TERRORISTIC VIOLENCE
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Terroristic violence is initiated and undertaken to punish or kill people whom--the believer imagines--do not worship the sacred object the believer worships. It stems from a philosophical theory or moral imperative.

The violence seeks to demonstrate the power of the god worshipped by one's group--by killing members of nonbelieving groups. Acts of violence give witness to the truth of one's own god's omnipotence.

Richard Koenigsberg