Question

How did religious fundamentalism play a role in the 1998 American embassy bombings?

Answer 1

The terrorist attacks on the United States embassies in Africa took place on August 7, 1998 in Nairobi (Kenya), and in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), the main objective being the embassies of the United States. These attacks, whose authors were linked to the terrorist group Al-Qaeda, led to Osama bin Laden, leader of the group, being included in the list of the ten most wanted FBI fugitives.

In the attack on the embassy in Nairobi, at least 213 people were killed, including 12 Americans, and between 4,000 and 5,500 people were injured. As a result of the violent explosion, several large buildings in the center of the city were completely destroyed and the weakening of Kenya's economy.

It was an attack with deep fundamentalist connections: the terrorist organization Al Qaeda was motivated to carry out a jihad against all those "enemies of Islam" who carried out "dishonorable and unfaithful behaviors". That is to say, the motivation for the attacks was based on Islamist religious precepts.

Answer 2

Religious fundamentalism played a role in 1998 american embassy bombings because a religious fundamentalist group was responsible for carrying out the attacks on a specific date and targets were choose to symbolize their rejection of the influence of the United States of America.