Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières

Terrorism: Theirs and Ours

AHMAD Eqbal — 2012-01-10T12:36:26Z

By 1942, the Holocaust was occurring, and a certain liberal sympathy with the Jewish people had built up in the Western world. At that point, the terrorists of Palestine, who were Zionists, suddenly started to be described, by 1944-45, as 'freedom fighters.' At least two Israeli Prime Ministers, including Menachem Begin, have actually, you can find in the books and posters with their pictures, saying 'Terrorists, Reward This Much.' The highest reward I have noted so (...) - Wars, conflicts, violences / Terrorism (Eng)

Why I hate Al-Qaeda

BENNOUNE Karima — 2011-09-11T06:01:51Z

To start, there are 2,975 reasons from 90 countries. An unforgettable patchwork quilt of humanity that was disappeared on a Tuesday morning ten years ago. (credit for photo above depicting many victims of 9/11) But that is only the beginning. I hate Al Qaeda for all the human beings they have killed – the Africans, Americans, Arabs, Asians, Europeans, agnostics, atheists, Christians, Jews, Hindus, Muslims. I hate Al Qaeda because they have murdered thousands of Muslims even while (...) - Wars, conflicts, violences / Terrorism (Eng), Fundamentalism, 2001, Al-Qaida, September 11, 2001

Oslo tragedy: The terrorist and the madman

MENON Nandagopal R — 2011-07-30T05:24:44Z

Scepticism is warranted only when patterns are broken. Normally, prejudice alone will suffice. So if there is a bomb blast in a Western capital, it can only be an Islamist “terror plot”. The motivations could be chosen from a short list of grievances of a peculiarly “Islamic” nature - anger against illegal occupation of “Muslim lands” being the most favourite among them. In the immediate aftermath of the July 22 terrorist attacks in the government (...) - Wars, conflicts, violences / Terrorism (Eng), Muslims, Extreme Right, Norway, Islamophobia, BREIVIK Anders Behring