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Definition of Terrorism - Islam or Democratic Nations
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DEFINITION OF TERRORISM
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Definition of 'Terrorism'
Critical
issue - to gain Full International Acceptance of ONE definition
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The
News media of the world suggest that there is no clear definition of 'Terrorism'
- Factbook disagrees with this statement - INSTEAD suggests that there
has been:-
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no international agreement of a single definition of 'Terrorism', signed
off by all nations in the civilised world."
There
is a need for every individual on the planet to know, understand what
constitutes terrorism.
Given that
the world is entering a 'sea change' - in terms of pre-defined and a clear
set of international actions in the fight against international terrorism,
there is a need for all nations of the world to sign off on the same definition.
The sanctions
against organisation, government, company or individual should also be
clarified so that those who are found associated with terrorist activities
have 'no defence' against globally imposed penalties.
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UK Government - Definition of Terrorism
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Outside
the condition of a 'declared war'
the
use of action or threat of action, for the purpose of advancing a political,
religious or ideological cause, which: -
a) involves serious violence against any person or property,
b)
endangers the life of any person, or
c)
creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or a section
of the public.
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CONSIDER THE CHASM BETWEEN THE PEOPLES OF ISLAM |
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Islam
(Resolution 20/5-P (1.5) of the Fifth Islamic Summit)
attempts to legitimize & differentiate as separate from terrorism:-
'the struggle of peoples for their acknowledged national causes and
the liberation of their territories. '
Summary
Extract of Islamic Definition of Terrorism
(view
entire page)
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We
shall confirm that the definition of Terrorism does not apply
to the following:
a.
acts of national resistance exercised against occupying forces,
colonizers and usurpers;
b.
resistance of peoples against cliques imposed on them by the force
of arms;
c.
rejection of dictatorships and other forms of despotism and efforts
to undermine their institutions;
d.
resistance against racial discrimination and attacks on the latter's
strongholds;
e.
retaliation against any aggression if there is no other alternative.
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The
above definition of Terrorism, however, does apply to the following:
a.
acts of piracy on land, air and sea;
b.
all colonialist operations including wars and military expeditions;
c.
all dictatorial acts against peoples and all forms of protection
of dictatorships, not to mention their imposition on nations;
d.
all military methods contrary to human practice, such as the use
of chemical weapons, the shelling of civilian populated areas,
the blowing up of homes, the displacement of civilians, etc.;
e.
all types of pollution of geographical, cultural and informational
environment. Indeed, intellectual terrorism may be one of the
most dangerous types of terrorism;
f.
all moves that undermine adversely affect the condition of international
or national economy, adversely affect the condition of the poor
and the deprived, deepen up nations with the shackles of socioeconomic
gaps, and chain up nations with the shackles of exorbitant debts;
g.
all conspiratorial acts aimed at crushing the determination of
nations for liberation and independence, and imposing disgraceful
pacts on them.
The
list of examples that fit in with the suggested definition is almost
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Islamic
nations must make their position clear about whether they support:-
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international
law or
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international
terrorism
http://www.al-islam.org/al-tawhid/definition-terrorism.htm
Factbook
believes that such struggles as defined above should only be
acceptable between nations in a declared state of war, where the clauses
of the Geneva convention should become the measure of 'unacceptable'
actions.
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