2.1 Violence and Terrorism

• Violence refers to the use of physical force to cause harm or damage
• The Crusades involved conflicts between Christians and Muslims over religious expansion and control of holy lands


  True
• ISIS uses Quranic verses to legitimize their establishment of an Islamic state
• Religious terrorism creates fear and insecurity
• What is the primary goal of cooperative initiatives between religious organizations?

  Address root causes of violence
• Match the characteristic with the correct term:

  Cause harm or damage ↔️ Violence

  Achieve political aims ↔️ Terrorism
• Order the motivations for religious terrorism from most to least common:

  1️⃣ Religious Justifications

  2️⃣ Political Goals

  3️⃣ Social Grievances

  4️⃣ Psychological Factors
• Religious terrorists justify their violence by selectively interpreting religious texts.


  True
• Match the religious effort with its example:

  Interfaith Dialogue ↔️ World Council of Religions for Peace

  Cooperative Initiatives ↔️ Interfaith charities and humanitarian aid

  Condemnation of Violence ↔️ Statements by the Pope and Imams
• Terrorism is the use of violence and intimidation to achieve political aims
• The Thirty Years' War was primarily a political conflict with no religious undertones

  False
• Boko Haram's actions are partly a reaction to government corruption
• Interfaith dialogue aims to build understanding and find common ground
• Religious leaders publicly condemn acts of terrorism carried out by those claiming religious justification
• How is violence defined in the study material?

  Use of physical force
• What religious groups were involved in the Crusades?

  Christians and Muslims
• ISIS has cited Quranic verses to justify their violent actions
• What Quranic verse has ISIS cited to justify their attacks?

  "Kill them wherever you find them"
• How does religious terrorism affect social cohesion?

  Erodes social cohesion
• Match the characteristic with the concept:

  Purpose of violence ↔️ Cause harm or damage

  Purpose of terrorism ↔️ Achieve political aims

  Targets of violence ↔️ People or property

  Targets of terrorism ↔️ Civilians

  Tactics of violence ↔️ Physical force

  Tactics of terrorism ↔️ Violence and intimidation
• Order the following historical events chronologically:

  1️⃣ Crusades

  2️⃣ Thirty Years' War

  3️⃣ Partition of India
• Match the motivation for religious terrorism with its example:

  Religious Justifications ↔️ ISIS citing Quranic verses

  Political Goals ↔️ al-Qaeda seeking to overthrow secular governments

  Social Grievances ↔️ Boko Haram reacting to government corruption

  Psychological Factors ↔️ Individuals joining terrorist groups due to personal traumas
• Interfaith dialogue aims to build understanding and find common ground
• Religious terrorism often uses selective interpretations of religious texts to justify violence.


  True
• Terrorism uses violence and intimidation to achieve political aims
• The Partition of India led to violence between Hindus and Muslims due to independence from Britain.

  True
• What political goal did al-Qaeda aim to achieve through terrorism?

  Overthrow secular governments
• Religious terrorism creates fear and insecurity
• The Partition of India is an example of religious violence leading to long-term social divisions.

  True