Reference no: EM132441886

Discussion 1:  William Thom and John Davis call Africa the world's deadliest region relative to other regions in the world. There is hardly a zone of conflict in contemporary Africa that cannot be traced to colonialism. Violence and political instability in DRC has earned it the dubious distinction of the most dangerous place on earth for women.

Discussion 2: Rational Choice Theory is the most prominent theory in political science. Taking on the Islamist challenge in Africa may be the political equivalent of halting the spread of HIV/AIDS. The bounded rationality paradigm assumes that human beings are limited problem solvers.

Discussion 3: The bombing of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998 led to the deaths of 224 people. "These episodes undermine the assertion that Africa is a ‘backwater' in world affairs."

Discussion 4: The mother of the President of Mali fainted when she saw him on television as the head of a coup. Malistan refers to Afghanistan, a nickname that denotes Mali's violent state and hotbed for Islamist Militants. Mali is not a reliable ally to the US because it has been unable to control Islamist Insurgency in its borders.

Discussion 5: Al-Shabab is the Major Islamist militant group that attacked its country's Supreme Court. Al-Shabab targeted government officials in its firth against a government that it does not recognize. Boko Haram bombed the U.S. headquarters in the capital city of Nigeria

Discussion 6: The essential ingredient needed to make a state a nation is the presence of an internationally accepted government that oversees a geographic region. A state in the world that is not a nation is Palestine, even though Palestine does have a government, it is not internationally recognized, especially by Israel and America and thus Palestine cannot achieve nationhood.

Discussion 7: The feature of Islamist Militancy in Africa that allows it to raise money to finance its operations is taking victims for ransom. The larger and better-known Islamist militant groups that African Islamist militants affiliate with include Al-Qa'ida and the Islamic State (ISIS).

Discussion 8:  The name given to the downtrodden is al-mustad'fin. A group in the Muslim world that Muslims would identify as downtrodden include the Palestinians. The Qur? an does allow the downtrodden to resist their oppression; however, it does not allow the groups to randomly terrorize others.

Discussion 9:  The unique strategy used by Igbo African women to resist their enslavement was Slave Suicide. The leader of the largest and most successful Muslim Struggle was Bilali. The active resistance against enslavement challenges the myth of the docile African slave.

Discussion 10: The Zanj Rebellion was the successful slave revolt launched from within the Middle East. Two other successful Muslim struggles include the jihad of Usman dan Fodio and the Brazil Muslim slave rebellion of 1835

Discussion 11: The Artic and Antarctica may be the only places on earth where Muslim Struggle among Africans is not known to exist. Prison Islam is a brand of Islam that develops in prison, the attackers of the French publication Charlie Hebdo were said to subscribe to this brand of Islam.