US Department Of Defense Conversation: The Evolution Of Islamic Terrorism

"The unlawful use of -- or threatened use of -- force or violence against individuals or property to coerce or intimidate governments or societies, often to achieve political, religious, or ideological objectives."- U.S. Department of Defense publication ( “The Evolution of Islamic Terrorism.”). Terrorism is a huge issue in our world today. It is one attack after another; countries being bombed or people being killed for no reason. Troops being killed trying to save people and to keep our country free.

In the late 1960’s, Palestinian non religious movements began to target civilians outside the immediate arena of conflict. The groups that were included in targeting the civilians were Al Fatah and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine,

In 1967, Palestinian leaders perceived that the Arabs were unable to control military forces and proceeded to take action in defeating the Arabs. In the 1980’s, Al Qaeda came out of the anti-Soviet jihad in Afghanistan. Waiting for the Soviets to prepare for withdraw, some of the closest associates to Osama Bin Laden won their victory over the Soviet Union. Osama Bin Laden decided with his closest associates to capitalize on the network that they were building to take over jihad global. To make this happen Bin Laden created a vision for his so called elite fighters, who could lead the global jihad project (“Comparing Al Qaeda and ISIS: Different Goals, Different Targets”). Moving along into the mid-1990’s, jihadists were now pledging allegiances to Osama Bin Laden and adopting Al Qaeda which mean access to money, weapons, logistical support, expertise,and training. Osama Bin Laden was getting ready to attack the United States. September 11th, 2001 was a very devastating powerful day, making the Al Qaeda’s brand a household name. Al

So essentially because of their religious sanctions, they can use violence as an act of protection and conserve God’s will in Islamic communities. Based on the principle of Quranic, terrorists emphasize the Quran's principles or beliefs on violence and improvement in their religious clarifications for the use of excessive aggression (“Religious Basis for Islamic Terrorism: The Quran and Its Interpretations”). According to ijtihad, Muslims can explain and control the extent of their Islamic practices individually as long as they are directed towards the will of God in their Islamic community (“Religious Basis for Islamic Terrorism: The Quran and Its Interpretations” ). The Middle East’s religion plays a role politics. The important role of religion in politics emerged slightly from the history of the region. Historically, religion and tradition used to go hand in hand to form the government systems of that specific area (“The Role That Religion Plays in The Middle