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North Africa
Mauritania to Egypt
âAfrican Transition Zoneâ
Pilgrimage to Mecca once in your lifetime (if possible)
Expressing devotion to the faith and the values of Islam
Non religious
Government is not based on religion
Religious influence
Government - theocracy
NASWA governments and private businesses have invested heavily in quantities of oil generated wealth, buying financial securities, as well as prestigious hotels and upscale properties creating international links which allows NASWA countries to promote islamic growth in foreign countries.
Foreign involvement on Islamic soil is often unwelcome by the people of the nations to the point that in Saudi Arabia, public opinion forced the regime to negotiate the departure of American troops in 2003.
Oil and gas revenue is often utilized by Islamic regimes to support muslim communities and mosques along with other cultural centers throughout the world with Saudi Arabia being the nation to spend the most money on it.
Translates to uprising
Used by Palestine
It is a shift in strategy from warfare to guerilla and urban warfare
There is terrorism and Israel responds by firing missiles
had the potential to become a Palestinian territory until the heavy stream of jewish immigrants that moved into the area deliberately to keep it as part of Israel. (similar to russification)
Israel built the security fence in most of West Bank in order to end suicide terrorist infiltrations, however this divdied many homes since it went through several Palestinian fields. The Palestinian people demanded the wall be taken down however Israel only responded by having the Palestinian Authorities control the terrorists.
Dictator of Iraq
1979-2003
Within the first couple months of power creates his cabinet and brings them to an open hall where armed police line the rows and makes the people âplotting his assassinationâ stand and has them arrested and the rest of his cabinet were given handguns and made to execute the people who were called.
Created fear
Caused the rest of the politicians to be complicit in the crime
Saddam is in debt at the end of the war to;
His soldiers
Neighboring Kuwait
U.S. supported Iraq in this war
Towards the end of the war Saddam used chemical weapons against the kurds up north
Halabja - killed 30,000 people in north Iraq
In the future the U.S. gives Saddam Hussein back to the Kurds who execute him
U.S. fights against Iraq to free and liberate Kuwait
Saddam lines the Persian Gulf with sea mines and gets the Navy through without hitting any of the sea mines
They trained dolphins
The U.S. air force bombs escaping Iraqis
The U.S. did not pursue the Iraqi military into Iraq and did not overthrow Saddam Hussein
The U.S. does not leave Saudi Arabia and keeps military bases against the govt. and peoples will
The person the Iranian people wanted in power
Lived in France due to being exiled by the Shah
In 1979 he goes back to the country and the Shah ends up leaving the country leaving Khomeini in power
Requested the extradition of the Shah from the U.S. which was refused
Emboldens uni. students in Iran to storm the U.S. embassy and take the U.S. embassies hostage and would parade them around
The hostages were not tortured or harmed
Held for 444 days in Iran
Enabled by future president Ahmadinejad
Iran and Iraq go to war and the U.S. supports Iraq to get their hostages back
1989 - present
Causes and Results of 1979 revolution
1941-1979
Ally of the U.S.
Causes revolution from the people in order to be rid of western influence and wanted an islamic country
Doesnât necessarily mean a countryâs government is a theocracy or overly religious
The term has been used for both theocratic governments and for governments that position between a purely Islamic state and a secular republic
Iranâs official name - Islamic Republic of Iran
Revolution was caused by the rigged election when Ahmadinejadâs victory speech was aired in the middle of the election day
The revolution was unsuccessful in getting rid of the Ayatollah
The govt. hired people to shoot at the crowds responding in force
The govt. does agree to hold a new election
It sets the stage for the Arab Spring Rebellion in 2011 across the Maghreb in the middle east
The Ayatollah says the protests are the youth giving up islam and are protesting god. The youth makes green; the color of islam, the official color of the revolution
Tunisia
Egypt
Algeria
Bahrain
Libya
Yemen
Syria
High unemployment
Food inflation
Corruption
after kicking out dictators the people have no plan for who is to lead after the dictator
Leaving them vulnerable for another dictatorship
Ruling party in Afghanistan from 1996-2001
2021-present
Renamed the country to the âIslamic Emirate of Afghanistanâ
Initially only recognized by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and U.A.E.
Marginalized women;
No high heels, make up, or bright clothing
Women must not speak loudly in public
Women may not appear in newspapers, books, tv, radio,
Not allowed education after 8-10 years of age
Only allowed to study the Qurâan
Were forbidden to appear on the balconies of their apartments or houses
Carried out brutal punishments;
Often carried out in public
Fingers were cut off for nail polish
Lashes or beatings for showing ankles
Imprisonment, torture, execution for educating women and the beating of all children
Stoning for adultery
Years of imprisonment and torture and then execution for murder
Islamist militia that emerged from madrassas in Pakistan
Means âstudentsâ or âseekers of religionâ
Provided refuge and refused to extradite Bin-Laden
Terrorist organization that expanded into a global network under Osama Bin-Laden
Mid-1990s-2011
Sought to coordinate efforts of loosely allied muslim revolutions in order to unleash a jihad or âholy warâ against Islams âenemiesâ in the west
Afghanistan became itâs headquarters
Exploits were funded by several islamic sources and ranged from terrorist training in local camps to deadly attacks on American targets ie. 9/11
Modern day form of slavery
Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh immigrants are recruited into the kafala system to work in the middle east
Representatives from private companies go and set up recruiting agencies and offer jobs to people with the promise of them making more money in the middle east than in their home country
A system that states that the employer will loan and pay for the employee and provide the worker with a job and part of their income will go back to the employer
Once employees get to the country they lose their passports and get a list of bills they need to pay
Fees come out equal to the money that they are earning
Not able to send money back to their families and are not making enough money
Canât go home because they donât have their passport
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