IR 407 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Religious Fanaticism, Extreme Behavior, Quinquennial Visit Ad Limina
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Understanding the relationship between terrorism, political violence and. Group of insurgents believed al-otaibi was the chosen one to siege the. Cia memos immediately before mention no significant role for radical religionists in saudi arabia. Birth of radical islam-copycat groups proliferate after this. Some definitions (religion is not equal to violence) (but you can see a strong beginning of religious violence here) believe they possess a higher truth, and have confidence in this fact religious movements do not behave like other movements. Ethno-nationalist movements. (belief in my country and belief in my people) They also possess a certain purity and certain higher truth . Also, ethno-nationalist movements are not necessarily terrorist or even produce terrorism. When you disagree politically you debate and then compromise which is inherently different because you don"t have the religious truth to answer to. Religious movements just do not make compromises.