As we impatiently wait for more details on what happened in Nashville on Christmas Day, we are now aware that the perpetrator said the world would never forget him. Does that make him a terrorist? Probably not.
Borealis looks at serious acts of violence, including ‘suicide bombings’, that are not terrorist in nature.
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When Religion Kills
How Extremists Justify Violence Through Faith (2019)
Christian fundamentalists. Hindu nationalists. Islamic jihadists. Buddhist militants. Jewish extremists. Members of these and other religious groups have committed horrific acts of terrorist violence in recent decades. Phil Gurski explores violent extremism across a broad range of the world’s major religions.
