Religious terrorism
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Religious terrorism is a form of terrorism where the motivations are derived from religious influence.
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Overview
Religious terrorism is a form of terrorism in which the unlawful use of force or violence against persons or property in order to coerce or intimidate a government or the civilian population in futherance of religious, political and social objectives. Relgious extremists are individuals primarily involved in reglious terrorist acts.
Islamic Terrorism
Islamic terrorist base their ideology on the principle of jihad, or struggle, which is an important duty followed by Muslims.
al-Qaeda
An Islamic extremist group focused on removing Western influences from Muslim countries. This group is responsible for the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center towers in New York and the Pentagon.[1]
Christian Terrorism
Christian terrorism is motivated by interpretations of the Bible.
Christian Identity
Christian Identity is a movement lead by extremely conservative Christian churches and religious organizations. White supremecy groups affiliate with the movement.[2] Members of this group have been responsible for murder and bombings against abortion clinics and its doctors, as well as members of the gay community.[3]
Jewish Terrorism
Zionists
Zionist are an extremist group that believes in Jewish superiority. The primary goal of Zionists is to keep Arabs out from Israel, by whatever means possible.[4][5]
Buddhist Terrorism
Sinhala Buddhist
Sinhala Buddhist are located on the island of Sri Lanka, south of India. Sri Lanka has been in civil war since the early 1980s, the conflict between the Tamils and Sinhalese people. Sinhala Buddhist extremists have commited and encouraged violence against against the Tamil (primarily Hindu) and Christian populations. The Sinhala Buddhists are very politically minded in their ideology.[6]
Cult Terrorism
Aleph (Aum Shinrikyo)
Members of Aum Shinrikyo released sarin gas in the Tokyo subway system in 1995. Twelve commuters died from the attack, thousands of other were also affected by the sarin gas.[7]
References
- ↑ http://www.cfr.org/publication/9126/alqaeda_aka_alqaida_alqaida.html
- ↑ http://www.religioustolerance.org/cr_ident.htm
- ↑ http://www.publiceye.org/rightist/rudolph.html
- ↑ http://www.ihr.org/books/ztn.html
- ↑ http://guardian.150m.com/palestine/jewish-terrorism.htm
- ↑ http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=26&id=48
- ↑ http://www.japan-101.com/culture/sarin_gas_attack_on_the_tokyo_su.htm
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See Also
- Terrorism
- War on Terrorism
- September 11th Attacks
- USA PATRIOT Act of 2001
- Counter-insurgency
- Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project
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