Fahad Ali

Origin of term
"Terrorism" comes from the French
word terrorisme
The French word terrorisme in turn
derives from the Latin verb terre
meaning I frighten.

History
The term "terrorism" itself was
originally used to describe the
actions of the Jacobin Club during
the "Reign of Terror" in the French
Revolution.
"Terror is nothing other than justice,
prompt, severe, inflexible," said
Jacobin leader Maximilien
Robespierre.

Objectives / Research
questions
The research objective was to find out
the causes and the solution of the
burning core issue of our society that is
terrorism.
What is terrorism?
What is difference in Terrorism,
extremism and fundamentalism?
What are the causes of terrorism?
What is the solution?

Terrorism history in
Pakistan
The first is the long-standing bitter dispute
between India and Pakistan over control
of the Kashmir Valley.
The second major development was the
military dictatorship of General Zia ul-Haq
who ruthlessly governed Pakistan from
1977 to 1988.
The final, and, in many ways, the most
critical factor was the impact of the Soviet
invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.

Terrorism victims in
Baluchistan , in 2014
In 25 incidents of bomb blasts,50
died & 175 were injured till march
17.
In 13 suicide attacks 21 were killed
& 79 were injured till march 17.
In 2 incidents of sectarian violence
28 killed & 70 were injured till
February 16.

Terrorist Groups in
Pakistan

Sectarian: Religiously motivated groups such as the Sunni

Sipah-e-Sahaba and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and the Shia
Tehrik-e-Jafria that are engaged in violence within Pakistan
Anti-Indian: Groups focused on the Kashmir dispute that
operate with the alleged support of the Pakistani military
and the intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI),
such as Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Muhammad, and Harakat
ul-Mujahadeen
Afghan Taliban: The original Taliban movement and
especially its Kandahari leadership centered around Mullah
Mohammad Omar, believed to be based in Quetta

Terrorist Groups in
Pakistan (cont..)

Al-Qaeda and its affiliates: The global jihadist

organization founded by Osama bin Laden and led by
Ayman al-Zawahiri;
The Pakistani Taliban: A coalition of extremist groups in
the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), led by
Mullah Fazlullah
Other militant groups fall outside of Tellis' framework,
including secessionist groups such as the Balochistan
Liberation Army in southwest Pakistan.

Method of Research
Interview technique
Open-ended questions
diversified people ( included
teachers, traders, bankers, public &
private servants etc.)
Sampling size was 15 (11 male & 4
female)

Results
Terrorism:
As per the thematic and content analysis
the terrorism can be defined as Terrorism
is threatening, harmful violent cruel
attacks that are unlawful and unjustifiable
at to harass general public and spread
fear and terror. These activities include
bomb blast, murder, target killing,
kidnapping, firing, bloodshed and putting
people life and goods in danger.

Results (cont)
Terrorism, Extremism & Fundamentalism
As response to the questions asked
about difference between terrorism,
extremism and fundamentalism the
majority of 8 people replied that there is
no difference. There response is restated
as there is no such difference between
terrorism , extremism and
fundamentalism, these all are same only
the names are different or we can say
that these are three kids of one mother,
those are stages of violence.

Result (cont..)
Others defined the three are restated according to their words
as following:
Terrorism: terrorism is terrifying, harassing, frightening or
harming people violently to spread fear, take revenge or for
unlawful demand fulfillment.
Extremism: "extremism is the act of violence to such extreme
where one can do anything, when people act too cautious about
their norms, values or religion or political ideology or their
demands, they have no mercy and they are willing to kill or be
killed for that.
Fundamentalism: Fundamentalism is extreme emotions for
religion with strict adherence and literal interpretation of the
religious doctrine.
The fundamentalism is on the basis of right and wrong and have
valid reason, base or demand that is lawful and justifiable.

Results (cont)
Causes of Terrorism
The interviewees described 4 basic causes of
the terrorism those are religious, political
social and economic causes.
Religious Causes: the religious causes of
terrorism are because of unawareness and
lack of education and sectarian war that is
due to non-aware preaching and
unauthentic mullahs who have their own
interpretations of Quran and Hadees, who
brain wash unaware people and make evil
minds.

Results (cont)
Political causes: political causes of terrorism are
the self interests and political benefits of the corrupt
politicians, those miss use the delegated powers and
thus injustice prevails in society, the international
politics and foreign interference and weak writ of
govt is also the political cause of terrorism.
Social Causes: the ethnicity , nationalism, multi
cultures , tribal system and racial system are the
social cause that contribute to terrorism.
Economic causes: Among the economic causes f
the terrorism the inflation, poverty and high rate of
unemployment are the major causes.

Results (cont)
Solutions
As response to the question about the solution huge majority
was in favor of following the guided path of Islam. While others
suggested to strengthen the rule of law The restatement is :
the solution to cope up with the problem and to stop terrorism
is that to follow Islam and spread awareness about religion and
its true interpretation and authentic preaching, Islam is the
complete guideline of life so following the religion and Quran o
Sunnah and being a better Muslim is the solution of the
problem in our society and the rule of caliphate is the best way.
The rule of law and justice is the way to stop terrorism and for
that the accountability and justice must be assured and the writ
of govt and rule of law should be strengthened and the
criminals and culprits should be punished according to law and
the foreign interference should be stopped, that is the cause of
instability.

Conclusions

the terrorism is the violent ,unlawful and unjustifiable

threatening and harassment acts
and brutal and savage attacks to harm the general public
terrorism, extremism and fundamentalism are the same but
somehow different in their degree of violence

cause is unawareness and lack of knowledge

solution of the problem is that to follow the Islam. Because

the Islam is the complete guideline for the life. And its
meanings are the Peace.

Thank You