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The Rise of Al Qaeda: An Analysis (350 Points)

Describe and explain the rise of Al Qaeda, religious militancy and terrorism, and how they use the Internet and the media as a tool and weapon.

the essay should be consistent with the outline that is attached, 

  • It must have a cover page denoting the paper title, your name; the course number and name, your instructor’s name, and the date you are making the submission;
  • It must have an outline or table of contents;
  • It must have a brief abstract statement summarizing your hypothesis or findings;
  • It must feature APA citations where appropriate, AND a references at the end;
  • It must be double-spaced, in 12-point font. Per CSU-Global APA and writing guidelines, you should use ‘Times New Roman’ font style;
  • Margins should be no more than 1 inch, right and left, and top and bottom;
  • All pages must be numbered, top-right corner.

Your paper should be 6-8 pages long, cite at least three sources (including one academic article), and adhere to  APA Requirements. must having running header, title page, reference page, and section titles. must be double spaced and paragraphs indented. 

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I. The Rise of Al Qaeda A. Background: Al Qaeda 1. Usama Bin Ladin – founder of Al Qaeda 2. Goals of Al Qaeda II. What is Terrorism? A. Terrorism has been around since the late 1700’s, and were French Revolutionaries. 1. First influences and reaches of terrorism felt around the world. a. Maximilien Robespierre and his justification of the use of terror to motivate and influence. b. Distinction between terrorism and terrorist groups and freedom fighters or a militia. B. The Rise and Spread of Islamic Extremist groups from 1900’s to present day society. 1. Arab- Israeli Conflict a. Religion and Middle Eastern Politics b. Understanding religious violence 2. New and Old Forms of Terrorism a. 1960’s – materialized attacks not focused on civilians b. 1980’s – urban-based terrorist attacks, more frequently targeting people c. 1990’s - Post-Cold War – unbiased, non-discriminant attacks on all civilians III. Religious Militancy A. Competing for political power along religious lines 1. Terrorist organizations justification to recruit potential members and terrorize nations under the auspices of religion 2. New states, unstable nations, emergence of fundamentalist Islam in the Middle East and the proliferation of weapons. B. Radicalization and Islam 1. Radicalization – aim to convert targeted prospective members to Islam and the three steps to radicalization. a. Pre- Radicalization b. Identification c. Indoctrination 2. Connection between Islam and Terrorism? a. Separatist extremist groups b. Seeking autonomy or self- determination? IV. The United States Involvement A. Infidel 1. The United States is not governed according to Islamic law so is deemed a threat to terrorist to Al Qaeda a. Political and cultural difference between Islamic States and the Western world. 2. History of the United States involvement in the Middle East and the hatred associated with a foreign presence and our military presence. a. September 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S. World Trade Center Towers b. Counter-terrorism operations and direct attack on Al Qaeda and territories harboring the group B. Kuwait and the Gulf War 1. War in Iraq used as recruitment tactic for Al Qaeda 2. US Involvement in the Gulf War V. Al Qaeda A. Al Qaeda Support 1. Funding 2. Global reach and support B. Attacks on Civilians 1. Making public gains with suicide attacks and bombings in major international cities and heavily populated locales. 2. International watchlist VI. Media Coverage and Influence on and of Al Qaeda A. Al Qaeda’s media strategies and propaganda 1. Al Qaeda’s success using online propaganda to recruit and radicalize new members a. Wide-spread terror through online- mass media learned from Hezbollah b. Different media outlets used by Al Qaeda B. Use of emotions to elicit a desired reaction, fear and weakness, in the target group 1. Media manipulation tactics 2. Are they successful? Conclusion
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Running head: TERRORISM

Title The Rise and Fall of Al Qaeda
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TERRORISM

The Rise and Fall of Al Qaeda
Al Qaeda is a name whose translation in English is ‘The Base’ or ‘The Foundation’.
This is the name adopted by an international militant group formed in the year 1988 by
a world renown militants Osama Bin Laden, Abdulla Azzam and others. The main aim
of the militia group was to fight against the society invasion of the Afghanistan nation.
Osama Bin Laden was born on March 10, 1957, and died at the hands of the American
army on May 2, 20101. Bin Laden was a member of one of the richest families owned
by Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden in Saudi Arabia. Being from a rich family, Bin
Laden was able to fund militia groups within the Arab nations, a factor that heavily
contributed to his increasing popularity among most of the Arabs. Bin Laden began
fighting the U.S soon after he left his Sudanese base, claiming responsibility for the
1998 US Embassy bombings of 1998.
Throughout the long history of the militant group, it has come to appear that the
sole goal of Al Qaeda is to attack the US. However, sources through the internet reveal
that attacking the US is only a way of achieving its goals and not Al Qaeda’s main
objective. The group claims to be fighting for the independence of the Arab nations.
The group claims that it is not pleased with the invasion of the western countries,
especially the US, in matters affecting the Muslim nations. Mass killing is one of the

TERRORISM

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only ways through which the group can show its determination to stand for its goals.
Another objective is to protect the Muslim religion, culture, and law by ensuring it is
followed by all Muslims living within the Muslim lands and the Non-Muslims alike. In
simpler and more specific terms, the group aims at subjecting the whole world to the
sharia law(Jenkins, 2002).
Terrorism is defined as the use of violence to pass political messages or pursue
political goals. This practice has had a long history beginning from the 1700s when
many politicians founded and funded armed militia groups to fuel violence under the
pretext of fight...


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