Terrorism

Nowadays, terrorism is a well known term that has been witnessed by people all over the world. Its definitions has been constantly changed by analysts since the definition of terrorism has proved controversial, however several parties agree that it is a word with intrinsically negative connotations that is generally applied to one's enemies and opponents, or to those with whom one disagrees and would otherwise prefer to ignore. Because of this, the decision to call someone or label some organization terrorist becomes almost unavoidably subjective, depending largely on whether one sympathizes with or opposes the person/group/cause concerned. There are multiple types of terrorism but only four will be developed below, these topics will be: domestic, nationalist, religious and state terrorism.
To begin with, domestic terrorism was defined as "the unlawful use of force or violence, committed by a group(s) of two or more individuals, against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, political or social objectives. Many real scenarios would be a good way to exemplify domestic terrorism; some of these events are the following: The Columbine High School massacre was a famous event that occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, Colorado, United States where two senior students embarked on a massacre, killing 12 students and one teacher and then committed suicide. In 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States were also known as domestic terrorism act, letters containing anthrax spores were mailed to several news media offices and senators killing five people and infecting 17 others. Finally, the Animal Liberation Front (ALF) is a name used internationally by activists who engage in direct action tactics on behalf of animals. This includes removing animals from laboratories and fur farms, and sabotaging facilities involved in animal testing and other animal-based industries.
Second, nationalist terrorism is a form of terrorism motivated by nationalism; its members seek to gain self-determination in some form which implies obtaining gaining greater autonomy in order to establish a completely independent, sovereign state. The feeling among members of that group that they are oppressed or denied rights, especially rights granted to others. Violence and war are acceptable actions by those who perform this kind of terrorism since they consider that fighting for their nation´s rights is justified. Also, violence against immigrants in a country is another act of nationalist terrorism; therefore, many countries see immigration as a threat to the prosperity of the local or native population of that country. In 1968, United Kingdom and Ireland were on a conflict because of land. Those lands were part of the United Kingdom and Irish wanted those counties to leave the UK and unite with the Republic of Ireland.

Third, religious terrorism is performed by those whose motivations and aims have a predominant religious character or influence. The perpetrators must use religious scriptures to justify or explain their violent acts or to gain recruits. Suicide terrorism, self-sacrifice, or martyrdom has throughout history been organized and perpetrated by groups with both political and religious motivations. A good example of this is the World Trade Center which took place on September, 11th 2001 event is a possible example of religious terrorism. According to the information supplied by the US government, this tragedy was considered Islamic terrorism because the attack was Muslim related. According to Islam, defending its religion and culture is the most remarkable thing a Muslim can do even though this might require suicide as it happened at the WTC. Finally, State terrorism refers to acts of terrorism conducted by governments.
To conclude, besides the terrorist types that were developed, there are a lot more types that can be deeply analyzed. As a matter of fact, terrorism should not exist and human beings are supposed to respect each other but unfortunately because of social, political, religious or nationalism people will continue trying to reach their goals even though it is not done the right way.