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The Pros And Cons Of Extremism

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When the extremists try to harm the public or try to have advantages over other people who are not under them, it is known as extremism. In other words, extremism is individuals who have incredibly strong views on something that can threaten the safety or security of the world. The extremists have no mercy for those people because they believe that those who do not follow them are their enemies, and also God’s enemies. After I read some articles about religious and cultural extremism, I have been convinced by these three articles: anti-abortion extremism, Ku Klux Klan, and 9/11 (Al-Qaeda). Therefore, I believe that religious and cultural extremism is a global security threat. Many people think that abortion, the process of ending pregnancy before resulting in a birth …show more content…

On September 11th, 2001, the Islamic extremist group Al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and used them to attack the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, one of the planes hit the Pentagon, and the last plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania (9/11 Attacks, 2010). According to Rae (2013), this attack of the Al-Qaeda killed around 300 people on the planes and over 3,000 people in the towers and on the ground. The causes of this attack were because the Al-Qaeda wanted to replace the existing political order in the Muslim world with a Taliban-like extreme order and they saw the United States as the barrier (Hicks, Arii, & Rothman, 2012). This last case was full of seriousness. Many innocent people got killed because of this conflict between the government and the Islamic extremist group. When religious and cultural extremists get involved with the politics or capture the state power, it can definitely lead to a global security threat. It is because the extremists can use all of the sources or power over that certain state as much as they

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The horrific events of September 11, 2001 was not the first example of a terrorist attack upon the United States carried out by radical Islamist. In 1993 Al Qaeda bombed the North tower of the World Trade Centers in attempt to knock down the building and to causes utter chaos. This plan failed and in the process, killing 6 and injuring 1,042. This attack by Al Qaeda proved that the United States was not invincible superpower country but that they were susceptible to terrorist attacks. This attack by Al Qaeda gave them the confidence and experience to carry out another attack.

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The terrorist attack of September 11th, 2001, was the hijacking of four American airplanes used for a terrorist plot. Two planes were flown into the World Trade Center towers, one was crashed into a wing of the Pentagon, and one never made it to it intended destination because the passengers fought the hijackers and the plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. On September 11th, Americans never realized how deeply this event would change their lives. Later that day President Bush gave a televised speech vowing to find and punish those responsible for the attack and anyone that had helped them with this plot. It did not take long to find the leader of this attack; Osama Bin Laden had claimed responsibility on behalf of the terrorist organization

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Religion itself is not the issue, it is the people who interpret it falsely to gain political and cultural benefits that serve as the issue. On the news, it is common to hear about new plots and tragedy brought about by terrorists and their organizations. Terrorists take religious practice seriously. For when a nation or person threatens their religion, it could result in the death of innocent people and could possibly take their own lives in the act. One of the most recent incident of terrorism was toward a French magazine office that had published a satirical, yet controversial, image of Muhammad, which triggered a terrorist attack among the office in order to bring justice to the terrorist's god.

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The events that occurred on September, 11, 2001 were among the most catastrophic events in American history. The events of the day were summarized as 19 militants associated with the terror group al-Qaeda hijacked four airplanes and carried out targeted attacks in the United States. Out of the four planes, two of them were flown into the World Trade Center in New York, a third one into the Pentagon in Washington and the fourth one crashing off course into a field. The attacks resulted in the deaths of over 3000 people and the beginning of a soon to come American counter terrorism policy and the subsequent invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. Although there are a lot of conspiracy theories around the real motives and players behind the attack,

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The morning of Tuesday September 11, 2011 is one of the biggest tradgies of all time. On this specific day four airlines were hijacked by an Islamic group that goes by the name al-Qaeda. The attacks took the lives of 2,996 innocent people, injured nearly 6,000 people, and caused at least $10 billion in infracture and property damage. These attacks, also known as the 9/11 attacks, will forever be remebered as one of the most horrific days for so many people around this world.

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When situations as such do arise between different religions, conflict often ensues. Religious conflict has many negative affects on the world. One major product of religious conflict is terrorism. When one resorts to terrorism it can causes social problems among the people it affects,

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On September 11, 2001, 19 militants trained by the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda coordinated a terrorist attack by hijacking four airplanes with the intention of crashing them into major landmarks in the United States. The destruction of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were caused by anti-Americanism, a common radical belief among al-Qaeda members. Increasing Westernization, alienation of extreme Muslims in the West, and humiliation of the Islamic world contributed to al-Qaeda’s rage towards anti-Americanism. Although the rest of the world was becoming increasingly Westernized by adopting modern values, such as secularism, democracy, mixing of the sexes, and materialism, the Islamic world lagged in development and reform.

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Abortion Abortion is the ending of pregnancy by abolishing a fetus or embryo before it can survive outside the uterus. Abortion is a very controversial topic, for example, one side of this topic believes abortion is cruel and committing murder, while the other side believes that since the fetus or embryo isn 't developed enough to be considered a living human being yet, that abortion is not commiting murder. Despite this information, there is a lot more to abortion than the opinion of it being “right” or “wrong”. According to “Students for life” who are pro life, about 1 million abortions are executed each year in the US. That data adds up to 22% of pregnancies ending in abortion.

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