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THE RELIGIOUS FACTOR AND THE OVERALL IMPACT ON TERRORISM
THE RELIGIOUS FACTOR AND THE OVERALL IMPACT ON TERRORISM

Author(s): Augustin Flavius Tarța
Subject(s): Islam studies, Security and defense, Sociology of Religion, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Editura Academica Brancusi
Keywords: Terrorism; The Quran; Islam; Manipulation; Jihad;

Summary/Abstract: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ISLAM IS CONSTANTLY ALTERED BY FALSE PREACHERS TO REMOVE ITS ESSENCE (INTERNAL WILL, OR BELIEF SEEN AS THE GUIDE OF THE MUSLIM INDIVIDUAL), WHICH HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE „WARRIOR” SIDE OF TERROR, ACTS DEVOID OF ETHICS AND JUSTIFICATION). THE PURPOSE OF THIS APPROACH OF MANIPULATION THROUGH THE USAGE OF THE SPIRITUAL SPECTRUM, IS IN CONCRETE TERMS THE SPREAD OF THE ISLAMIC CULT, RESPECTIVELY ATTRACTING THE POPULATION OF DIFFERENT ETHNICITIES AND RELIGIONS TO THE VISION OF VARIOUS JIHADIST GROUPS OR ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS „PUNISHING” THOSE WHO DO NOT OR DO NOT WANT TO BE PART OF THE "GIFT OF AL-ISLAM" (ISLAMIC HOLY TERRITORY/COUNTRY). THROUGH THESE ACTIVITIES, THE CLEAR DEVIATION FROM THE PROPHETIC TEACHINGS IS REVEALED, THUS GIVING RISE TO A FORM OF ISLAMIC TERROR, WHICH IS GETTING WORSE AND REINVENTING ITSELF OVER THE CENTURIES, REACHING IN RECENT DECADES TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST VIRULENT SECURITY THREATS AT GLOBAL LEVEL.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 59-67
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English