Sacred Violence: In Search for Justification of Violence in the Holy Texts
Sacred Violence: In Search for Justification of Violence in the Holy Texts

Summary/Abstract: Terrorism means violence, though not all violence is terrorism. There is violence and violence. Superficially speaking, there is justified violence and unjustified violence. Under the heading of the justified violence presumably fall such cases as punishments imposed by legal institutions of the state, first of all, under the criminal law; armed defense of one’s own soil; and, in certain cases, defending one’s own life and property. Unjustified violence, conversely, comprises all sorts of activities, which are carried out by illegal agents and/or illegal means: criminal offense, aggressive military operations, etc.

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