Name _________________________________________ Mods 15-16
1. From what type of groups have female suicide bombers previously come?
2. List those groups.
3. Give two reasons for why Zarqawi is using women to break taboos? (Taboo - excluded or forbidden from use, approach, or mention: a taboo subject.)
4. In your own words, what was Muriel Degauque’s life like prior to her suicide? Use two full sentences for this answer.
5. What happened to the female suicide bomber that Zarqawi sent to hit hotels in Ammon, Jordan? (Make sure to read the top of page 2 as well.)
6. In your own words, explain what Sajida’s marriage was like. Why would she enter into a relationship like that? Use two full sentences for this answer.
7. Explain the US concern over married couples.
8. In your own words, explain the situation that Bloom says is a “win-win proposition for the terrorists.” Use two full sentences for this answer.
9. What is similar about the beliefs of Osama bin Laden and the beliefs about women from the age of knights and chivalry?
10. What is the traditional view of women in fundamentalist Muslim societies?
11. The three paragraphs in the middle of Page 3 deal with how radical Islamic groups have recruited men and boys. A lot of men are recruited by playing on their frustration with losing power in society. In at least three sentences, explain what happens in a society that emasculates men and makes boys willing to become fighters. Use details from this page but put them in your own words.
12. From the bottom half of Page 3, list two acts of violence against women that have occurred in immigrant neighborhoods. Then in your own words, explain honor crimes.
13. Use the Page 4 chart to answer. What countries have had secular female terrorist attacks?
14. Use the Page 4 chart to answer. What countries have had Islamic terrorist attacks?
15. Explain what Hassan Abu Hanieh means when he says that Zarqawi is goading Muslim men. What is Zarqawi’s goal in doing this?
16. Why is there a demand for women to become involved in attacks? What motivates women to volunteer?
17. In your own words, explain the
cultural practices that victimize women in Chechnya. Use two full sentences for this answer.
18. Describe two of the attacks carried out by the “black widows.” What did these women do, and how costly were their attacks?
19. In your own words, explain why Chechens are attacking Russians. Use two full sentences for this answer.
20. In your own words, explain
what happened to Zarema Muzhakhoyeva that led to her downward spiral to become
a suicide bomber? Use two full
sentences for this answer.
21. What arguments have Palestinian women used to argue why they should be allowed to carry out suicide missions?
22. What would be the reward in paradise for women who died in suicide attacks?
23. US counter-terrorism officials say they will not be convinced that the al Qaeda leadership have accepted women as attackers until they see what?
24. Al Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, supported what 2 ideas that were against Taliban beliefs?
25. Why did Taliban leader Mullah Omar disagree?
26. Give examples of the types of marriage arrangements that connect al Qaeda members together as an extended family.
27. What three things offered by the West will help Muslim women?
28. In your own words, how does the last article’s portrait of Muslim women differ from those in the cover story? Use three full sentences for this answer. Answer on the back of this page.
29. In your own words, how does the last article’s portrait of Muslim women differ from the portrait you’ve drawn yourself from ongoing media images? Use three full sentences for this answer. Answer on the back of this page.
30. In your own words, what examples are given in the article to show that there is progress towards more equal societies for Muslim women? Use three full sentences for this answer. Answer on the back of this page.