Defining and Distinguishing Traditional and Religious Terrorism
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Gregg, Heather S.
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Religion
apocalyptic
counterterrorism
apocalyptic
counterterrorism
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2014
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2014
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thus offering few if any policy options for counterterrorism measures. This assumption about religious terrorism stems from two challenges in the literature: disproportionate attention to apocalyptic terrorism, and a lack of distinction between religious terrorism and its secular counterpart. This article, therefore, aims to do four things: define and differentiate religiously motivated terrorism from traditional terrorism; investigate three goals of religious terrorism (fomenting the apocalypse, creating a religious government, and establishing a religiously pure state); consider the role of leadership and target selection of religious terrorists; and, finally, suggest a range of counterterrorism strategies based on these observations.
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The article of record may be found at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23296151.2016.1239978
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Defense Analysis (DA)
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“Defining and Distinguishing Traditional and Religious Terrorism,” Perspectives on Terrorism, 8, no.8 (2014): 1-16
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.