Defining Terrorism

Introduction Terrorism has various definitions. What is terrorism? How do you define it? Why are male terrorists the other male freedom fighters? These are just a few of the problems the world faces everyday. The international community faces many challenges in terms of how to define terrorism and its composition. In this article I will explore the challenges facing scholars in marking terrorism and explain possible ways to define terrorism correctly.

The United States has established terrorism under the "federal criminal law". Article 18 of the United States law defines terrorism and enumerates crimes related to terrorism. In section 2331 of section 113 (B), terrorism is defined as "activities involving violent or life-threatening acts", which violates the criminal law of the United States or any country. (I) threatening or compelling ordinary citizens, (ii) affecting government policies by intimidation or enforcement, or (iii) affecting government behavior by mass destruction, assassination or abduction, and C) Mainly within territorial jurisdiction in the United States - "

The FBI defines terrorism as illegal military or violence against people or property to intimidate or enforce the government, civilians, or parts thereof, in order to promote political or social goals. Therefore, cyber terrorism can be defined as the use of computing resources to intimidate or compel others. An example of cyber terrorism is the invasion of a hospital computer system and conversion of prescription of someone's medicine to a fatal dose as a retaliation. It may sound far away, but these things can happen.

Before discussing the effectiveness of anti-terrorism policies in the United States, we need to define terrorism first. There is no widely accepted definition of terrorism, but for our purposes we can define terrorism as a form of violence or intimidation against non-military persons with the ultimate goal of influencing or intimidating the target group . By using this single definition, we can incorporate international and domestic terrorism into one definition. As we have discovered after the September 11 attack, the motive for this attack is not necessarily a political attack.