“The terrorists are primarily concerned with the
reaction of the people and those who follow their
activities. They look for support and allegiance and
people who sympathize with them rather than their
terrorist acts in different parts of the world,” column-
ist Abdulaziz Khuraibet wrote for Al-Shahed daily.
“Here the main issue for the terrorists is how to pro- mote their deeds and win the attention of the media and various segments of the society including senior offi- cials in the government and the decision-makers.
“In order to achieve this goal, the terrorists care- fully select the places of attacks keeping in mind the best media coverage. This is what we saw on Sept 11, 2001, the attack that received extensive media cover- age immediately.
“The media was not only able to portray this ter- rorist action but also enabled people who were in the New York City, residents and tourists alike, to docu- ment it with pictures and videos and personal narra- tions. This event is still influential and its implica- tions are not only on the terrorists, but on the region.
“Indeed, the objectives of the terrorists are not lim- ited to gaining the attention of the masses as much as they aim at proliferation and expansion, and this is the slogan of these criminals. Moreover, they want to publicize their political issues and inform those sympathizing with them as well as the enemies the motives behind these acts of terrorism, this is done through the media and social networking sites.
“Through these sites, the terrorists justify resorting to the ‘Management of Savagery’ and holy violence under the cover of the word of Tawheed (Oneness of God), faith and defense of Islam and Muslims.
“The terrorists resort to justifying their despic- able acts that degrade human dignity and humanity through texts, misinterpretations and in the social media as a tool to reduce the disparity of persuasion and justification between the entity that they fight against, in actual war and ideology on the ground.
“They also create an atmosphere of fear and sus- picion and legalize their atrocious acts. Because of these motivations, the terrorists can carry out their at- tacks legitimately and strategically fully aware of the media impact on almost every segment of society and government officials at almost all levels.
“It is not an exaggeration if I say half of the terror- ist acts are actually committed by the social network- ing website and other media means. Therefore, we find political movements monitoring some accounts of the social networking websites because of their impact not only on the present but also on the future generations.
“We pray to Allah to have mercy on martyr and thinker Faraj Fouda of Egypt who had said terrorism can be confronted through Education, Economy and National Unity.”
“Here the main issue for the terrorists is how to pro- mote their deeds and win the attention of the media and various segments of the society including senior offi- cials in the government and the decision-makers.
“In order to achieve this goal, the terrorists care- fully select the places of attacks keeping in mind the best media coverage. This is what we saw on Sept 11, 2001, the attack that received extensive media cover- age immediately.
“The media was not only able to portray this ter- rorist action but also enabled people who were in the New York City, residents and tourists alike, to docu- ment it with pictures and videos and personal narra- tions. This event is still influential and its implica- tions are not only on the terrorists, but on the region.
“Indeed, the objectives of the terrorists are not lim- ited to gaining the attention of the masses as much as they aim at proliferation and expansion, and this is the slogan of these criminals. Moreover, they want to publicize their political issues and inform those sympathizing with them as well as the enemies the motives behind these acts of terrorism, this is done through the media and social networking sites.
“Through these sites, the terrorists justify resorting to the ‘Management of Savagery’ and holy violence under the cover of the word of Tawheed (Oneness of God), faith and defense of Islam and Muslims.
“The terrorists resort to justifying their despic- able acts that degrade human dignity and humanity through texts, misinterpretations and in the social media as a tool to reduce the disparity of persuasion and justification between the entity that they fight against, in actual war and ideology on the ground.
“They also create an atmosphere of fear and sus- picion and legalize their atrocious acts. Because of these motivations, the terrorists can carry out their at- tacks legitimately and strategically fully aware of the media impact on almost every segment of society and government officials at almost all levels.
“It is not an exaggeration if I say half of the terror- ist acts are actually committed by the social network- ing website and other media means. Therefore, we find political movements monitoring some accounts of the social networking websites because of their impact not only on the present but also on the future generations.
“We pray to Allah to have mercy on martyr and thinker Faraj Fouda of Egypt who had said terrorism can be confronted through Education, Economy and National Unity.”
