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This article is part of the
Terrorism series: |
| Definition & Conventions |
Counterterrorism &
"War on Terror"
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| Lists: Groups,
State sponsors,
Guerrillas, Incidents,
Most wanted
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Types: Nationalist,
Religious,
Left-wing, Right-wing,
State, Islamic, Ethnic,
Bioterrorism, Narcoterrorism,
Domestic, Nuclear,
Anarchist |
Tactics: Hijacking,
Suicide bomber |
Configurations: Fronts,
Independent actors |
| Other: Terrorism
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Religious terrorists use violence to further what they see as divinely commanded purposes. (see also Religious intolerance).
Examples of Religious Terrorist Groups:
- Abu Sayyaf, Philippines
- al-Qaeda, Worldwide
- Armed Islamic Group (GIA), Algeria
- Aum Shinrikyo, Japan
- Egyptian Islamic Jihad, Egypt
- Great Eastern Islamic
Raiders' Front (IBDA-C), Turkey
- Hamas, Palestinian Territories
- Hizballah, Lebanon, Palestinian
Territories
- Islamic Movement of Central
Asia, Central Asia
- Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan,
Uzbekistan
- Jemaah Islamiyah, Indonesia
- Kach, Israel
- Moro Islamic Liberation Front,
Philippines
- Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Palestinian
Territories
- Kosovo Liberation Army - (KLA)
Other Religions
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