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elderly is nothing but sheer murder. Likewise, killing people merely
for the reason of their nationality, faith, or sect or taking revenge based
on such reasons, is also completely against Islam. It does not comply
with the Qur’an to perpetrate terror attacks on the innocent people of
a country out of anger against the wrongdoings of that country’s gov-
ernment.

At the basis of the law of war in Islam is being just, and always
aiming to establish peace, compromise and forgive. The goal is always
ensuring the continuance of life for oneself as well as for others. For
these reasons, the principle of "retaliation" that God allowed only as a

deterrent principle against deliberate killing, and only through certain
restrictions and conditions and over which forgiveness should be cho-
sen, cannot be applied against individuals or societies based on per-
sonal thoughts of vengeance.

The commandments in the Qur'an are perfectly clear, but the exis-
tence of people who seek to perpetrate terror in the name of religion
makes it essential to investigate the psychology of terror:

Terrorist Methods and Diseased Psychology

The concept of terror has a wider meaning in today's language.
Generally it refers to the armed conflict carried on by radical ideologi-
cal groups. In general, terror means intimidation. But this intimidation
encompasses a broad field including the whole lives of people who feel
the intense threat of fear and violence. Terror includes intense and sys-
tematic intimidation designed to make people adopt a certain way of

thinking and behaviour, as well as every kind of violent act carried out
to produce this intimidation. But in every situation, the target of ter-
rorism is directly or indirectly the citizens themselves.

Terror organisations use terror to rally support. The intimidation
they use is calculated to increase their strength and so to gain the sup-
port of some or all the citizens.