The Psychology Of Terrorism

Terrorism - is a unique form of crime, often encompassing elements of warfare, politics and propaganda, in the modern sense it is violence or other harmful acts committed (or threatened) against civilians for political or other ideological goals. Most definitions of terrorism include only those acts which are intended to create fear or "terror", are created for an ideological goal (as opposed to a lone attack), and deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants. Many definitions also include only acts of unlawful violence. Actually you can find some slight differences in many descriptions but the thing is that everyone is able to see some aspects of terrorism in our life which are more and more common. The world is not standing still, everything is changing, growing etc. So is the terrorism.
As some politicians think, the root cause of the terrorism we witness around the world today is religion. “Religions originate from paranoia, based on a misunderstanding of the unknown universe as a god. This paranoia becomes a threat to civilization when a religion insists that everyone should accept that, the way in which this religion misunderstands the unknown universe as a god, is the only right way” – say the followers of this theory. So as there are several religions which are different, they don’t go into a compromise and they don’t accept other religions. Personally I think that there is no ONE way of thinking, doing, concluding & so on. People should learn to adjust the information they have in their minds differently to various situations, not to be narrow minded. While someone says that the root cause of terrorism is religion, Tony Blair and other lefty- liberals say that those are poverty, ignorance and despair. Another opinion about that is such “The root causes of terror are Islam, a religion that not only approves but requires mass murder of those who reject it, and liberalism. Liberalism aids Islam through denial, rationalization of evil, refusal to take a side ("moral equivalence") and wilful ignorance of Islam's true goals, philosophies and practices.” This theory could be adapted not to all types of terrorism, although it’s true from many parts of it.
Moreover, in some ways selfish, uncaring behavior on the parts of groups of people show the adolescent stage of individuals when personal grievances or concerns become out of proportion. A trait leading to terrorism may be the lack of a proper balance between the liberty of the individual and the needs of the whole society. The rights of an individual to act as he wishes can never be absolute.
After this the personality of a terrorist is also a highly curious issue. As some researches show those people are rational, they are not insane as many of us may think. No comparative work on terrorist psychology has ever succeeded in revealing a particular psychological type of terrorist mindset. The researchers say that terrorists tend to have low self-esteem, they are attracted to groups with charismatic leaders, and, not surprisingly, enjoy risk. Researches also concluded that many terrorists are ambivalent about violence and guns.