On this day in 2012, a suicide wearing a police uniform bomber struck a procession of Iraqi Shias, killing at least 53 and wounding 130 people.
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Quick Hits 10 – Gay Jesus in Rio?
Many people take religion seriously but is it ok to take violent action against someone who makes fun of your faith?
We in the West take editorial cartoons and lampooning for granted: terrorists don’t.
Are Islamist terrorists the only ones to use religion to justify violence?
The 2014 Sydney hostage crisis occurred when a lone gunman, Man Haron Monis, held hostage ten customers and eight employees of a Lindt chocolate café.
On December 14, 1973, the ‘Charles Martel Group’ carried out a bomb attack against the Algerian Consulate in Marseilles, killing four and wounding 23.
China’s crackdown on Uyghur Muslims is a horrible abuse of state power, but there is a real terrorist threat to deal with.
Sometimes terrorist groups just seem bizarre: who evokes the name of an Old Testament priest to justify killing?
In this piece and the following one, I would like to address one that really gets my goat: self-radicalisation.
Far right terrorism is our #1 threat! No, jihadi terrorism is! Which one is it? What do the numbers tell us? Have a listen to episode 18 of An Intelligent Look at Terrorism with Phil Gurski.