Aren't terrorist extremists really just people that hate the west?

Question

Maybe religion has nothing to do with the real cause? Why do they hate the western world so much, any specifics? What is the reason?

Answer 1

They hate the West? Why you ask? It has a lot to do with religion.

It all goes back to the way the Western world so often inteferes with issues in the middle east and aggravates the Middle Easter folks by taking sides (example in the Isreali Palestine war)According to CNN's Peter Bergen, author of a forthcoming book on Bin Laden, Holy War, Inc., Bin Laden is most enraged by the American military presence in Saudi Arabia. Bin Laden was incensed when the Saudis invited U.S. troops to their defense after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Bin Laden—like many Muslims—considers the continued presence of these armed infidels in Saudi Arabia the greatest possible desecration of the holy land. That is why he sponsored bombings of the American military facilities in Saudi Arabia, why he has tried to destabilize the Saudi government, and why the embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed on Aug. 7, 1998—eight years to the day after the first American troops were dispatched to Saudi Arabia.

Bin Laden is also furious about American support for Israel. He detests Jews and views the United States as the Jewish lackey. ("[Jews] believe that all humans are created for their use, and they found that the Americans are the best-created beings for that use," Bin Laden has said.) His supporters seem particularly exercised by Israel's reaction to the current intifada, Bergen says. Bin Laden also can't tolerate American alliances with moderate Arab governments in Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait.

Answer 2

no.
some terrorist extremists hate abortion and kill doctors.
some terrorist extremists hate their own government and blow up its buildings.