Terrorism
Terrorism, the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, mainly in the pursuit of political or religious claims. Terrorism has become a word that has now been plastered around every media outlet, appearing almost every day in some shape or form. The terrorist attacks occurring on an international level and the attempts in Australia, are leaving bystanders susceptible to the fear of being attacked. Hence as with most fears, people tend to avoid it. With terrorism, most of the population tend to place their fear on certain religions and ethnicities. The main religion that the population usually associate terrorism with is Islam, which leads to the fearing of people of Middle-Eastern backgrounds. This interconnection between Islam and terrorism can be explained by a variety of factors. These factors include, the terrorist attacks happening on an international level that are being claimed by radical terrorist organisation such as ISIS, the response to these attacks by biased media outlets and people of power. This is shown with a survey that was conducted that revealed that almost fifty percent of people believe there should be Trump-like ban on Muslims entering Australia.
After a terrorist attack, an immediate response often follows from a terrorist groups such as ISIS, ‘claiming responsibility’, for the attack. In more recent attacks that occur on an international level such as the Barcelona Attack and London Bridge attack, ISIS claimed
Terrorism can be defined by Involvement of violent acts or acts dangerous to human life that violate federal or state law. Australia is
Australia’s first anti-terror laws were enacted in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11 (Prof Andrew Lynch 2010). In recent years, increasing Australian involvement in international conflict has seen these laws shift to accommodate alarming trends in home grown terrorism (Australian Security Intelligence Organisation 2014). Sydney’s 2014 terror raids prompted the most significant changes to Australia’s counter terrorism legislation in the last decade (Commonwealth of Australia Department of Defence 2015). Amendments granted law enforcement and intelligence agencies new and somewhat controversial powers, in the name of national security.
Terrorism is a word that is widely used in modern society even though most people don’t know the real definition and the meaning behind it.
Terrorism is an act that threatens or carries out violence with the intention to disrupt, kill or coerce against a body or nation in order to impose will. This means that a lot of groups use this method to get what they want. The groups use a variety of methods, groups such as:
Terrorism in its simplest form is a practice of violence where the perpetrator strongly believes in his cause and is willing to die for the perpetration of his violence. Terrorism today extends beyond the perpetrator's local country and has become a global phenomenon.
Ever since 9/11 when both World Trade Center buildings were attacked by an Islamic Group, attacks by Islamic Terrorist on U.S. soil have been less of a threat than Domestic Terrorists. Domestic Terrorism has been shown these passed for years but yet again most of these cases have not been classified as acts of Domestic Terrorism they most likely fall into the category. Now the definition of Domestic Terrorism is basically "the committing of terrorist acts in the perpetrator 's own country against their fellow citizens". Now personally I don 't know how our government is working with these popular cases like Charlottesville, Las Vegas, and a new that just happened recently actually two but I 'll just say one, the New York attack that
Can you remember where you were on the fatal day of September 11, 2001? When people think of terrorism, the first thought is usually about that dreadful day. Terrorism is defined as, “Premeditated and unlawful acts in which groups or agents of some principal engage in a threatened or actual use of force against human or property targets” (p. G-23). Terrorists often uses violence or threat to advance their agenda or goal. Terrorism is very widespread because it can occur on a state, religious, and international level. State terrorism is known as terrorism from above, and is committed by governments against enemies of the state (p. 40). Religious terrorism is terrorism committed against anyone who poses a threat to their religion. They often commit violent acts in the name of their religion and belief if they defend their religion, they will receive paradise in the afterlife. International terrorism occurs by terrorists who are not from the country that they are attacking. Terrorism should not be justified because it kills innocent people, poses a threat to international laws, and causes terror.
Terrorism is the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes. Recently on September 11, 2001 a terrorist group calling themselves Al-Qadea, planned a coordinated attack. Thus high jacking four planes which were targeted at what some people call the heart of the United States, (Twin Towers, Pentagon, and another landed in PA). With this said we call these people terrorists.
Terrorism is the act of engaging in destructive acts or causing mayhem by a group of people in order to pursue their agenda. This act of intolerance has been on the rise especially in Muslim countries. Terror groups such as the al-Qaida and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have emerged in different parts of the Asia and Africa. Their agenda is to impose the sharia law in the Muslim community. This is because they feel oppressed by the Western countries which are composing of the Christian majority (Duyvesteyn & Peeters, 2015).
The most prominent part of this problem is how often a person relates Muslims to terrorism. An assumption is made after every attack that the ones involved in it were committing this violence in the name of Islam. In reality, this statement is very incorrect and research has been made to come to the conclusion that actually “94% of Terrorist attacks in the US since 1980 are by non-Muslims”
Terrorism is the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims. Terrorism is done by individuals and/or groups who take drastic measures in order to scare individuals into taking different course of actions. Terrorism has been around for many years, and the wider spread it became, the more people began to really research and study the epidemic. In the discussion of terrorism, individuals generally talked about the harm and destruction it caused, but some individuals argued a different point of view. Scholars have begun to see if terrorism could be justified, and if so, what would be the reason it is justified. Terrorism in certain circumstances can be viewed as justifiable due to the fact of specific elements, that led to the terrorist act.
“Australia’s response to terrorism is the sheer volume of lawmaking. In the years since September 11, Australia’s Federal Parliament, thus excluding the laws of the States and Territories, has enacted 61 anti-terrorism laws” (Williams 132). This shows how countries believe that creating laws will slow down terrorists from attacking their countries. The United Kingdom or Great Britain also believes in making countless laws to protect its citizens from terrorist acts. The vast number of anti-terrorist laws enacted by Australia and the United Kingdom is the main reason I chose to pick these two countries to compare. These laws have created conflict with citizens because it interferes with their basic freedoms. Most laws have indirectly taken freedoms
Terrorism has been a household word for a while now, especially after the 9/11 attacks in the US, the Bali bombings and the Sydney siege. We have become more aware of the situation as there have been many attacks within in the past few years. Terrorism means the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes. At the moment Australia's national terrorism threat is at probable.
What exactly is terrorism? This word has been so incorporated into our daily lives, with the media every day reporting on act of “terrorism” or the other. Terrorism is often labelled as acts of violence that is against the society,
"Terrorism" comes from the French word terrorisme, which in turn derives from the Latin verb terreō meaning "I frighten". Internationally, terrorism has no global criminal law definition. Terrorism in Australia is defined in Section 100.1 of the Criminal Code, as the use of violence/threats to intimidate or coerce the public or government to advance a political, religious or ideological cause. More specific criteria includes death, serious harm or danger to a person; serious damage to property, private or public; a serious risk to the health of safety of the public. Moreover, in a report in 2004 by the United Nations Secretary General, terrorism is described as any act "intended to cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians or non-combatants with the purpose of intimidating a population or compelling a government or an international organisation to do or abstain from doing any act".