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War & Terrorism Muslim/Islamic Culture Base their faith on the Qur’an and Allah. Base faith on their prophet Muhammad. Two major sects of Muslim – Sunni

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Page 1: War & Terrorism Muslim/Islamic Culture Base their faith on the Qur’an and Allah. Base faith on their prophet Muhammad. Two major sects of Muslim – Sunni
Page 2: War & Terrorism Muslim/Islamic Culture Base their faith on the Qur’an and Allah. Base faith on their prophet Muhammad. Two major sects of Muslim – Sunni

War & Terrorism

Page 3: War & Terrorism Muslim/Islamic Culture Base their faith on the Qur’an and Allah. Base faith on their prophet Muhammad. Two major sects of Muslim – Sunni

Muslim/Islamic Culture• Base their faith on the Qur’an and Allah.• Base faith on their prophet Muhammad.• Two major sects of Muslim– Sunni – Majority of Muslims in the world – Shiite – Rule Iran and have presence in Iraq and Syria– Wahhabism – Strict interpretation of Islam. Osama Bin

Laden claimed this sect• On average there are around 1.2 billion followers

or 23% of the earth’s population• Second largest religion in the world

Page 4: War & Terrorism Muslim/Islamic Culture Base their faith on the Qur’an and Allah. Base faith on their prophet Muhammad. Two major sects of Muslim – Sunni

Muslim/Islamic Culture• Family is the basic unit of Islam society• Man is responsible for the care of his

family• Marriage is a contract• According to the Qur’an a man is able

to take up to four wives• Hijab requires both men and women

to dress and behave modestly

Page 5: War & Terrorism Muslim/Islamic Culture Base their faith on the Qur’an and Allah. Base faith on their prophet Muhammad. Two major sects of Muslim – Sunni

Jihad• Means struggle• Technically it means “to struggle in the way of

Allah”• Two commonly accepted meanings of jihad– “Greater Jihad” = An inner struggle to fulfill their

religious duties– “Lesser Jihad” = Physical struggle against enemies

of Islam

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Terrorism

• Groups of Muslims believe that terrorism is an ideal form of jihad

• Not all Muslims believe in this theory!

• Types of Terrorism– Suicide attacks – the

suicide bombers are considered “martyrs”

– Hijackings– Kidnappings and

executions– Internet recruiting

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Key Organizations• Egyptian Islamic Jihad – Main goal is to replace current

Egyptian gov’t with an Islamic State. Founded in late 1970’s.

• Islamic Resistance Movement – Organized from the Muslim Brotherhood. Loosely organized and known for its suicide bombers.

• Al Qaeda – Created by Osama Bin Laden. Main goal is to reestablish the Muslim State. Extremely anti-Israeli and anti-American

• Muslim Brotherhood – Founded in 1928. Originally base in Egypt. Attempted assassinations on several leaders.

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Notable Terrorist Attacks• 1983 Beirut Barracks

Bombing -- 305 killed, 75 wounded

• 1993 Bombay Bombings – 250 killed, 700 wounded

• September 11th Attacks – 2,977 killed, over 6,000 injured

• 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings – 3 killed, 264 wounded, leaving at least 14 as amputees.

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Causalities in Iraq/Afghanistan

Iraq• 4,802 deaths • Year 2007 being the

deadliest at 962• Ages 18-21: 1,352

causalities• 481 deaths in California• Ohio being 6th for war

causalities with 187 deaths

Afghanistan• 3,341 deaths • 2010 being the

deadliest year with 710 deaths

• Ages 18-21: 672 causalities

• 241 deaths in California• Ohio being 7th in war

causalities with 85 deaths