(January 11, 2015 at 6:04 pm)abaris Wrote: Just to put things into perspective after the attacks in Paris. Here's a study how many terrorist attacks in the EU were religiously motivated.
Quote: In 2013, there were 152 terrorist attacks in the EU. Two of them were “religiously motivated.” In 2012, there were 219 terrorist attacks in EU countries, six of them were “religiously motivated.”
In 2011, not one of the 174 terrorist attacks in EU countries in 2011 were “affiliated or inspired” by terrorist organizations. 2010, 249 terrorist attacks, three of them were considered by Europol to be “Islamist.” In 2009, of 294 terrorist attacks, only one was related to Islamist militancy – though Europol added the caveat, “Islamist terrorists still aim to cause mass casualties.”
So... what were the motivations of all the other 'terrorist attacks', what qualifies as a terrorist attack, what qualifies as 'religious motivation', and can their study be backed by an independent source?
See, the reason I ask... is that while I would love to know more about the motivations of various terrorists: these stats sound absolutely outlandish, especially considering the percentage of people around the world who ostensibly subscribe to religious thought (most of them).
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day