Terrorism and Jihadism

It consists of two questions. Please answer them separately in two pages per each question. You don’t need a cover page. A simple header with your name, the course number and a date will suffice.

1. In his analysis on jihadism, Walid Phares cites the Lord of the Rings fantasy novel. Explain what he considers as the ‘New Jihad’, and why he chose the Tolkien classic to argue his view.

2.  Choose a terrorist group from the course readings, including Lesson’s Notes and sources in the Announcements and describe it. State the reason why you decided to pick this group.

Because the Midterm is an assessment of course objectives, you may only use the required readings and all in Lessons. No additional sources are permitted. There will be point reductions if this requirement is not met. The required length is 4 double-spaced pages in 12 pt. font, not including the References. Make sure to use the Turabian Reference Style with in-text citations and include a Reference List at the end of your essay.

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