Most Dangerous Terrorist Groups in the World


Bangalore: There are various terrorist groups around the world, and they are the cause of fear and threat among the people. Terrorist attacks leave a long lasting psychological impact on people, which is certainly not a pleasant one. Terror attacks like 9/11 will be remembered as a major turning point. The most dangerous terrorist groups as listed by exploredia.com are:

Al-Qaeda:

Al-Qaeda is a militant Islamist organization which was founded by Osama bin Laden between August 1988 and late 1989. Its origins have been traced to the Soviet War in Afghanistan. It functions as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and a radical Sunni Muslim movement calling for global Jihad and a strict interpretation of sharia law. It has been designated as a terrorist organization by the UN Security Council, NATO, the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, and other countries. They have attacked civilian and military targets in various countries. It carried out the September 11 attacks, 1998 U.S. embassy bombings and the Bali bombings in 2002.

The typical techniques used by Al-Qaeda include suicide attacks and simultaneous bombings of different targets. As Salafist jihadists, they think that the killing of civilians is religiously sanctioned, and they disregard any aspect of religious scripture which might be interpreted as forbidding the murder of civilians.