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    Religious Terrorism

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    Introduction Religion based terrorism is defined as a group whose motivations have a predominant religious influence or goal. In the last 30 years there has been an increase in terrorist activity motivated by religious beliefs. The different forms of religious terrorism are communal‚ genocidal‚ nihilistic‚ or revolutionary. Religious terrorism can be committed by a person‚ large movements‚ organizations‚ or governments. Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher was quoted in 1980 as saying

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    Terrorism

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    Terrorism Kathleen Hastings His/135 February 3‚ 2013 Terrorism “Terror or terrorism is one of the oldest disasters on the earth. It can be said that this system named terrorism is‚ for the centuries‚ here on this earth. But there have always been differences to define it. If you talk from the side of terrorists‚ you can hear different reasons of terrorism from every affected area of terrorism. If not going deep into‚ it can be understood‚ the affected victims of the society call it terrorism

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    The Cause of Terrorism

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    Terrorism is‚ in the most general sense‚ the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion.[1] At present‚ the International community has been unable to formulate a universally agreed‚ legally binding‚ criminal law definition of terrorism.[2][3] Common definitions of terrorism refer only to those violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror)‚ are perpetrated for an ideological goal (as opposed to a lone attack)‚ and deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants

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    History of Terrorism

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    THE CONTEXT OF TERRORISM Terrorism beams into our homes through television screens‚ it assaults us in newspapers and magazines‚ and it sometimes touches our lives in more direct manners. People do not seem to worry about the definition of terrorism at such times. They simply feel terror when they see the violence. Sometimes it seems as though the event itself defines terrorism. For example‚ when a plane is destroyed by a bomb‚ it is frequently called terrorism‚ but when military forces shoot down

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    Terrorism And Society

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    TERRORISM Terrorism is the systematic use of violence as a means of coercion for political purposes. In the international community‚ terrorism has no legally binding‚ criminal law definition. Common definitions of terrorism refer only to those violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror); are perpetrated for a religious‚ political‚ or ideological goal; and deliberately target or disregard the safety ofnon-combatants (civilians). Some definitions now include acts of unlawful violence

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    Defining Terrorism

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    Experts have tried to define terrorism for decades. Although it has been around for a long time‚ its prevalence has been expanded by the boom of the media. As our development of technology increases‚ terror attacks against the innocent become ever more deadly. However‚ many of our current definitions of terrorism have been either too specific or too vague. In my opinion‚ terrorism is the expression of political‚ religious‚ or ideological belief through the use of calculated yet unforeseeable violence

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    Intro to Terrorism

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    Week 1: August 27 2012: What is Terrorism? Lectures will be complementary to the readings‚ not reproductions. JB’s own background: * Historian‚ not very interested in abstract models‚ concepts or theories * Started out studying Medieval Islamic history‚ later shifted to modern European history and extremist groupings (also right wing‚ neo-fascist etc.) * Before 9/11‚ warned about the threat presented against the US by jihadist groups but not taken seriously – of course‚ this changed

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    War on Terrorism

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    THE SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY OF TERRORISM: WHO BECOMES A TERRORIST AND WHY? A Report Prepared under an Interagency Agreement by the Federal Research Division‚ Library of Congress September 1999 Author: Rex A. Hudson Editor: Marilyn Majeska Project Managers: Andrea M. Savada Helen C. Metz Federal Research Division Library of Congress Washington‚ D.C. 20540–4840 Tel: 202–707–3900 Fax: 202–707–3920 E-Mail: frds@loc.gov Homepage: http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/ Dear Reader: This product was prepared

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    what is terrorism

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    What is terrorism? Terrorism is something that is all over the world and happens in everyday life. Governments and people of power use terrorism as a method of having control through the fear of the people. People question everyday what is and what isn’t terrorism these questions are brought up to broaden and blur the definition of terrorism. The argument is “Simply put‚ a car bomb on a city street and a jet fighter dropping a bomb on a tank are both acts of violence that produce death and terror

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    women in terrorism

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    Yankee 12/13/13 Response to Terrorism Woman in Terrorism According to Google terrorism is defined as the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims. When most people think of terrorism they think of middle aged men running around bombing and causing terror and destruction. Although most forms of terrorism are executed by men‚ there has been a steady rise of woman being involved in terrorism. Woman in terrorism isn’t new to the world it has been going for centuries

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