 4 Bombay Attack The 2008 Mumbai attacks were more than ten coordinated shooting and bombing terrorist attacks across Mumbai, Indias largest city, by Islamic terrorists from Pakistan. The attacks, which drew widespread condemnation across the world, began on 26 November 2008 and lasted until 29 November, killing at least 173 people and wounding at least 308. . 5 Iraq bombing Iraq faces bomb blast and sucide bombing on daily bases. And America blame on Iraqi people while they blame America for this. 5. 6 pakistan bombing attacks Pakistan confront also facing bomblast attacks and sucide bombing attacks on daily bases and after 9/11 pakistan face a lot of problem and critical situation of security and still facing terrorist activity. As attack on marriot Islamabad, g. h. q Rawalpindi etc CHAPTER-6 6. 1 Conclusion In my opinion Islam and terrorism have nothing to do with each other.But at the same time it is Islam that has made it very clear what is terrorism and who are the terrorists. We all know that there is no clear definition of terrorism in politics, but there is very clear definition by Islam. Because Islam has made very clear rules for war, and there are no abiguities whatsoever. We, the Pakistanis, are now actually the ones who are more clear about it than anyone. No doubt there were many confusions before, but after the Lal Masjid operation followed by the worst form of terrorism, Pakistanis have realised what terrorism is and who the terrorists are.Well, I might be exaggerating that all the Pakistanis have realised it, but I am quite assured that the large majority has realised it. The reason behind that is the successful military operation in Swat. As soon as Musharraf left, the things started to unfold and people started realising that they have been betrayed. Even the majority of the supporters of Musharraf now know and admit that he was playing the double policy game. We always knew that the tribal areas were full of m erciless criminals who were involved in inhumane criminal activities who would do anything for dollars.The same criminals turned into terrorsists with a fake ideology for power. Who doesnt like to be in power? So whatever they are doing is for power and nothing to do with Islam. I have friends from those areas who are politically much aware than many of us, and they also confirm that those Muslims are involved in the most unIslamic activities. And then there are other factors of brain-washing, foreign elements, etc. But this proves that Islam has nothing to do with terrorism which Pakistan is facing.And at this moment Pakistan is the hardest-hit terrorism victim. 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