CC209 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sayyid Qutb, Osama Bin Laden, Hassan Al-Banna
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Terrorism final exam preperation: explain why there is confusion when trying to define terrorism. It is important to note that terrorism is a social process, this means that it is influenced by individual psychological interpretations of group members. Terrorism is defined by different people within shifting social and political realities: social construct the way people view reality. In france, power was transferred between classes: the term terrorism appeared during this period. One man"s terrorist is another man"s freedom fighter this quote demonstrates that there isn"t a clear definition of who is classified as a terrorist. The brotherhood seeks to create a single muslim nation through education and religious reform. Islamic states are created they should confront the world. Brotherhood, often considered the forerunner to contemporary islamist terrorist groups, was founded in egypt in the late 1920s, when egypt was under british occupation. The group saw islamic rule as necessary to counter western influence.
