Argumentative Essay On Terrorism And Terrorism

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“We make war that we may live in peace.” Aristotle had a point, but why is that recent developments in global terrorism have brought about the exact opposite? Terrorism is commonly defined as acts of war and violence which are employed in hopes of gaining political or religious superiority. Most people would subconsciously associate terrorism with religion due to the brutal murders committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the unprecedented massacre at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, France. However, why is it that religion has become seamlessly interconnected with terrorism when most religions call for peace and unconditional love? The aforementioned events have unfairly slandered the name of Islam, and I find
Several events rapidly unfolded soon after with the shooting in Montrouge, Paris which killed a policewoman and injured a man and a siege at a kosher supermarket at Porte de Vincennes in the east of Paris. These events are said to be linked to the initial attack on Charlie Hebdo, and the religious intent behind them seems to be a tad more justified due to the controversial satirical paper which consistently broadcasts its anti-religious views. Again, such events further fuel Islamophobia but where does such extremism stem from if it is not linked to an organisation? Charlie Hebdo does not discriminate in the religions it mocks in its weekly cartoons, but why is that only a few individuals were offended to the point of such terrorism on a micro scale? These self-initiated attacks may be due to one’s inability to detach his personal identity from his religion - his religion is so entwined with his self-identity that when it is put under question, he takes it as a personal attack against him as a person. Such a situation is not only exclusive to the Islamic extremist community, but it shows a worrying trend that being too overtly blinded by one’s beliefs can spark acts of terrorism that induce worldwide outrage and

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