1. Terrorism Today

2. WHAT IS TERRORISM???? Threat or use of violence For a Political Purpose Targets Civilians Manipulate with fear

3. Strategies Asymmetrical Create impression of being unsafe, impotence of government Media Events

4. September 11, 2001

5. A Global Jihad Spain, March 11, 04 London July 7, 2005 Bali Night Club Oct. 2000 London Knifing May, 2013

6. Life in the New Iran Iran becomes Islamic theocratic “democratic” dictatorship  Religious Police roam Iran and Revolutionary courts execute dissenters. State Funding of Terror Killing of 244 Marines by Hezbollah in Lebanon, IED’s in Iraq, proxy wars with Israel

7. Modernization or terror: Egypt After Sadat killed by Muslim Brotherhood, military coup puts Mubarak in power. Tough on Islamist threat to build Sunni Caliphate 2012 – Uprising brings Muslim Brotherhood to power. Coup unseats them in 2013

8. Add in Women’s Rights Issues Depends on the interpretation of Shari’ah in each state Issues in Some Places: Wearing of Headscarf Access to education, healthcare, politics Forced Circumcision Honor Killings & Acid Attacks Are Women’s Rights Western Rights? Are Women’s Rights Western Rights?

9. Women in Islam

10. Revival of the Hijab In the Middle East, a sign of resistance against Western Imperialism & Pride in Muslim faith & culture

11. Different Types The Hijab Scarf over head The Niqab Full face Veil

12. The Burqa

13. Quran’s View of the Veil Doesn’t mandate women to cover their heads Tells women to follow God’s commandment & follow the “correct standard of modesty”.

14. Islamic Society Governed by Shari-ah Law Regulates all aspects of life Food, Gambling, Sex, family business and government INTERPRETED BY SCHOLARS!!!

15. Political Issues in the Arab Nations

16. How should the region proceed? Two roads diverge in the sand ON THE ONE HAND… Political Islam / Islamism Shari’ah Law based in the Quran Islamic democratic Theocracies Reject the West RESIST THE WEST THAT HAS OPPRESSED THE PEOPLE

17. On the Other Hand: secular Islamic democracies THANKS TO ATATURK in Turkey  Separates Church and State  Women’s Rights (1934- Women Vote)  Freedom of Religion  New Dress codes (Fez and Veil outlawed)  Roman Alphabet

18. The US War on Terror

19. The US Invades Afghanistan Strategic blunder of Al Qaeda??? Taliban forced into mountains and Bin Laden went into hiding

20. Back in Iraq - Gulf War II Post 9/11, Bush vows to stop rogue nations and terrorism West thought Hussein developing a bio/chem/nuclear program, told to allow inspectors.

21. The War & Democracy? March, 2003, US & allies invade Iraq. 28 days long Jan, 2005 – first fully elected govn ’ t 2006-get constitution April 23, 2006- Nouri al- Maliki elected PM

22. Insurgency Immediately after fall of Saddam US not greeted by flowers NO WMD ’ s FOUND!!! Ex-Ba ’ athists & “ Al- Qaeda in Iraq ” under Abu Musab al- Zarqawi

23. The Dictator Gone… what now? Hanged 29 December 2006 Over 4,000 dead US soldiers as of June. ’ 08 Intense Shiite-Sunni Violence with torture and ethnic cleansing

24. The Future Can the Sunni triangle join in the democracy? Can the three Iraqs (Sunnis, Shiites & Kurds) unite into one people Can we stop theocracy and Civil War? SHIITE KURD SUNNI

25. A New Battlefield Fleeing Afghanistan, Taliban moved into NW Pakistan. Pakistan let Taliban administer tribal regions with Shariah Now at war as Taliban extended PAKISTAN HAS NUCLEAR WEAPONS! TEENAGE DRUGGED UP SUICIDE BOMBERS

26. A New Approach Pres. Obama ’ s changes Vow to leave Iraq by 2010 (Let Iraqis deal with Iraqi problems) Vow to close Guantanamo Prison (makes Muslims angry) Won ’ t say “ Islamic Terror ”, but “ radicals ” Dialogue, not military

27. The Death of Bin Laden

28. Arab Spring Started in 2010 when a 26-year-old man, Mohamed Bouazizi, set himself on fire after he was humiliated by the police Protests, sparked by this, started all over Tunisia which then spread to all of the Middle East very quickly And with the help of Facebook and cellphones Egypt becomes the face of the Spring because they forced President Honsi Mubarak to step down and broadcast much of the revolution on Facebook A free election was held in November 2011 but protests still continue in Tahrir Square While many countries have overthrown their gov’ts there is still much fighting going on in the region