9/11 was a very tragic date in U.S. history for both the United States and many Islamic countries. On September 11th of 2001, Islamic extremist group Al Qaeda led by Osama Bin laden attacked The United States by crashing two planes into the World Trade Center in New York City killing around three thousand people. This incident shocked the U.S. unexpectedly and in turn forced the U.S. to make hurried policy initiatives in order to make the U.S. feel like a safe country again. The George W. Bush administration was put in a very stressful situation trying to figure out ways to protect their country.
One policy initiative in particular was trying to make countries around the world help the United States of America in a time of need. This initiative …show more content…
Salat, the second pillar is focuses on prayer, people that believe in this religion must pray five times everyday and attend a mosque on Friday . The third pillar Zakat focuses on giving to people who are less fortunate that also believe in the same religion . Saum the fourth pillar is focused on fasting from dusk to dawn during a holy month known as Ramadan . The fifth pillar Hajj focuses on making the journey to a place called Mecca where a Muslim must visit the holy sites at least once in their lifetime and more importantly visiting Kaaba and walking around it seven times . These five pillars have nothing to do with violence they mainly focus on being a better person than they are. Extremist groups such as the Taliban and Jamiat-e Ulema Islam are just a small percentage of Islamic people. The media tends to focus on these Islamic extremists because of how violent and controversial their actions are. They forget to focus on the peaceful side of their country. The part that many countries around the world can relate to. Believing in a religion that has no intention of harming anyone. This policy initiative might cause the unintended consequences of putting the thought in other countries heads that Islamic states and countries are dangerous and
One policy initiative in particular was trying to make countries around the world help the United States of America in a time of need. This initiative …show more content…
Salat, the second pillar is focuses on prayer, people that believe in this religion must pray five times everyday and attend a mosque on Friday . The third pillar Zakat focuses on giving to people who are less fortunate that also believe in the same religion . Saum the fourth pillar is focused on fasting from dusk to dawn during a holy month known as Ramadan . The fifth pillar Hajj focuses on making the journey to a place called Mecca where a Muslim must visit the holy sites at least once in their lifetime and more importantly visiting Kaaba and walking around it seven times . These five pillars have nothing to do with violence they mainly focus on being a better person than they are. Extremist groups such as the Taliban and Jamiat-e Ulema Islam are just a small percentage of Islamic people. The media tends to focus on these Islamic extremists because of how violent and controversial their actions are. They forget to focus on the peaceful side of their country. The part that many countries around the world can relate to. Believing in a religion that has no intention of harming anyone. This policy initiative might cause the unintended consequences of putting the thought in other countries heads that Islamic states and countries are dangerous and