PSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Palestinian National Authority, Nerve Agent, Abortion Clinic
28 Oct 2016
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Why would anyone want to do such a thing in the name of god: religion seems to be connected with violence everywhere. Suicide attacks in israel and the palestinian authority. World trade center attack and many other recent acts of religious terrorism: seem to have no obvious military goal. Perverse performance of power meant to ennoble the perpetrator"s views of the world and to draw u into their notions of cosmic war. Religious terrorism is difficult to combat: enemies have become sanitized, they are difficult to negotiate or compromise with, religious struggles can take generations to succeed. Waged in divine time and with heaven"s reward. Terrorism: gives individuals the illusion of empowerment, gives religious organizations and ideas a public attention and importance they have not enjoyed for many years. Empowering religion: the radical religious movements that have emerged from cultures of violence around the world have three elements in common.
