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was placed per this discussion at RfPP. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 19:43, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
Media attention in the US was moved to a new section in Jihadist extremism in the United States. A Thousand Words ( talk) 06:00, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
the media bias [section] [...] now constitutes a third of all US-specific information in this [article]is unintentionally undercounting US perspectives in the article. I do not see the media section as constituting undue weight. Bondegezou ( talk) 10:28, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
an important part of the page, media bias is tangential to the main topic of the article, which is terrorism. There's a Media bias in the United States article where the material has a better home. All US-specific material should be moved into the United States section. A Thousand Words ( talk) 10:57, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
All top-level sections should have a WP:GLOBAL perspectiveYou've just made up that rule.
they cannot be started using the flawed pieces from The Guardian about the USYour claim that the Guardian piece is flawed is just your opinion. Anyway, the text cites an academic journal paper, exactly the sort of material that we should be citing.
I have WP:BOLDly re-worked this material to try and address the concerns stated. I have added 3 citations to academic papers, which should tackle any concerns with The Guardian article. It also demonstrates that the material meets WP:DUE. I have added material on a study of UK and Danish media to give a more WP:GLOBAL perspective. Given concerns about the amount of material, I have summarised the prior text so as to describe multiple studies at once, without going in depth into the details of the one aforementioned study. This is a big re-write: I hope other editors feel it responds to concerns expressed, but I am happy to receive feedback, or feel free to edit. Bondegezou ( talk) 18:50, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
the prominence of each viewpoint in the published, reliable sources. I have demonstrated multiple high-quality sources on this topic area, i.e. more prominence. So I think there is a better argument for a top-level section than previously. I wondered about subsuming the section into something on societal attitudes/reactions to terrorism? I think the new text & citations are helpful, but I'm not wedded to where they are positioned within this article.
I haven't used these yet, but some additional possible citations:
In sociology and political philosophy, the term Critical Theory describes the Western-Marxist philosophy... isn't marxism a revolutionist theory advocating violence to accomplish change in society? Perhaps this is why I've never read an official report by say, the Swedish Defence University, Europol, the Norwegian FFI or the German Verfassungsschutz saying they employ critical theory. Is a theory advocating political violence useful for analysing ... terrorism? A Thousand Words ( talk) 05:50, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
What I'm primarily saying is that the focus on using fringe critical theory should take a back foot in favor of using public reports by national agencies, perhaps NSA, CIA or FBI in the United States section. These are obviously expert in the field and therefore should take priority. If such a strategy was adopted, the discussion wouldn't even have gotten derailed by debates about Marxism (which falls under WP:OTHERSTUFF. This isn't a question of WP:IDONTLIKEIT, it is an issue of scope, because Media bias isn't the topic of this article. A Thousand Words ( talk) 06:43, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
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I'm asking for the addition of the Turkistan Islamic Party as a terrorist group, as it is officially recognized as such and meets all the requirements. /info/en/?search=Turkistan_Islamic_Party 189.202.186.69 ( talk) 14:40, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
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Would be nice to have a standard acronym of this important terrorist group for the article. ISIL is used in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant article. But a Google search of "ISIL Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" vs. "ISIS Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" finds ISIS is about 10X as popular as ISIL, and 20X as popular as Daesh, which is not so well known in English language sources. -- Louis P. Boog ( talk) 00:27, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
The present opening (definitional) sentence is " Islamic terrorism (also Islamist terrorism or radical Islamic terrorism) refers to terrorist acts committed by Islamists who have a religious motivation".
This definition is a huge improvement on what was here only a month ago, but it is still flawed in being both tautologous and vague IMO. The ONLY areas of this subject area in which I would claim much expertise is in 'watching' quite a number of European Islamic terrorist articles. Therefore I am bringing the subject here in order to invite input.
I don't have any problem with the sentence up to "refers to terrorist acts" BUT "committed by Islamists who have a religious motivation" has a number of problems. 1) We usually define terrorist acts according to the ideology or motive of the perpetrator/group, NOT who the perpetrtor is (ie Islamism not Islamists) and the second half of the sentence "Islamists who have a religious motivation" is both tautologous (tautologous since ALL Islamists have a religious motivation/justification for everything they do. Whatever Islamism is, it is a rejection of the seperation between the religious and secular worlds in favour of a - usually very literalist/fundamentalist - interpretation of Islam ruling all aspects of life and morality) … and vague (what religious motivation? The reinstatement of the Dalai Lama? The banning of contraception?). The definition only works for those who already know what Islamic terrorism is and what its ideology/objectives are.
An additional detail is that the present definition fails to encompass the many 'sympathy' acts - which - especially in the case of European lone wolf incidents - are probably the majority of incidents and which are perpetrated "in sympathy with other Muslims" or with Islamist groups, (such as A-Q and IS) but where the perpetrator themselves could not possibly be described as having ANY ideology, including Islamist.
I'm going to try to come up with a clearer opening, but am posting here with my reasons. Input welcome, as is any 'pre-existing' definition which addresses these problems. Pincrete ( talk) 11:55, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
Would emphasise there is a difference between ideology and motivation: for example the majority of islamist acts of terror are perpetrated against other muslims. Likewise, if we look at academic works such as by Abrahms then we can see that terrorist “motivations” are complicated and counterintuitive, and arguably often not religious. Obviously this gets very complex and is difficult to neatly summarise in an opening paragraph, my view is that we should simply omit motivation from the intro as it is practically impossible to concisely cover it without leaving it open for dispute Personally my preferences would be to simply remove the part about motivation. John wiki: If you have a problem, don't mess with my puppy... 00:41, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
Checking for images that give visual evidence for Islamic terrorism I only found an image that showed photos of victims. In contrast, the article of terrorism is full of pictures of destruction resulting from acts of terror. I am including the description of those who are not state-perpetrated:
United Airlines Flight 175 hits the South Tower of the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks of 2001 in New York City
Attack at the Bologna railway station on August 2, 1980 by the neo-fascist group Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari. With 85 deaths, it is the deadliest massacre in the history of Italy as a Republic.
Aftermath of the 2002 bomb attack at the Myyrmanni shopping mall in Myyrmäki, Vantaa, Finland. The bombing was especially shocking for Finland and the other Nordic countries, where bombings are extremely rare.
The Beslan school siege by Chechen rebels on September 1, 2004. It was the deadliest massacre in the history of Russia in the 21st century.
Aftermath of the King David Hotel bombing by the Zionist militant group Irgun, July 1946
A view of damage to the U.S. Embassy in the aftermath of the 1983 Beirut bombing caused by Islamic Jihad Organization and Hezbollah
Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing. Some 35,000 Pakistanis have died from terrorist attacks in recent years
Dawabsheh family home after Duma arson attack
The Wall Street bombing at noon on September 16, 1920 killed thirty-eight people and injured several hundred. The perpetrators were never caught.
Is there some self-censorship going on? For starters we can copy here all images from the "Terrorism" article that are about Islamic terrorism. Nxavar ( talk) 09:50, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
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On Friday, September 3, 2021, a Tamil Muslim named Ahamed Aathil Mohamed Samsudeen committed a terrorist attack by stabbing multiple people in Auckland, New Zealand. [1] [2] 203.96.84.1 ( talk) 15:55, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
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This article has grown to an indigestible length and complexity due to the age-old issue on Wikipedia of the discussion of the subject itself being confused with the need to add endless illustrative examples of the subject - in this case, an exhaustive list of terroristic acts. I propose a split whereby all of the material currently listed under Islamic terrorism#Examples of organizations and acts be split off, condensed and merged into List of Islamist terrorist attacks. By my rough estimate, this would shave about a third of the article off and leave the remaining 200,000 bytes with a much better chance of being shaped up into something half readable. As it stands, the country-by-country examples listed out ad nauseum on this thematic page add little benefit. Thoughts? Iskandar323 ( talk) 21:14, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
slamic terrorism (also Islamist terrorism or radical Islamic terrorism) refers to terrorist acts with religious motivations carried out by fundamentalist militant Islamists and Islamic extremists.[1][2][3]
The 4th october 2021 attacks against Nigeria , Owerri in 2001 were carried out by the Islamist terrorist group al-Qaeda
Incidents and fatalities from Islamic terrorism have been concentrated in eight Muslim-majority countries (Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, and Syria),[4] while four Islamic extremist groups (Islamic State, Boko Haram, the Taliban, anddeaths from terrorism in 2015.
Since at least the 1990s, these terrorist incidents have occurred on a global scale, affecting not only Muslim-majority countries in Africa and Asia, but also Russia, Australia, Canada, Israel, India, the United States, China, Philippines, Thailand and countries within Europe.[Note 1] Such attacks have targeted both Muslims and non-Muslims with one study finding 80% of terrorist victims to be Christians.[10][11] In a number of the worst-affected Muslim-majority regions, these terrorists have been met by armed, independent resistance groups,[12] state actors and their proxies, and elsewhere by condemnation by prominent Islamic figures.[13][14][15]
Justifications given for attacks on civilians by Islamic extremist groups come from extreme interpretations of the Quran,[3] the hadith,[16][17] and sharia law.[3] These include retribution by armed jihad for the perceived injustices of unbelievers against Muslims;[18] the belief that the killing of many self-proclaimed Muslims is required because they have violated Islamic law and are disbelievers (takfir);[19] the overriding necessity of restoring and purifying Islam by establishing sharia law, especially by restoring the Caliphate as a pan-Islamic state (especially ISIS);[20] the glory and heavenly rewards of martyrdom;[17] the supremacy of Islam over all other religions.[Note 2]
The use of the phrase "Islamic terrorism" is disputed. In Western political speech, it has variously been called "counter-productive", "highly politicized, intellectually contestable" and "damaging to community relations", by those who disapprove of the characterization 'Islamic'.[23][24][25] Others have condemned the avoidance of the term as an act of "self-deception", "full-blown censorship" and "intellectual dishonesty".
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Militant word should be removed. Terrorists are not militant with a cause but bad people.
I don't know if this has been brought up, but Muslims do not call these people actual Muslims as they commit acts that are mentioned as disappeasing by many records. IGotHacked12 ( talk) 22:10, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
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Please remove islamic from this. Islam is a very peaceful religion. The people that conduct these attacks are not true muslims but act to hurt the actual muslims. Please, make the world a better place and let’s all come together as brothers and sister 2605:59C8:1C9:C910:8D33:CA6D:319E:844A ( talk) 04:56, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
In the lead's last paragraph, I cannot find the words "self-deception", "full-blown censorship" and "intellectual dishonesty" in either of the sources.
Also upon examining the second source, Caroline Marcus, does not appear to have recognition or accomplishment in the relevant field. Additionally, the content of both the sources in question appears to contain extremely biased or inflammatory language, which may not meet the standard for reliable and neutral sources. 39.41.141.223 ( talk) 06:00, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
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In the section that begins "Justifications given for attacks on civilians by Islamic extremist groups," isn't an additional one that such groups regard civilians as fair targets because the members of a given target democratic nation's populace are the ones that chose to vote in a government that supposedly oppresses Muslims (and, thus, these civilians bear ultimate responsibility for their government's actions)? 2605:A000:FFC0:5F:F9BD:9D:B97C:57D4 ( talk) 02:48, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
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Please added Hindu terrorism, Hindutva, and Hindu nationalism in the "See also" section of the article. As these are all Hindu fundamentalist idealogy which are noted for anti-Islamic activities. 2409:40E0:1008:D849:A8B6:6253:FAD1:B80C ( talk) 12:24, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
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was placed per this discussion at RfPP. -- Deepfriedokra (talk) 19:43, 11 September 2020 (UTC)
Media attention in the US was moved to a new section in Jihadist extremism in the United States. A Thousand Words ( talk) 06:00, 12 September 2020 (UTC)
the media bias [section] [...] now constitutes a third of all US-specific information in this [article]is unintentionally undercounting US perspectives in the article. I do not see the media section as constituting undue weight. Bondegezou ( talk) 10:28, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
an important part of the page, media bias is tangential to the main topic of the article, which is terrorism. There's a Media bias in the United States article where the material has a better home. All US-specific material should be moved into the United States section. A Thousand Words ( talk) 10:57, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
All top-level sections should have a WP:GLOBAL perspectiveYou've just made up that rule.
they cannot be started using the flawed pieces from The Guardian about the USYour claim that the Guardian piece is flawed is just your opinion. Anyway, the text cites an academic journal paper, exactly the sort of material that we should be citing.
I have WP:BOLDly re-worked this material to try and address the concerns stated. I have added 3 citations to academic papers, which should tackle any concerns with The Guardian article. It also demonstrates that the material meets WP:DUE. I have added material on a study of UK and Danish media to give a more WP:GLOBAL perspective. Given concerns about the amount of material, I have summarised the prior text so as to describe multiple studies at once, without going in depth into the details of the one aforementioned study. This is a big re-write: I hope other editors feel it responds to concerns expressed, but I am happy to receive feedback, or feel free to edit. Bondegezou ( talk) 18:50, 13 September 2020 (UTC)
the prominence of each viewpoint in the published, reliable sources. I have demonstrated multiple high-quality sources on this topic area, i.e. more prominence. So I think there is a better argument for a top-level section than previously. I wondered about subsuming the section into something on societal attitudes/reactions to terrorism? I think the new text & citations are helpful, but I'm not wedded to where they are positioned within this article.
I haven't used these yet, but some additional possible citations:
In sociology and political philosophy, the term Critical Theory describes the Western-Marxist philosophy... isn't marxism a revolutionist theory advocating violence to accomplish change in society? Perhaps this is why I've never read an official report by say, the Swedish Defence University, Europol, the Norwegian FFI or the German Verfassungsschutz saying they employ critical theory. Is a theory advocating political violence useful for analysing ... terrorism? A Thousand Words ( talk) 05:50, 15 September 2020 (UTC)
What I'm primarily saying is that the focus on using fringe critical theory should take a back foot in favor of using public reports by national agencies, perhaps NSA, CIA or FBI in the United States section. These are obviously expert in the field and therefore should take priority. If such a strategy was adopted, the discussion wouldn't even have gotten derailed by debates about Marxism (which falls under WP:OTHERSTUFF. This isn't a question of WP:IDONTLIKEIT, it is an issue of scope, because Media bias isn't the topic of this article. A Thousand Words ( talk) 06:43, 16 September 2020 (UTC)
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I'm asking for the addition of the Turkistan Islamic Party as a terrorist group, as it is officially recognized as such and meets all the requirements. /info/en/?search=Turkistan_Islamic_Party 189.202.186.69 ( talk) 14:40, 27 September 2020 (UTC)
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Could someone who is allowed to edit in ARBPIA area restore this image? Thanks-- Watchlonly ( talk) 22:26, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
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Would be nice to have a standard acronym of this important terrorist group for the article. ISIL is used in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant article. But a Google search of "ISIL Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" vs. "ISIS Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" finds ISIS is about 10X as popular as ISIL, and 20X as popular as Daesh, which is not so well known in English language sources. -- Louis P. Boog ( talk) 00:27, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
The present opening (definitional) sentence is " Islamic terrorism (also Islamist terrorism or radical Islamic terrorism) refers to terrorist acts committed by Islamists who have a religious motivation".
This definition is a huge improvement on what was here only a month ago, but it is still flawed in being both tautologous and vague IMO. The ONLY areas of this subject area in which I would claim much expertise is in 'watching' quite a number of European Islamic terrorist articles. Therefore I am bringing the subject here in order to invite input.
I don't have any problem with the sentence up to "refers to terrorist acts" BUT "committed by Islamists who have a religious motivation" has a number of problems. 1) We usually define terrorist acts according to the ideology or motive of the perpetrator/group, NOT who the perpetrtor is (ie Islamism not Islamists) and the second half of the sentence "Islamists who have a religious motivation" is both tautologous (tautologous since ALL Islamists have a religious motivation/justification for everything they do. Whatever Islamism is, it is a rejection of the seperation between the religious and secular worlds in favour of a - usually very literalist/fundamentalist - interpretation of Islam ruling all aspects of life and morality) … and vague (what religious motivation? The reinstatement of the Dalai Lama? The banning of contraception?). The definition only works for those who already know what Islamic terrorism is and what its ideology/objectives are.
An additional detail is that the present definition fails to encompass the many 'sympathy' acts - which - especially in the case of European lone wolf incidents - are probably the majority of incidents and which are perpetrated "in sympathy with other Muslims" or with Islamist groups, (such as A-Q and IS) but where the perpetrator themselves could not possibly be described as having ANY ideology, including Islamist.
I'm going to try to come up with a clearer opening, but am posting here with my reasons. Input welcome, as is any 'pre-existing' definition which addresses these problems. Pincrete ( talk) 11:55, 15 July 2021 (UTC)
Would emphasise there is a difference between ideology and motivation: for example the majority of islamist acts of terror are perpetrated against other muslims. Likewise, if we look at academic works such as by Abrahms then we can see that terrorist “motivations” are complicated and counterintuitive, and arguably often not religious. Obviously this gets very complex and is difficult to neatly summarise in an opening paragraph, my view is that we should simply omit motivation from the intro as it is practically impossible to concisely cover it without leaving it open for dispute Personally my preferences would be to simply remove the part about motivation. John wiki: If you have a problem, don't mess with my puppy... 00:41, 16 July 2021 (UTC)
Checking for images that give visual evidence for Islamic terrorism I only found an image that showed photos of victims. In contrast, the article of terrorism is full of pictures of destruction resulting from acts of terror. I am including the description of those who are not state-perpetrated:
United Airlines Flight 175 hits the South Tower of the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks of 2001 in New York City
Attack at the Bologna railway station on August 2, 1980 by the neo-fascist group Nuclei Armati Rivoluzionari. With 85 deaths, it is the deadliest massacre in the history of Italy as a Republic.
Aftermath of the 2002 bomb attack at the Myyrmanni shopping mall in Myyrmäki, Vantaa, Finland. The bombing was especially shocking for Finland and the other Nordic countries, where bombings are extremely rare.
The Beslan school siege by Chechen rebels on September 1, 2004. It was the deadliest massacre in the history of Russia in the 21st century.
Aftermath of the King David Hotel bombing by the Zionist militant group Irgun, July 1946
A view of damage to the U.S. Embassy in the aftermath of the 1983 Beirut bombing caused by Islamic Jihad Organization and Hezbollah
Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing. Some 35,000 Pakistanis have died from terrorist attacks in recent years
Dawabsheh family home after Duma arson attack
The Wall Street bombing at noon on September 16, 1920 killed thirty-eight people and injured several hundred. The perpetrators were never caught.
Is there some self-censorship going on? For starters we can copy here all images from the "Terrorism" article that are about Islamic terrorism. Nxavar ( talk) 09:50, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
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On Friday, September 3, 2021, a Tamil Muslim named Ahamed Aathil Mohamed Samsudeen committed a terrorist attack by stabbing multiple people in Auckland, New Zealand. [1] [2] 203.96.84.1 ( talk) 15:55, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
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This article has grown to an indigestible length and complexity due to the age-old issue on Wikipedia of the discussion of the subject itself being confused with the need to add endless illustrative examples of the subject - in this case, an exhaustive list of terroristic acts. I propose a split whereby all of the material currently listed under Islamic terrorism#Examples of organizations and acts be split off, condensed and merged into List of Islamist terrorist attacks. By my rough estimate, this would shave about a third of the article off and leave the remaining 200,000 bytes with a much better chance of being shaped up into something half readable. As it stands, the country-by-country examples listed out ad nauseum on this thematic page add little benefit. Thoughts? Iskandar323 ( talk) 21:14, 17 February 2022 (UTC)
slamic terrorism (also Islamist terrorism or radical Islamic terrorism) refers to terrorist acts with religious motivations carried out by fundamentalist militant Islamists and Islamic extremists.[1][2][3]
The 4th october 2021 attacks against Nigeria , Owerri in 2001 were carried out by the Islamist terrorist group al-Qaeda
Incidents and fatalities from Islamic terrorism have been concentrated in eight Muslim-majority countries (Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, and Syria),[4] while four Islamic extremist groups (Islamic State, Boko Haram, the Taliban, anddeaths from terrorism in 2015.
Since at least the 1990s, these terrorist incidents have occurred on a global scale, affecting not only Muslim-majority countries in Africa and Asia, but also Russia, Australia, Canada, Israel, India, the United States, China, Philippines, Thailand and countries within Europe.[Note 1] Such attacks have targeted both Muslims and non-Muslims with one study finding 80% of terrorist victims to be Christians.[10][11] In a number of the worst-affected Muslim-majority regions, these terrorists have been met by armed, independent resistance groups,[12] state actors and their proxies, and elsewhere by condemnation by prominent Islamic figures.[13][14][15]
Justifications given for attacks on civilians by Islamic extremist groups come from extreme interpretations of the Quran,[3] the hadith,[16][17] and sharia law.[3] These include retribution by armed jihad for the perceived injustices of unbelievers against Muslims;[18] the belief that the killing of many self-proclaimed Muslims is required because they have violated Islamic law and are disbelievers (takfir);[19] the overriding necessity of restoring and purifying Islam by establishing sharia law, especially by restoring the Caliphate as a pan-Islamic state (especially ISIS);[20] the glory and heavenly rewards of martyrdom;[17] the supremacy of Islam over all other religions.[Note 2]
The use of the phrase "Islamic terrorism" is disputed. In Western political speech, it has variously been called "counter-productive", "highly politicized, intellectually contestable" and "damaging to community relations", by those who disapprove of the characterization 'Islamic'.[23][24][25] Others have condemned the avoidance of the term as an act of "self-deception", "full-blown censorship" and "intellectual dishonesty".
Madonna P141 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.112.50.146 ( talk) 23:10, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
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2405:201:680B:A09D:548B:65DA:409A:4B12 ( talk) 20:15, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
Militant word should be removed. Terrorists are not militant with a cause but bad people.
I don't know if this has been brought up, but Muslims do not call these people actual Muslims as they commit acts that are mentioned as disappeasing by many records. IGotHacked12 ( talk) 22:10, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
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Please remove islamic from this. Islam is a very peaceful religion. The people that conduct these attacks are not true muslims but act to hurt the actual muslims. Please, make the world a better place and let’s all come together as brothers and sister 2605:59C8:1C9:C910:8D33:CA6D:319E:844A ( talk) 04:56, 5 February 2023 (UTC)
In the lead's last paragraph, I cannot find the words "self-deception", "full-blown censorship" and "intellectual dishonesty" in either of the sources.
Also upon examining the second source, Caroline Marcus, does not appear to have recognition or accomplishment in the relevant field. Additionally, the content of both the sources in question appears to contain extremely biased or inflammatory language, which may not meet the standard for reliable and neutral sources. 39.41.141.223 ( talk) 06:00, 7 May 2023 (UTC)
The redirect
Jihadi terrorism has been listed at
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In the section that begins "Justifications given for attacks on civilians by Islamic extremist groups," isn't an additional one that such groups regard civilians as fair targets because the members of a given target democratic nation's populace are the ones that chose to vote in a government that supposedly oppresses Muslims (and, thus, these civilians bear ultimate responsibility for their government's actions)? 2605:A000:FFC0:5F:F9BD:9D:B97C:57D4 ( talk) 02:48, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
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Please added Hindu terrorism, Hindutva, and Hindu nationalism in the "See also" section of the article. As these are all Hindu fundamentalist idealogy which are noted for anti-Islamic activities. 2409:40E0:1008:D849:A8B6:6253:FAD1:B80C ( talk) 12:24, 20 June 2024 (UTC)