United Airlines Flight 175, which had been taken over by hijackers, hits the South Tower of the formerWorld Trade CenteronSeptember 11, 2001, inNew York City,United States.

Nariman House, a Jewish center in Mumbai,after 26/11 terror attack in 2008. Six Jews were killed there,along with 158 people of other faiths elsewhere inMumbai by Pakistani Islamic terrorists

THE CAUSES OF TERRORISM

Terrorism is the threat or use of violence against civilians to draw attention to an issue. Those searching for the causes of terrorism -whythis tactic would be selected, and in what circumstances- approach the phenomenon in different ways. Some see it as an independent phenomenon, while othersviewit as one tactic in a larger strategy. Some seek to understand what makes an individual choose terrorism, while others look at it at the level of a group.

PoliticalTerrorism was originally theorized in the context of insurgency and guerrilla warfare, a form of organized political violence by a non-state army or group. Individuals, abortion clinic bombers, or groups, like the Vietcong in the 1960s, can be understood as choosing terrorism because they don't like the currentorganizationof society and they want to change it.

Socio-EconomicSocio-economic explanations of terrorism suggest that various forms of deprivationdrivepeople to terrorism, or that they are more susceptible to recruitment by organizations using terrorist tactics. Poverty, lack of education or lack of political freedom are a few examples. There is suggestive evidence on both sides of the argument. Comparisons of different conclusions are often very confusing because they don't distinguish between individuals and societies, and they pay little attention to the nuances of how people perceive injustice or deprivation, regardless of their material circumstances.ReligiousCareer terrorism experts began to argue in the 1990s that a new form of terrorism fueled by religious fervor was on the rise. They pointed to organizations such asAl Qaeda,Aum Shinrikyo(a Japanese cult) and Christian identity groups. Religious ideas, such as martyrdom, and Armageddon, were seen as particularly dangerous. However, as thoughtful studies and commentators have repeatedly pointed out, such groups use selectively interpret and exploit religious concepts and texts to support terrorism. Religions themselves do not "cause" terrorism.