The Taliban

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The paper explains that to gain a firm understanding of the Taliban is to be empowered to understand the "global war on terrorism." The paper investigates how and why violent extremists like the Taliban have cultivated a philosophy of radical Islamic fundamentalism based on certain key tenets of the Moslem religion. The paper explores the extent that the concepts of war and killing are spawned by and driven from religious teachings. The paper addresses what the Taliban wants and what are its ultimate goals. The paper examines who the original leaders of the Taliban were, where they received their training and why they were taught to despise the West. The paper includes a definition of key words.

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"Among the various radical Islamic-themed terrorist groups who have called for a jihad ("holy war") - and to some extent are carrying it out - against the West, in particular against the United States and Americans worldwide, the Taliban is probably best known to the average American right after al Qaeda. In fact it was the Taliban group - which had taken control of Afghanistan in the mid-1990s - that gave al Qaeda's infamous leader, Osama bin Laden, the Afghan camp sites and resources he needed to train young militants to attack "infidels" (Americans, the British, Israel) anywhere they could be found."

Sample of Sources Used:

• AbuKhalil, As'ad. Bin Laden, Islam, and America's New "War on Terrorism." New York: Seven Stories Press, 2002.
• Gohari, M. J. The Taliban: Ascent to Power. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1999.
• Hooker, Richard. "Islam: The Caliphate." Washington State University World Religions. Retrieved May 14, 2006, from http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ISLAM/CALIPH.HTM.
• IBNLive.com. (Islamic Broadcast Network). "What or who exactly is Taliban?" Retrieved May 13 from http://www.ibnlive.com.
• Johnson, Chris; & Leslie, Jolyon. Afghanistan: The Mirage of Peace. London: Zed Books, 2004.

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