HISTORY
HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE EAST
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to end Western influence in the Middle East
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to protect the oil supply
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to reclaim land for Israel in the Middle East
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to restore Saddam Hussein to power in Iraq
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Detailed explanation-1: -"The Quran-Based Authority to Govern.” According to Al Zawahiri, Al Qaeda supports the creation of an Islamic state governed solely by sharia law. Secular government or “man-made” law is considered unacceptable and deemed contrary to Islamic faith.
Detailed explanation-2: -ISIL’s stated goal is to solidify and expand its control of territory once ruled by early Muslim caliphs and to govern through implementation of its strict interpretation of sharia.
Detailed explanation-3: -Central to Al-Qaeda’s media strategy was offering Al-Jazeera its exclusive news scoops. By granting interviews to a single television network, ‘terrorists could hold out the promise of a comprehensive scoop while also guaranteeing coverage and possibly more favora-ble treatment in a story’ (Tuman, 2003: 136).
Detailed explanation-4: -Five factors contributed to the rise of Al Qaeda: First, the inevitability of history-Soviet intervention in Afghanistan in December 1979, US assistance to the anti-Soviet multi-national Afghan campaign, and the resultant growth of Islamism.