Friday, March 8, 2013

Obsession - Radical Islam's War Against the West

In our study of the ancient world we have studied some intriguing and relevant civilizations, but it could be argued that none is more necessary for the understanding of their prominence in our world today than the Islamic faith and culture. Today it is recognized as the fastest growing faith, and also one of the most hostile toward western culture. But in order to understand the recent events that have shaken the world such as revolutions in the Middle East, wars, and terrorist attacks like 9/11 you must study the origins of the faith and the doctrine in which it was founded. This video will introduce to you one aspect of the Islamic faith that is extreme and is a threat toward our livelihood. DISCLAIMER: NOT ALL MUSLIMS HATE AMERICA OR THE WESTERN WORLD OR ARE CONSIDERED RADICAL/EXTREME. BUT THERE IS A GROWING SECT THAT IS AND ITS MISSION WILL BE REVEALED IN THIS VIDEO.
It is not necessary to watch this entire video to answer the response.....Answer the following questions make sure your answers show that you have watched the most of the video and that you have considered what or thought about what you have just seen.

What does this video reveal about the growing culture of radical Islam?





Why is it important that we be aware of what's happening in this growing faith?


Do you think the study of the origins of the Islamic faith is necessary to understand what is happening in the world? What are your thoughts.




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19 comments:

  1. The growing culture of radical Islamist is one be be afraid of, if you are Israel or have western culture. It is important that we are aware of the growing faith because their faith is based on hatred to other cultures like America and Israel. I think it is very important to find out the origins of the Islamic faith because I thought the Islam radicals, terrorists, were a group of people out to seek terrorsim. In fact they are a religion that doesn't like the western culture and Israel. They fight because they are deffending their faith. Also they fight for Allah. Thank you for your time, have a nice day. J Hart out.

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    1. I agree with you about how before you thought that they were terroists. They are in fact a religion fighting for their God Allah. This video was very revealing and educational.

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    2. I agree with the fact that you think of the stereotype that muslims are terrorists. I think that a good way to explain is they are fighting for Allah because they take great offense when Allah is disrespected.

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  2. This video shows that the radical culture of Islam is not just a small group of radical activists. This culture is huge and is prejudice not just against Americans but against all other religions that are not theirs. It also shows that this culture is rapidly growing.
    It is important to know what is happening because it is directly affecting us as Americans as well our allies.
    Yes, I do think it is imperative to know the origins of the Islamic faith. Before seeing the video, I thought that this Islamic radical culture was just a few terrorists. However, this faith is taught from birth and has die-hard (literally) followers. This radical religion has thousands of followers and is still growing. We must know the origins of this culture to understand and anticipate the severity of their actions.

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    1. I agree with you that the video showed just how big radical Islam has become. This religion and the leaders behind this religion are causing their followers to believe America and are allies are evil. They have justified war based on these beliefs. I also did not fully understand the Islamic radical culture. We need to understand the religion if we wish to understand the actions the followers of this religion commit. Thank you for your time, I hope my reply has been helpful.

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    2. I completely agree with you. The video showed how the radicals are making their way into the education of young people are teaching them to believe the way they do. This small percentage is growing rapidly and it is important for us to understand the Islam religion to understand why the radicals do what they do.

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  3. My previous idea of what radical Islam is was not what it should have been. This video was very insightful as to what exactly this radical faith entailed. This video opened my eyes to and gave me a look into how this faith has grown. First off, it showed me that this faith is growing. While not everyone is as extreme, the main ideas are growing. One of these main ideas is that Western Civilization is the devil in physical form. The leader of this movement have been pushing ideas such as these for years. Some are even seen on television preaching such ideas. Other propaganda have been spread showing America and other countries as being evil. America is not the only country being affected. This has become a worldwide problem. It is very important to understand why these ideas have spread. Why can't stop the problem if we don't understand the source of the problem. Why have to understand why these people are doing what they do, and why they believe what they believe. For us to understand what is going on in the world, we have to understand the thought processes behind peoples actions. The driving force behind terrorist actions is a religion that has been corrupted by leaders with agendas.

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    1. i agree with both of you seniors

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  4. I believe it is very important for us to study and understand the religion of Islam. Islam is one of the largest religions in the world, with millions of followers. A large part of the Islamic community are taught from a young age a hate for the west and specifically America. This teaching has led to the development of a group known as radical Islams. This small minority of followers of Islam perform acts of terror in honor of Allah. They believe it is Allah's will for them to kill those who denounce the faith or don't believe how they do. This group has performed acts of terrorism almost everywhere all over the world. To understand the radicals, we must first understand the religion.

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    1. this is a great comment, u sum it up. I do agree with what you say. We do have to know the Islam religion to know why they do what they do. Thank you for your time, J Hart out.

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    2. I completely agree with this. It had great out put and some very accurate facts.

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    3. i agree with the fact that we do need to first understand the religion before we get to the radical. all in all good comment JHAM out

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  5. I think that the video shows that the Islamic religion is very attractive to a lot of people. For this reason the religion is growing rapidly. Before this video I used to think that all muslisms were violent terrorist killing machines but not all of them are. They are very protective over Allah and what they believe. It’s very important that we know this because if we provoke the Muslisms with saying something disrespectful towards Allah or whatever else they believe in, we could get in huge conflict with them. The faith is made up of almost 1 billion followers so it’s not something to ignore. With this religion comes the believers that are relaxed and chill while others are violent and very serious about what happens. It’s very important to realize this so that no problems are caused between different parts of the world.

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    1. I agree with you about the video clarifying that not all Islamic people are radical like the ones in this video are. It is my fear that if we don't respect those who aren't radical, someday they could become radically hateful against us because we stereotyped them and didn't respect their culture or their right to the freedom of religion that they can practice in this country.

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  6. This video shoes that radical islam is not just prejudice against all other religions that arent theirs and that it is a big growing religion. Its important because its effecting our country and our americans in a negative way. The study of islamic faith is very necessary in our world today because of the things that happens.

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  7. This video on radial Islam opened my eyes to the real Islam. I shows how Islam is one of the fastest growing religions in the world. We seem to come up with the same stereotype about the Islamic people. We make them out to all be terrorists. They really aren't though. We also see them as only having hatred towards us (America). They seem to have this hatred towards every religion, culture, and person that is not like they are. Today I learned in class that they are a strict people when it comes to their religion, like where you can not have a picture of their head teacher Muhammad. It is extremely important to learn about this growing faith because that way we can not only know what is going on around us, but so we don't seem to offend anyone. There was a man who made a video about how Muhammad was such a bad person, and then the people in Islam got upset and started a riot. I think that it is very important to understand what is going on with their culture. We have to understand them to be allies, make peace, stop attacks, and many more reasons. This is what I think. Skadoosh!

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  8. For a race to grow as rapidly as this one did people have to be interested din it. It probably had a lot of good qualities to it. They take care of allah and the people in it. We should respect them because even if we don’t see eye to eye doesn’t mean we have to down talk them we weren’t raised the ssame way as them. Talking bad about them could cause some trouble with them and we should just all be friends it could help……….

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  9. It was very eye opening for me to watch and understand some of the proof of just how far radical Islams would go. Their hatred is realy and their children are raised into hatred. Unless this problem is stopped, it will continue on and on. I did really appreciate that the video recognized that not all Islamic people are like this. Many Islamic people are ashamed of the way others use the name of Allah. I belive it is very important to understand Islamic culture both extreme and nonextreme. Understanding the extreme culture means that our country will be prepared to handle what they need to in order to keep us safe. Understanding the nonradical Islamics will allow us to continue to respect their religion as that is their right in our country. I think understanding their faith is necessary to understanding what they are doing, however, I do not believe it is necessary in order to see that they are wrong or to stop them. This faith is growing in a frighteninly rapid patttern. If don't take action, I believe history will "rhyme" itself with the holocaust, and many will suffer again because the West was too naive to step in and put a stop to things.

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  10. The video showed how big radical Islam has become and how they are not just prejudice against the Americans but that they don't like many other religions as well. It also shows the rapid growth in this culture over the years. Also it shows how they portray the Western civilizations to be evil.
    It is important to be aware of what is happening in this growing faith because it directly affects us as well as other civilizations.
    I think it is very necessary to understand the origins of the Islamic faith. Before this video I was unaware of how young they started teaching this faith to children. Also they have follower who would die for this religion. We need to know and understand the seriousness of this culture and how fast it is growing.

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