Islamic Courts Union

Terrorists need an audience. Media needs a story; this is how media misinterpretations on terrorism is born. The media’s role is no longer to inform but rather to control how the viewers react to the information provided. Media’s influence on the public’s sudden focus from sports and celebrities to the collapse of the most globally important twin towers is an example of how media shapes viewers interest and concern. As David L. Altheide credits mass media in promoting fear evermore since the…

immigrants came during the 1960s when the borders reopened for those fleeing chaos, coming by the thousands into the United States, seeking a place to raise their families in safety. This brought great change among American society as there was a rise in Islamic identity among youth, but also came prejudice and discrimination against Muslims, especially for people of color. However, there was a shift in the religious population from a mostly Christian country with a mixed one, which Islam as the…

Al Qaeda may seem like a large organized terrorist network from a perspective provided by the media, however their victories did not come without countless defeats. The blame for many of these failures seems to rest solely on the group’s leadership due to many mistakes (McCabe, 2010, p. 61). Conversely, during expansionist efforts the group worked with numerous affiliates that did not always follow the direction that Al Qaeda leadership demanded (Lahoud et al., 2012, p. 1). Nobody denies that…

the dualism of the believer and the ungodly, the faithful and the apostate, it is impossible to understand it differently. In Islam, violence is further enhanced by an additional dualism, that of purity and decontamination. This is the scandal of Islamic religious thought: the non-Muslim is a defiled, unclean; it is one of the vilest forms of symbolic violence. From there comes my assertion that there is no Muslim faithful to the dogmas and practices of his religion that is moderate or tolerant,…

The United Nations should stop ISIS because it is one of the biggest terrorist groups in the world. In the article “The Brief” by Karl Vick, He explains the danger of ISIS. ISIS is a huge terrorist organization that is ran by volunteers who believe in there cause. A flight exploded on october 31st killing all 224 people on board. ISIS said that they were responsible for the tragic bombing. ISIS is said to be a group that is accomplishing what al-Qaeda could never do. Karl Vick said, “ ISIS is…

some individual engage with Islamic radicalism movement? What explains their initial interest? Why do they want to be joined in this risky activism? Even if the cost is high and might be they will sacrifice themselves. Wiktorowicz, with his sophisticated theoretical framework of social movement theory, is tries to answers these questions, why Muslim extremism in the Western societies like Great Britain did these? Wiktorowicz, in this case, is trying to analysis the Islamic radical activism base…

The Hagia Sophia as said in live science was “born out of riots”. The Hagia Sophia was the biggest Orthodox Church built in the East Roman Empire called “Church of Holy Wisdom” modern day Istanbul and was constructed in the same location three times in its life span. The church was a place where the rulers were crowned and throughout the byzantine period it was the “biggest operational cathedral”. A great revolt called the Nika Riot hit Constantinople in 532 A.D. because of…

There were many different influences to Islamic Art, specifically from China. Most or all of the artwork has not holy images, has geometric shapes, a lot of writing, and had no living figures or creatures. It was very ornamental, flowing or also know as arabesque. Some prominent artists were Safavid Shahs group, Shah Tahmasp, Riza-i Abbasi, and Muin. Safavid Shahs were a group of people who made textiles a huge industry, specifically in Iran, and it spread all over. Textiles were already a…

The Great Mosque of Cordoba brought the influence of Islamic and Byzantine architecture to Spain, and led to the creation of the mudejar-style of architecture that is now a trademark of the Spanish Empire. As the cultural capital under the Muslim Umayyad dynasty, Cordoba grew as a city rich in art and architecture, eventually becoming a cultural mecca for Islam. As Glaire Anderson, historian of Islamic art and architecture, states, “the Great Mosque was the centerpiece of Cordoba, one of the…

“Mezquita-Catedral”, The Great Mosque of Cordoba is a perfect example of early Islamic art. Originally, there was a temple that was dedicated to a Roman god Janus where the Mosque stands today. After being invaded by Visigoths in 572, the temple was converted to a church. The church was constructed on the “San Vicente” Basilic. The construction and architecture of the Mosque of Cordoba is the longest standing example of Islamic artwork and Cordoba’s Christian identity combination. This can be…