what is terrorism?

Answer 1

The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons. Like the 9/11 attacks, that was the worst.

Answer 2

The Oxford English Dictionary defines terrorism as "a policy intended to strike with terror those against whom it is adopted; the employment of methods of intimidation; the fact of terrorising or condition of being terrorised."
Webster's New International Dictionary defines terrorism as the "act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; specif.: a The system of the Reign of Terror. b A mode of governing, or of opposing government, by intimidation. c Any policy of intimidation.
The definition of the term in the Oxford Concise Dictionary of Politics (2nd edition) begins:
Term with no agreement amongst government or academic analysts, but almost invariably used in a pejorative sense, most frequently to describe life-threatening actions perpetrated by politically motivated self-appointed sub-state groups
The American Heritage Dictionary defines terrorism as "The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons."

Answer 3

Ultimately it's history that decides. If we had lost the revolutionary war those who we now call our founding fathers would have been branded as terrorists.

It's non-traditional warfare generally used with the intent of making the civilian population decide to stop whatever government actions the terrorists are against. It is directed at causing an emotional response instead of a reasoned one. It tries to make people feel that, no matter how much they think their course of action is right, it's just not worth the cost in general carnage.

Answer 4

Something that was without love and kindness among the fellow beings is terrorism. Adopting domination over their subbordinates and mercillesly killing innocent people for a single purpose are the jobs of terrorist.

Answer 5

Terrorism means nothing but Islam. Try and convince a non Muslim to covert to Islam if that person refuses then brand him as Kaafir and kill him. That's it. This is what every terrorist around the world doing.

Answer 6

Terrorism is Liberalism spelled backwards

Answer 7

It is a kind of act , when we come from their aspects, is just like a war, a struggle for the fulfilments of their needs, but which is not encouragible by the society, which is unlawful. some times it seems tobe the war against the values of their motive, but in social it is terminated. The fight they fought may be for the right cause but the way they go is wrong, as every country has its constitution, law and governance which is compulsory to be obeyed Nowadays terrirism is a fashion, not the struggle for the right.

Answer 8

Terrorism is a violent action against by humans against by them.
The truth is the terrorists are not commiting it to others but also to himself .So never attempt to go against humans as it is against Nature.

Answer 9

use of terror, especially the systematic use of terror by the government or other authority against particular persons or groups; a method of opposing a government internally or externally through the use of terror
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Answer 10

The killing of innocent civilians to spread your beliefs. Trying to disrupt a civilization's way of life by causing chaos grief and fear. That's terrorism.