Terrorism has its roots in the Latin word for "terror" and refers to intentional violence by non-state actors for political purposes. The root causes of terrorism include socio-economic factors like injustice, illiteracy, and unemployment, as well as cultural and ethnic tensions between groups that seek liberation from dominant states through sometimes violent means. Religious extremism, where groups impose their ideology through violence while claiming religious justification, also contributes to terrorism, though no religion actually condones killing innocents.

2. Global
Terrorism and
its Causes

3. Terrorism
• The root of the word terrorism is taken from a
Latin term ‘’terror’’ that means “to frighten”.
• An intentional act of violence or use of power
by a non-state actor for political purpose.

4. Root causes of terrorism
• Socio-Economic causes
• Cultural & Ethnic tension
• Religious Extremism

5. Socio-Economic Status
• Injustice
• Illiteracy
• Unemployment

6. Cultural & Ethnic tension
• Ethnicity: The fact or state of belonging to a
social group that has a common national or
cultural tradition
• Greater social hostilities and grievances
between different ethnic, religious and
linguistic groups.
• Usually have independent territorial
objectives.
• Usually the minority group wants Liberation
from the dominant group of state.

7. Cultural & Ethnic tension
• Forming of liberation movements and
sometime become violent and take weapon
against state.
Ethnic conflicts:
Kurdish civil war against Iraq : 139,000-320,000
killed. Millions of Kurds displaced and turned
refugees
Indo-kashmir conflict: Killed more than 80,000
people in kashmir by Indian Miltary.

8. Religious Extremism
• An individual or group who holds to its
ideology, does not tolerate other viewpoint
and tries to impose his philosophy/ideology
through violent means or use of force
• Using the name of religion but itself religion
doesn’t permit the violence.
For example:
• Islamic militants groups in muslim world.
• Zionism movement
• Sectarian war in Muslim world

9. Terrorism is not the Monopoly of
any Religion
• Any religion in world does not allow the killing
of innocents.
• ‘’And if anyone saves a life,
it would be as if he saved the life of all
people’’.
Quran 5:32

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