Armies of god, armies of men: a global comparison of secular and religious terror organizations

This article compares the violent activity of secular and religious terror organizations. Utilizing data compiled by the Global Terrorism Database cross-referenced with secondary and primary sources regarding the degree of religious components embedded in organizations’ ideologies, it tests the viol...

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Main Author: Burstein, Alon (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2018
In: Terrorism and political violence
Year: 2018, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-21
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Keywords:
Hybrid terrorism
Ideology
Religion
Religious
Religious terrorism
secular terrorism
terrorism tactics
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Summary:This article compares the violent activity of secular and religious terror organizations. Utilizing data compiled by the Global Terrorism Database cross-referenced with secondary and primary sources regarding the degree of religious components embedded in organizations’ ideologies, it tests the violent patterns of activity carried out by organizations guided by predominantly secular, secular/religious, and religious ideologies, between the years 1970 and 2012. The findings confirm that a) religious ideology correlates with specific, more deadly, attack tactics and violent patterns; and b) the degree of religious components within terror organizational ideology should be tested along a spectrum: the more religious an organization is, the more attacks it tends to carry out, and the deadlier its attacks become.
Item Description:Gesehen am 21.11.2023
Published online: 10 Feb 2016
Physical Description:Diagramm
ISSN:1556-1836
DOI:10.1080/09546553.2015.1135424