ATS1701 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Thuggee, Ethnic Nationalism, Al-Qaeda
11 Oct 2018
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India: believed to be the single purely religious motivated terrorist group, sacrifices to their goddess, also believed they were motivated by the loot they would steal from victims, some think they were motivated to overthrow india. Hamas: religious, other things too, are official government office holders in many parts of the palestinian territories. In addition to waging a violent campaign against israel, they run social, education, and health programs. Distinguishing between legitimate and illegitimate: bartolucci and gallo, 2015, argue that we need to consider a wide range of factors when trying to understand the impact of terrorism on our world. If we fall into common mistakes, such as black and white thinking, then we are bound to oversimplify and also be too simple in our response. In all cases of terrorism be it ethno-nationalist or religious we need to consider what drives the groups that act violently as well as what allows them to have widespread support.
