What is David Rapoport's position on the influence of religion on terrorism? What is your view on the religion's influence on terrorism?
What will be an ideal response?
• Rapoport believes that religion has influenced terrorism because of eschatological expectations.
• Belief in end-of-the-age theology and the coming of a deity serves to justify violent behavior.
• Although this seems to separate religious and political terrorists, Rapoport argues that both sets of behavior are similar.
• Political ideology plays the same role for political terrorists as eschatology does for religious ones.
• There is little difference in behavior between secular and religious terrorists, and both types of terrorists are intensely dedicated to a cause.
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What will be an ideal response?
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