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GS101 Chapter Notes -Anathema, Islamofascism, Jihadism

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plumbeaver231
17 Oct 2012
School
WLU
Department
Global Studies
Course
GS101
Professor
Ali Zaidi

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America, i was lead to believe from a very young age, was different. The habits, standards, tastes, and customs that together constituted the elusive american ethos were, when disentangled from america"s national narrative. As 9/11 occurred a muslim girl in america was viewed differently even though she was always. American got strange looks and was searched at airports. I felt doubly aggrieved because both my country and my faith the two pillars of my identity had been assaulted. Islamofascism an easily recognizable enemy is created, one that exists not so much as a force to be defeated as an idea to be opposed, one who chief attribute appears to be that they are not us. If you do not know who the enemy is, you cannot win the war. It is arguable whether al qaeda can be called an organization it is not a group, nor do we want it to be.

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