Which is an important cause of terrorism in the middle east?

Answer 1

In the Middle East, violence is not only considered a valid form of political action, it is considered by many the most valid form of action.

"Terrorism" is a type of irregular warfare characterized by attacking the innocent or uninvolved in order to influence the real target group which is too strong to be attacked. This is why Soviet-supported Palestinians were blowing up European stores and airlines and shooting up the 1972 Olympics. The reason terrorism is more prevalent in the Middle East is complicated.

Islam began in 622 C. E. as the third installment in a series (Judaism and Christianity being the first two). "Islam" means "submission" to god's will; Muslims generally believe (and the Qur'an teaches) that humans are emotional creatures, and only god can control them. This belief can manifest on a sliding scale from total fatalism and learned helplessness, to a level of personal responsibility (reinforced by god's love) nearly identical to that practiced by the most compassionate and tolerant members of any Western society, and of course this varies by country, sect, and individual.

The religion spread eventually across North Africa and southern Asia, as far into Europe as Spain in the west and Greece and part of Italy in the east, and from Mongolia in the north to Indonesia in south Asia. A Muslim (Arab) army was turned back near Paris in 732; the Crusades started in 1096, over three hundred years later. The Muslims still refer to the expansion as "the opening" (al-fatah), meaning a religious salvation rather than as a conquest. While Europeans probably used to refer hundreds of years ago to the Conquistadors' enslavement of South America as a "salvation," but they matured out of it a long time ago. This difference in the definition of responsibility is a primary divergence between the two cultures, and the first step in understanding why terrorism is so prevalent in the Middle East.

The practitioners of both Islam and Christianity were heavily armed, and both had long warrior traditions which were in no way moderated by their new religions. The two faiths fought constantly until the European colonial period. During this entire time, they also conducted trade, and the Muslims became the richest and most educated society in the world. Many old Greek and Latin texts were lost to the West, but were translated, studied, and improved on by the Arabs, who were becoming fabulously rich from controlling trade on the Silk Road. During the Renaissance, Europeans obtained through trade the scientific information and technological basis for the modern world long with the numbers we currently use (try doing geometry with those Super Bowl numbers). At that time, however, the Muslim empire went broke because the West began trading by sea rather than by the Silk Road (1515). Muslim nations have been relatively poor ever since, resulting in corruption and resentment. A movement in the Arabian peninsula called the Wahhabis began in the early 1700s with the declared aim of forcing compliance with their extremist version of Islam and eternal hostility towards everyone else. This is the origin of Al-Qaeda.

Palestine made it worse. Most of the Jews were exiled from Palestine starting in 60 C. E. by the Romans, and have spent 1900 years talking about "going home." While they were gone, the land filled up with a combined population of Jews-turned-Muslims, Crusaders, Arabs, and Turks. In 1947 the U. N. gave the Jews parts of Palestine; the Muslims living there were understandably upset, and seven wars have followed, during which Israel has taken the whole country (beyond what the U. N. authorized), and the Middle East has been blanketed with Palestinian Arab refugees, who are now sitting around talking about "going home" (sound familiar?). Every city in the region has thousands of Palestinian refugees, so every Arab is reminded daily that non-Muslims are living in the lands they took by force.

This leads to anger and frustration. As all "Middle Easterners" look alike to Westerners, all Westerners get lumped in with the Israelis, especially since the US and others have helped Israel so much. The anger leads to people initially subconsciously, then consciously cheering whenever somebody who looks like them "stands up to the man." Arab dictators and other leaders also play "the Palestine card" whenever they want to deflect attention to an external enemy. The entire region has become obsessed with the Palestine issue.

When the Soviet Union (communists, therefore atheists) invaded Afghanistan in 1979, the Arab world rallied to help the Afghans, who are Muslims (but not Arabs). Chief among these were the Wahhabi extremists from Saudi Arabia, whom the West supported with weapons and training. When the Soviets went home and their society collapsed soon after, the modern wave of terrorism took off, buoyed by a belief that god had given them a victory over the West. That's were we are now.

AnswerFirst : There is killing in both ways. terrorism started from jelousy.

Second : Palestines and israelis defend their homeland and their properties by any possible ways

AnswerThe folks of the middle east are subpressed and exploited somehow in many ways.So these people want to show their reactions. AnswerThe terrorism in the Middle East is abundant because the Pakistanies and the Israelis are at and have been at war for over a hundred year. This war will probably never end. It's just something that goes on and on. AnswerFirst of all, there is no war between Pakistanis and Israelis. I think the word you are looking for is Palestinians. Secondly, they have not been at war for over a hundred years. The conflict surely has a long history but it is certainly not "THE" cause for the problems in the middle east, much less Terrorism. AnswerWhen God promised Sarah and Abraham a son even in their old age, they would not wait, took matters into their own hands. Sarah would not conceive, so She asked her servant Hagar to give Abraham a child and they figured that he would be the promised child. Ishmael was born to Hagar and Abraham. God said before he was born that he would be wild. Ishmael was not the promised child, Isaac was ,who was born several years later. There are the two sides. Isaac-Jewish, and Ishmael- Islamic. AnswerTerrorism is all over the world.

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its becasue there alot of Arabs in the midle east and there a bunch of Jews right next door or in Iraq some us soilders and its on land where they cna easily get weapons so walla they can attack easily from their

Answer 2

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Problems in the Middle East are generally caused because of tensions over US involvement, Israel and Palestine, and terrorist/freedom fighters.

There is resentment in Middle Eastern countries due to their views of America as a bullying and hypocritical country who invaded parts of the Middle East for oil. In addition, there is resentment over how America had previously supported extremists and dictators such as Osama bin Laden, and Saddam Hussein.

More conflict is caused over the status of Israel, especially in their aggressive military actions used to subjugate much of ancestral Palestinian land contrary to the UN Partition Act of 1948, which split the Palestinian/Israeli Territory into roughly 2 equal parts. The Israeli, for their part, argue that they need to defend themselves from Palestinian suicide bombings, acts they claim as terrorism.

In addition, there is more contention over Jerusalem - both the Israeli and the Palestinians (Jews and Muslims) want to claim that city as their capital city because it is a holy city for both religions.

Finally, due to these above tensions, extremists such as Al-Quada are causing further chaos by causing general fear.

Answer 3

The reason that terrorism is so common is because it is effective. As much as it is disliked, it has the ability to change people's opinions and push for resolution of various political problems. In the Palestinian case, it was the 1972 Munich Olympic Terror attack on the Israeli competitors that first shed international light on the Palestinian issue and the Palestinian Uprising (composed primarily of acts of terror) which brought Israel to the negotiating table to create a roadmap for an independent Palestine. In the Irish case, terrorism resulted in the eventual agreements compelling the British to leave all counties other than Ulster.

Answer 4

This is actually an impact of WW1 and the treaty of Versailles. After the big three divided up Europe, nations were created and this was without the consent of the people that actually lived there. As a result, when territory disputes commenced, terrorism was a way to defeat the other nation.

Answer 5

There has always been terrorism in the Middle east since Islam separated into 2 divisions. It has become more obvious in the past 50 years due to modern weapons and explosives.