Terrorism is considered to be a phenomenon that can easily affect lots of people and describe the true essence of terrorism that is inherent to our modern world. The 21st century is the time, when terrorism comes of its age: numerous bombs, which take lives of innocent people, and hijacks, which may also cause lots of deaths. (Davies, 2003) The vast majority of observers like politicians or journalists prefer to think that Arab Islamic culture is actually responsible for creating terrorists’ groups.
Of course, it turns out to be rather easy to find out some reason and admit that someone is guilty, and someone is not guilty. However, to clear up what or who may cause terroristic attacks, it is better to analyze everything more thoroughly and weigh all pros and cons. I cannot agree to the idea that Arab Islamic culture and terrorists are really connected to each other; it is falsely to think that any representative of Arab Islamic culture has to be a terrorist and may be punished because of some cultural issues.
Without any doubts, terrorism is all about influence, power, and desire to prove something. After the September 11 attacks, lots of people start thinking that only the representatives of Islamic culture, who suffer from American influence and its unbelievable power, could take such terrible steps in order to revenge, protest, and demonstrate their abilities to rebellion.
However, what about all those countries, which suffer not from Islamic terrorism but some other type of terrorism? For example, in 2006, more than 200 attacks took place in the EU because of separatists. (TE-SAT, 2007) Do all those separatists have Islamic origins? Hardly! People should not be Moslems in order to be able to accomplish some terroristic attacks.
It may happen that some people are not satisfied with political regime they live in or just cannot comprehend why this or that country has some influence on their lives. Such cases are so inherent for our modern world; however, if all people try to solve their problems by means of violence, the results may be rather disappointing.
To my mind, it is mistakenly to think that culture is something that may influence terrorism and create more terroristic groups. It does not matter what cultural aspects a person prefers, he/she has all chances to join some terroristic campaign.
In general, such a use of force, power, and violence that we call terrorism is aimed to intimidate or even coerce the government or some individuals to take some actions or chance decisions. The United States of America is one of the counties, which suffer considerably from terrorism. Lots of innocent deaths are caused by bombings, hijackings, or just shootings. I truly believe that terroristic acts and Arab Islamic culture should be inherently connected to each other.
Of course, the events of 2001, when the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York were destroyed, demonstrated that Moslems could easily forget about conscience, compassion, and care about children and other innocent people. They had a purpose and wanted to achieve it by any means. Their protest was very significant in the history, but it should not provoke people of other nations believe that only Moslems could be terrorists. It can be anyone, who wants to prove something or just wants to be heard.
Works Cited
Davies, Barry. Terrorism: Inside a World Phenomenon. Virgin Books, 2003.
Europol. TE-SAT 2007: EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2007. Web.