In recent years, the discussion surrounding the causes of Islamic terrorism have intensified. There is a plethora of studies examining this phenomenon and offering different explanations as to why this phenomenon occurs. This study aims to provide another perspective of the phenomenon of Islamic terrorism and to investigate if terrorism is caused by religious factors or socio-political factors, by comparing Christian activists and resistance fighters in Nigeria and Israel-Palestine, with Muslim terrorist organizations Boko Haram and Hamas, and Muslim activists in Western Sahara. This study concludes that while socio-political grievances initiate the radicalization process, it is discourses surrounding religion and identity that lead to the extreme violence of Islamic terrorism.
Destiny Mmekini (Wed,) studied this question.