A Rhetorical Analysis of Messages to America by Osama bin Laden
... to publicly declare his reasons for waging war against America. In the speeches aimed at Americans, Osama used persuasive tactics to provoke an American understanding of his motives. He used an empathic approach in his argument. He tried to appear as one who understood American apprehensions regardi ...
... to publicly declare his reasons for waging war against America. In the speeches aimed at Americans, Osama used persuasive tactics to provoke an American understanding of his motives. He used an empathic approach in his argument. He tried to appear as one who understood American apprehensions regardi ...
Al Qaeda: Statements and Evolving Ideology
... with Al Qaeda leaders’ views of themselves as the vanguard of a broader global Islamic movement and their desire to inspire political upheaval and change across the Islamic world. The third and “ultimate objective,” according to Al Adl, “was to prompt [the United States] to come out of its hole.” Al ...
... with Al Qaeda leaders’ views of themselves as the vanguard of a broader global Islamic movement and their desire to inspire political upheaval and change across the Islamic world. The third and “ultimate objective,” according to Al Adl, “was to prompt [the United States] to come out of its hole.” Al ...
You Too Can Be Awlaki!
... who support the global al-Qaeda movement can live two lives simultaneously: one in the physical world and one in the virtual world. One user of a hard-line Islamic discussion forum said: Islam is not all about big talk, those who engage in it in life and esp. online without backing it up are deficie ...
... who support the global al-Qaeda movement can live two lives simultaneously: one in the physical world and one in the virtual world. One user of a hard-line Islamic discussion forum said: Islam is not all about big talk, those who engage in it in life and esp. online without backing it up are deficie ...
Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda - Vanderbilt Library Open Journals
... reveals them to be primarily political in nature. Moreover, in establishing a convenient lexicon, political Islam is the most useful term available to succinctly express the differences between the extremists and the much larger group of mainstream Muslims. For instance, militant Islam is an accurat ...
... reveals them to be primarily political in nature. Moreover, in establishing a convenient lexicon, political Islam is the most useful term available to succinctly express the differences between the extremists and the much larger group of mainstream Muslims. For instance, militant Islam is an accurat ...
The Vanguard: The Genesis and Substance of al
... fundamentalist Islamist groups, neither hate the West for its freedom, nor do they seek to kill innocent Westerners to express the outpouring of some unknown nihilistic rage. Instead, most ambitious Islamic radicals attack the United States and its allies because the US, as the sole global superpowe ...
... fundamentalist Islamist groups, neither hate the West for its freedom, nor do they seek to kill innocent Westerners to express the outpouring of some unknown nihilistic rage. Instead, most ambitious Islamic radicals attack the United States and its allies because the US, as the sole global superpowe ...
Chapter 2: East is East and West is West 2007645052 CHOI YURI
... Osama bin Laden was born in Saudi Arabia in 1957 to a father of Yemeni origins and a Syrian mother. His father, Mohammed bin Laden, founded a construction company and with royal patronage became a billionaire. The company’s connections won it important commissions such as rebuilding mosques in the h ...
... Osama bin Laden was born in Saudi Arabia in 1957 to a father of Yemeni origins and a Syrian mother. His father, Mohammed bin Laden, founded a construction company and with royal patronage became a billionaire. The company’s connections won it important commissions such as rebuilding mosques in the h ...
Age of Terrorism - Golden State Baptist College
... • In 1980’s Libyan intelligence officers were involved in a number of terrorist attacks and bombings – led to UN sanctions and US air strikes against Libya in 1986 ...
... • In 1980’s Libyan intelligence officers were involved in a number of terrorist attacks and bombings – led to UN sanctions and US air strikes against Libya in 1986 ...
Al-Qaeda
Al-Qæda (/ælˈkaɪdə/ or /ˌælkɑːˈiːdə/; Arabic: القاعدة al-qāʿidah, Arabic: [ælqɑːʕɪdɐ], translation: ""The Base"", ""The Foundation"" or ""The Fundament"" and alternatively spelled al-Qaida, al-Qæda and sometimes al-Qa'ida) is a global militant Islamist organization founded by Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam, and several others, at some point between August 1988 and late 1989, with origins traceable to the Arab volunteers who fought against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s. It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and an Islamist, extremist, wahhabi jihadist group. It has been designated as a terrorist group by the United Nations Security Council, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union, the United States, Russia, India, and various other countries (see below). Al-Qaeda has carried out many attacks on targets it considers kafir.During the Syrian civil war, al-Qaeda factions started fighting each other, as well as the Kurds and the Syrian government. Al-Qaeda has mounted attacks on civilian and military targets in various countries, including the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings, the September 11 attacks, and the 2002 Bali bombings. The U.S. government responded to the September 11 attacks by launching the ""War on Terror"". With the loss of key leaders, culminating in the death of Osama bin Laden, al-Qaeda's operations have devolved from actions that were controlled from the top down, to actions by franchise associated groups and lone-wolf operators. Characteristic techniques employed by al-Qaeda include suicide attacks and the simultaneous bombing of different targets. Activities ascribed to it may involve members of the movement who have made a pledge of loyalty to Osama bin Laden, or the much more numerous ""al-Qaeda-linked"" individuals who have undergone training in one of its camps in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq or Sudan who have not. Al-Qaeda ideologues envision a complete break from all foreign influences in Muslim countries, and the creation of a new worldwide Islamic caliphate.Among the beliefs ascribed to al-Qaeda members is the conviction that a Christian–Jewish alliance is conspiring to destroy Islam. As Salafist jihadists, they believe that the killing of non-combatants is religiously sanctioned, but they ignore any aspect of religious scripture which might be interpreted as forbidding the murder of non-combatants and internecine fighting. Al-Qaeda also opposes what it regards as man-made laws, and wants to replace them with a strict form of sharia law.Al-Qaeda is also responsible for instigating sectarian violence among Muslims. Al-Qaeda leaders regard liberal Muslims, Shias, Sufis and other sects as heretics and have attacked their mosques and gatherings. Examples of sectarian attacks include the Yazidi community bombings, the Sadr City bombings, the Ashoura massacre and the April 2007 Baghdad bombings. Since the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011 the group has been led by Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahiri.