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TERRORISM : A
S E R I O U S T H R E AT T O
HUMANITY

MEANING
Any act designed to cause terror,
Generally understood to feature a
political objective,
The word is politically loaded and
emotionally charged,
Comes from the French word
terrorisme,
Practiced by political parties,
nationalist groups , religious groups
,revolutionaries, ruling governments.

TYPES
State terrorism,
Religious terrorism,
Right wing terrorism,
Left wing terrorism,
Pathological terrorism,
Issue oriented terrorism,
Separatist terrorism,
Narco terrorism.

C AU S E S
Social and political injustice,
Belief that violence or its
threat will be effective and
usher in change,
Poverty,
Religion,
Ethnic issues,

TERRORISM IN INDIA
One of the top five terror hit
country in world,
Major terror groups: Lashkar-eToiba,Hizb-ul-Mujahideen,etc.
Taj incident : 26th
November 2011.

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