Patrick F Kennedy And Islamic Terrorism

Terrorism Patrick J. Kennedy says, “Terrorism is a psychological warfare. Terrorists try to manipulate us and change our behavior by creating fear, uncertainty, and division in society.” Terrorism has become a major ongoing issue worldwide resulting in unnerving fear among civilians and government, innumerable harsh deaths, and the loss of peace between nations and their people. Recently, there has been an abnormal ascent of violent terrorism in the name of Islam. Although it is apparent that there has been an increase in Islamic terrorism and its violent acts of injustice towards people in the past hundred years, Islamic terrorism shares only a minimal amount of worldwide terrorism proportionately. Terrorism is characterized as a “strategy, tactic, holy duty, justifiable reaction to oppression, and an inexcusable abomination (“What is Terrorism?” 1).” Usually terrorism occurs against a stronger force by the weaker force as a strategy in times of issue (“What is

Terrorist expert Paul Pillar proposes that the four keys that depict terrorism separate from war are that it is premeditated, it is political, it is aimed at civilians, and it is carried out by aggressive and idealistic civilians (Dudley 12). Terrorists act apart from their countries’ governments under non-regulated rules while governments use traditional rules to fight other nations’ governments (Currie 8). Violence is another major component used to categorize acts against the government; it adapted from violence in wars so that political goals could begin to be reached (Currie 8). Such goals are inclusive of territorial expansion, monetary growth, and manipulative political power (Currie 8). The main goals of terrorism can be separated into either political, religious, or both (Dudley 11). One of the major causes of terrorism is differing views or ideology (Coker 8). The effects of terrorism can create long lasting beliefs among