Was Osama Bin Laden Justified

Imagine, the foundation that holds up your fragile society, the pillars that have protected your culture for over 4,000, walked on, spit on and stereotyped. Now see yourself trying to protect it, and being shot dead in front of your spouse. The sound of a bullet cracking your skull echoing through the early morning (CNN.com 1) and still being feared as a monster. Sound familiar? Osama bin Laden was assassinated May 2nd, 2011 on the account of being an influential political leader, whose views and tactics many disagreed with. Although the assassination of Osama bin Laden is commonly justified because of his stance on politics it was wrong to kill him because of his influence, religious views, and racial prejudice and stereotypes.

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Especially for those who wanted to assimilate his culture as Western influence became more and more prevalent. In 1988 bin Laden created a new group commonly known as al-Qaeda, whose main focuses are symbolic acts of disturbance rather than military campaigns (History.com 1). Al-Qaeda has developed into a very advanced organization with quite a following, and as the number of followers, Laden has increases so does the number of people associated with al-Qaeda and groups like it increase. It is not known “due to the decentralized structure of the organization”(Shah 1) how many people belong to al-Qaeda but there is a definite assumption that several thousand members and associates are involved. The increasing popularity and acceptance of Osama’s views mean that his influence will continue to thrive, even years after his gruesome assassination. Bin Laden’s heavy influence is most prevalent in the Middle East, giving people of Arab descent a assumed role as barbaric terrorists who wants nothing more than to bomb every being in sight without regards for a reason, explanation, or empathy. This simply is not

“The events of September 11th are but a reaction to the continuous injustice and oppression being practiced against our sons in Palestine and Iraq...and in Somalia and Southern Sudan and in other places like Kashmir and Assam.”(Laden 1) Laden feared that the influence of westerners would continue to undermine, disrespect, and change the sacred way of life he so desperately tried to preserve. They are many who assume that the event that happened on 9/11 occurred without reason or if there was a reason presented, it was illegitimate.”[Westerners] looked at the event in isolation and failed to connect them to the past events and did not look at the causes that led to this result” (Laden 1) Laden refused to sit and watch as westerners stood on the sacred and holy ground his people fought for, threatening to poison all he hoped to