Effects of globalization on Islam’s economic, social and political identity: What is the relationship between Islam globalization and terrorism? And What are the positive and negative impacts of Islam globalization?
Introduction.
Globalization is an independent system that has its laws and policies when it comes to handling the international situation. Popularly recognized as an international regime, it affects politics, geopolitics, economy, social and religious activities, and communication between various parties globally (Coker 4). The paper focuses on Islam because of its tremendous increase in migration patterns and population in the Western nations. Islam has an interesting cultural practice where all the norms are heterogeneous and dictated by their Holy book the ‘Quran.’ Besides their beliefs, the group is feared by almost all nations since September 11th bomb attack in the United States of America. The event marked the misjudgment of the Islam migration turning globalization to be a negative force towards the integration of global economy (Falk 42). The primary focus of the paper is to create an understanding of Islam globalization and terrorism in two sections.
Relationship Between Islam Globalization and Terrorism.
There has survived a long lasting sensational curiosity in the interconnection between Islam globalization and terrorism, resulting from the blow of the September 11th terrorist barrage in the United States. Still, it would be uncertain to comprehend the deeds of the attackers to the interconnection of globalization to sanctification considering that this may lead to misinformation about Islam. To begin with, more than 1 billion Muslims all over the world have been linked to cell phones, cyberspace, and spacecraft, and this has substantiated their unity by providing them the logic to be part of one society (Khan and Estrada 6). Despite the contrary, it has also facilitated the spotted results of Islam as a system of belief exercised all over the globe.
Islam Culture
There has been an increase in terrorist attacks in the 20th and 21st century. These attacks are usually Islam related, hence creating the stigma on the religious group. Moreover, both domestic and international attacks have brought about the formation of specialized units to focus on controlling and maintaining the safety of these nations (Stibli 6). Globalization platform of communication has elevated the invention and implementation of very sophisticated devices like cell phones, the internet, and social media (Khan and Estrada 6). Even with government capability to intercept the communication among the Muslims, they still don’t have the strengths and ability to destroy the Islam movements.
Islam Nation and Statistics
There are several Islam nations worldwide, the most influential of all the nations are found in the Middle East and Africa. These countries have grown their network globally and are held responsible for domestic and international attacks. The United States of America is a nation that has expanded its resources on fighting Islam terrorism, and by doing so, there have been cases where the U.S.A army are stationed in the middle east countries. Also, they have shadow operatives to help in gathering information about these groups. The network is vast and centralized hence very hard to destroy. The illustrations will also contribute to indicating the pattern of Islamic terrorism act compared to other religions, and how globalization contributes to terrorism (Praja 35).
Conclusion
The conclusion majorly focuses on the main point about the strengths and weakness of globalization towards terrorism. Also, it creates a personal statement on the relationship between Islam globalization and terrorism. Finally, there is the chance to point out the necessary steps needed to reduce globalization, hence protect citizens from domestic and international terrorism.
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