Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Religious terrorism is terrorism carried out based on motivations and goals that have a predominantly religious character or influence.In the modern age, after the decline of ideas such as the divine right of kings and with the rise of nationalism, terrorism has more often been based on anarchism, and revolutionary politics. Since 1980, however, there has been an increase in terrorist activity motivated by religion.Former United States Secretary of State Warren Christopher has said that terrorist acts in the name of religion and ethnic identity have become \"one of the most important security challenges we face in the wake of the Cold War.\" However, the political scientists Robert Pape and Terry Nardin, the social psychologists M. Brooke Rogers and colleagues, and the sociologist and religious studies scholar Mark Juergensmeyer have all argued that religion should be considered only one incidental factor and that such terrorism is primarily geopolitical."@en }
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- Religious_terrorism abstract "Religious terrorism is terrorism carried out based on motivations and goals that have a predominantly religious character or influence.In the modern age, after the decline of ideas such as the divine right of kings and with the rise of nationalism, terrorism has more often been based on anarchism, and revolutionary politics. Since 1980, however, there has been an increase in terrorist activity motivated by religion.Former United States Secretary of State Warren Christopher has said that terrorist acts in the name of religion and ethnic identity have become \"one of the most important security challenges we face in the wake of the Cold War.\" However, the political scientists Robert Pape and Terry Nardin, the social psychologists M. Brooke Rogers and colleagues, and the sociologist and religious studies scholar Mark Juergensmeyer have all argued that religion should be considered only one incidental factor and that such terrorism is primarily geopolitical.".