The history of terrorism has an extensive background dating back to 14th Century AD where characteristics of modern terrorist organizations have been modeled from a group called the Zealots of Judea (United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, 2007, p. 1-11). This particular organization were known as sicarii or dagger-men because there rationale for assassinating leaders during the Roman period allowed for the group to remain faithful in their belief of Judaism without being subjected to Roman influence. The Zealots were of ancient times, but that doesn’t dismiss the notion that modern terrorist organizations have been utilizing methods of motivation, organization, targeting, and goals in our current time (United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, 2007, p. 1-11).
One of the more modern terrorist organizations today is known as Hezbollah, which translates to “Party of God”. This organization is based out of Lebanon and they are described as a Shiite Muslim political party and militant group (Masters and Laub, 2014). Hezbollah receives a significant amount of support for their cause from both Iran and Syria while preserving an extensive security framework, political organization, and a social service network in Lebanon. Based on the deadly actions the Hezbollah has been involved with and due to
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The fact that religion plays a huge role within these organizations only fuels the war that has already been waged with other countries. In what is known as Islamic Fascism, this is the modern and globalized continuation of the 1,400-year-old jihad of Islam. The Islamic Fascism says, “God wants you to act in this manner and not the Fuhrer” (Shoebat, 2012) and this can be seen by the men who are managing these