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Fear and Trembling: Terrorism in Three Religious Traditions

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  • Rapoport, David C.

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As the first comparative study of religious terror groups, the article provides detailed analyses of the different doctrines and methods of the three best-known groups: the Thugs, Assassins, and Zealots-Sicarii. Despite a primitive technology, each developed much more durable and destructive organizations than has any modern secular group.The differences among the groups reflect the distinguishing characteristics of their respective originating religious communities: Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism. The distinctive characteristics of religious terror are discussed, and relationships between religious and secular forms of terror are suggested.

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  • Rapoport, David C., 1983. "Fear and Trembling: Terrorism in Three Religious Traditions," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 78(3), pages 658-677, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:78:y:1983:i:03:p:658-677_25
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