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Terrorism
Terrorism includes acts of violence to spread a political or ideological message and create a state of terror among people. al-Qaeda, responsible for the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, is the most well known terrorist group.
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A contract between two people is between the first party and the second party. Anyone else is a third party. An insurance policy is a contract between a driver and an insurance company and deals with injury to someone else, who is a third party.
Afghanistan's Taliban leaders were criticized internationally for what actions?
They destroyed old statues of Buddha, carved into the side of a mountain, because Islam forbids statues (which are a sign of idol worship).
Who is the taliban and what do they want?
The Taliban are an Islamist fundamentalist political group in Afghanistan. Political groupings or parties mainly seek to take power and enforce their beliefs, policies, and ideals.
Do terrorists have nuclear bombs?
No one knows for certain. However the fact that they have not yet tried to use them suggests that they probably don't, yet.
IRA is a terroist group from where?
IRA stands for Irish Republican Army, so the IRA is from Ireland.
What are facts about suicide bombers?
- Quran says (meaning English translation): "And fight in the way of Allah those who fight you. But do not transgress limits. Truly Allah loves not the transgressors." Qur'an, Surah Al-Baqarah (2:190)
- The dangerous escalation of violence in the world is disturbing to all people of conscience and other random acts of violence perpetrated at innocent civilians.
In Islam, several things are clear:
- Suicide is forbidden. "O ye who believe!... [do not] kill yourselves, for truly Allah has been to you Most Merciful. If any do that in rancour and injustice, soon shall We cast him into the Fire..." (Qur'an 4:29-30).
- The taking of life is allowed only by way of justice (i.e. the death penalty for murder), but even then, forgiveness is better. "Nor take life - which Allah has made sacred - except for just cause..." (Quran, 17:33).
- In pre-Islamic Arabia, retaliation and mass murder was commonplace. If someone was killed, the victim's tribe would retaliate against the murderer's entire tribe. This practice was directly forbidden in the Qur'an (2:178-179). Following this statement of law, the Qur'an says, "After this, whoever exceeds the limits shall be in grave chastisement" (2:178). No matter what wrong we perceive as being done against us, we may not lash out against an entire population of people.
- The Qur'an admonishes those who oppress others and transgress beyond the bounds of what is right and just. "The blame is only against those who oppress men with wrongdoing and insolently transgress beyond bounds through the land, defying right and justice. For such there will be a chastisement grievous (in the Hereafter)" (42:42).
- Harming innocent bystanders, even in times of war, was forbidden by the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). This includes women, children, noncombatant bystanders, and even trees and crops. Nothing is to be harmed unless the person or thing is actively engaged in an assault against Muslims.
- The predominant theme in the Qur'an is forgiveness and peace. Allah (or God in English and same God in Christianity and Judaism) is Merciful and Forgiving, and seeks that in His followers. Indeed, most people who spend time on a personal level with ordinary Muslims have found them to be peaceful, honest, hard-working, civic-minded people.
Because many people would rather fight than live under conditions they do not like.
Terrorismis the systematic use of
terror, often violent, especially as a means of
coercion. In the
international community, however, terrorism has no legally binding, criminal law
[1][2]Common definitions of terrorism refer only to those violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror); are perpetrated for a religious, political or, ideological goal; and deliberately target or disregard the safety of
non-combatants(civilians). Some definitions now include acts of
unlawfulviolence and war. The use of similar tactics by criminal organizations for
protection racketsor to enforce a
code of silenceis usually not labeled terrorism, though these same actions may be labeled terrorism when done by a politically motivated group.
Humanity is under threat of mortal viruses, diseases and terrorism. But terrorism don't quite even the virus threat. The World Health Organization has warned that "all of humanity is under threat" from a potential swine flu pandemic and called for "global solidarity" to combat the virus. There are now nearly 2.3 million news stories on Google News about swine flu. The World Health Organization is now backing off its pandemic rhetoric and reports a total of 19 people worldwide have died from this particular strain of the flu, all from Mexico except for one child from Mexico who died in a Houston hospital in the United States.
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How did McCarthy and the HUAC create a reign of terror?
The Un-American Activities Committee was established in 1937 to investigate subversive movements. The problem the Americans had was the supporting people within the organization.
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