A Motivational Analysis of the Al-Sahab Media Company.

Introduction.

Consider how much of a spectrum of media outlets there are across the globe portraying something of the overall national persona, cultural identity, and politics of flagship territories reporting news of conflicts or regional developments linked to government projects.

It is at this point that needful realisations are required to be made, and questions to be asked about the nature of how countries cope with and manage the type and extent of informational flow they are asked to become acquainted with throughout their adminstrative management of government departments. 

Raising the issue of State Sponsored Terrorism, with affiliations to United Emirate countries and to Iran, affectively renders the political position of any Al-Sahab press release or broadcast as of very little value to Anti-Terrorist senior Authorities who scrutinize the signature productions of Hostage Appeals and Executions, all of which have been posted on to the web in recent years.

Mujahideen and other exponent members to smaller terrorist groups are commonly known to be transient, organised into  guerrilla movements.

Other radicalised individuals are drafted into aggregated Jihadist cells, with the necessary operational logistics being partly co-ordinated by adherring sympathisers  loyal to Arabian Orthodox definitions of Islamic scripture and sentiment.

The volunteers of the 7/07 suicide bombing were Home-grown British Muslims resident in Leeds, (North Yorkshire, UK).

Their recruitment towards the end goal of suicide bombing, and also in targetting the London Transport System; faciliated I believe a global body-politik in coming to understand not only how terrorist violence. 

This caused in turn many people in the Western Hemisphere to reflect back upon how the consequences of foreign involvement in  different geopolitical conflicts can and does reverberate after any terrorist plan is executed, but that politically, dual-nationality Muslims have helped the international community to realise that believers in Islam retain an interest in the current affairs of their home countries.

The widespread resonance of this within pockets of settled communities should not be taken for granted.  

As for the physical effect of direct atrocities, the impact of a locational disruption together with the rebounding statement left as a mark of the perpetrators  is deliberately designed to cause immediate psychological destress to people who undergo these type of experiences. 

In the aftermath of attacks, the living of life under normal circumstances for many targetted countries can present a host of challenges. The manifestation of political dissent shown through the power of civil demonstration is but one example, an uncomfortable dose of medicine for politicians to swallow, but something which universally true.

 

Cyber-Jihad and Extremism.

Another such angle pushes the public towards wanting to know how the utilisation of resources from Media Orgainisations, like Al Jazeera Television or Al-Sahab (the main broadcasting arm of Al Qeada) help in filtering propaganda down to local people persuading them to carry out terrorist activities.

Whenever there are reports in the news of extremist footage having been downloaded on to Internet, the tracing of the location, knowledge of what production and editing facilities are available to an organisation of this nature,  and as to whom was responsible for the posting of the material, is difficult to determine.  

To be mulling over differing quantities of evidence with the purpose of discovering whether or not there are commonalities contained within the messages of groups is particularly arduous. Obviously multi-operational factions, from Northern-west Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Somalia are pretty familiar with distributing user-generated content made by hand-held devices such as  video/phone cameras. 

The sharing of a counter-propaganda messege in this instance is made terribly easy, but as  things-in-themselves these have a huge cross-cultural impact.

Indeed, professional opinions upon these kind of topics vary enormously from being of either an acrimonious or cynical nature, or else sophisticately moulded to fit in with the needs and requirements of popular demand.

What perhaps the content of these films suggests to viewers is that on balance when pitted against the experiences of living in a Western Democracy, the significance of a person’s devotional beliefs and binding political values may cause them to formatively agree with demonstrating the same committment to the idea of sacrifice, as any of their fellow national compatriot may opt to do. 

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The Death of Benazir Bhutto – An event with bad ramifications for Pakistan.

After hearing the news yesterday of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the reality of it particularly disheartened me, having come to acknowledge that Pakistani politics is awash with troubles, of a nature that can not be solved using internal mechanisms. 

Does the problem rest upon the fact that with the incorporation of Sharia Law into both the juristicial and civic structures of Islamic society, emphasis upon Anti-Western sentiment chime exceptionally well with promoting an ideology that see its followers dedicate themselves to the notion of serving God (Allah) through Holy War.

As far as it is legitimate to say so, it seems that many strands of indigenous Asians are distanced from participating in mainstream politics on the Sub-indian continent to such a degree that it appears not as a reflection any one citizen’s negative experiences in being  ostracised or disenfranchised, (this kind of labelling is reserved classically on sociological grounds and in popular use by academicians, describing people living on poor housing estates).

Countries whatever allegiances they may have to their own systems of governances should not be allowed to become categorised as failed states.  I find it distressing that little or no point of reference in respect to having all political fraternities in Pakistan assemble a workable democratic model, for all of it’s society to be represented by, does at the moment remain a fanasty.  

The extremists within the population as a whole must be threatened with immediate isolation, coming to accept that their political struggle is’nt supported by the main majority of muslims (or indeed the ummah – world community) will not continue to suffer the indignation of being associated to wider circles.

The death of this woman is worse than the reaction and overall controversy surrounding the publication of the book “The Satanic Verses” whereby Salmon Rushdie was forced into exile due to lengthy periods of intolerable persecution. 

If what was indirectly suggested within the context of that novel was interpretted as derogatory towards the name of Allah, then the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, and the suicide bombing somewhat in tandem (killing a further 20 people).

For me, this resonants with what Nietzsche spoke of when he used the statement “God is Dead” meaning that whatever form of chaos the death of a figurehead would go on to produce,  the place for a philosophy or doctrine to be adherred to by humankind was still essential to our development and continuation on Earth.

Understanding what is meant by the word “Democracy” does not mean or should not mean defending principles which solely highlight the notion of Freedom and Personal Liberty, for these particular features of a person’s attainment of a sense of identity secures something of a propagating value.

Too much of a defence of people’s right to choose, their identity as a citizen, as individuals and consumers in a market based society, produce the effect of having other foreign nationals seriously misinterpret exactly what the concept of democracy is.

Degrees of Constitutional change and re-evaluation need to occur with adequate cross-party consensus being obtained, enabling such independent and democratic principles to be integrated into systems.

Peace and Stability, Freedom and Decision.

The exclusive wealth of choices and options available under the banner of a Consumer society do offer to many people the opportunity to improve their health and life-chances. By securing for themselves good standards in educational attainment, and furthermore in employment, any such benefit to personal prospects does additionally contribute to a person experiencing satisfaction from their overall sense of conduct and pursuit.

It is through the certain use of each and everyone’s capacity to think rationally and logically, that we come to know that satisfaction does not rest upon how succinct mediums for advertising can be, in constantly making us aware of images and products.

Indeed, if  today the meaning of our actions resonate at all across to any other part of the wider world, the fact that we have both the weapons of Communication and Parliament amongst our brands of munition, as the position of Confidence holds the standing place of commandant over that of Power, prevailling notions  forthwith of  Freedom and Liberality, represent the foundations of houses built upon sand.     

Understanding Geopolitics.

To begin with it has to be said, that this is one subject area which is always reanalysed, and will be studied to no lesser extent now in the 21st century, than it was ever remarked upon or figuratively re-evaluated at major junctions in the postmodern period.

Even though the range and variation of diplomatic approaches to maintaining peaceful settlements, often bring into play first of all, the need for fraternal groups to primarily reach agreement; the act of actually signing documentation, or the ratifying of specific treaties, assists in the incorporation of utilising sustainable political strategies and sets of consolidating processes. 

One of the reasons why I believe leaders of parties so dynamically create and manipulate the essence of a country’s sentiment and fervour for Nationalism, is based upon redefining the constitutional basis upon which the acquisition of land mass has to be jointly shared between populations; and thus upon the notion of territorial positioning.  

The natural aggregate known to be important in categorising this type of possession, for gaining ownership of land for agricultural purposes, mineral extraction or construction, stands as something again which justifys any possible call for independence. 

Matters of Democratic governance, Secularism, Civil Rights and Freedom; are elements integrated into the nature of a country some way down the historical timeline.  

The occurence of violence in the context of attempting to procure greater autonomy, I believe arises from the gradual development of certain ethnic differences becoming prevalent through a people’s cultural experience, or wish to harness some particular means to intellectually gain recognition for the origins of a particular way of thinking.

Now, on a Constitutional basis, there is definitely a relevance attached to the hemispherical and climatical differences people live with , including the place that gender balances play between the sexes. The influence of country’s sociology is paramount in this regard.

Things pointing to possible solutions

To most people’s annoyment these days the subject of Islam, of Holy war, and the wearing of burqa is never away from being reported upon. I believe that there are a few main reasons for this which are sadly not fully recognised by folk in the mainstream of society.

More often than not societies which are run on theological grounds, also possess a agarian and technically developed history, which adds to the further portrayal of the historical perspective displaying some clear paths towards allowing for the occurence of cultural drift and separation.

The fundamental question of whether the existence of religion within the context of people’s lives will continue to remain relevant for generations to come, indeed, needs to be supplied with an answer. To encourage pepole to investigate the basis of other religions is all well and good, by way of there being opportunities in coming to feel acquainted with the various strands of norms and standards, other faiths and cultures may promote and hold up as virtuous.

All of these doctrines of a worthy idealism, when analysed in clusters, represented as philosophy or scripture, contribute to the development of what becomes the basis of our human security and inquisitive propensities. To want to examine further into what lies behind the reasons we give for enquiring into the topic of meanings in the first place.