Substantive Analysis: Introduction: Terrorism is used throughout the world to create fear and influence public political opinions (Siegel, 489). There are four views of terrorism: the psychological view, the socialization view, the ideological view and the alienation view. A religious terrorist would most likely fall into the ideological view. In this view the terrorist feels the need to change a wrong opinion and believes that because he is sacrificing himself for something he believes so strongly in, it justifies the harm and harm done to innocent people (Siegel, 490). They use terror to create fear in anyone who opposes them and attract followers to their religion. In short, terrorism is widely used for political reasons, but religion has also been linked to violence. Religious terrorism around the world: Terrorism has existed for centuries, and religion-based violence has existed for just as long. (Hoffmann, 2). However, the violence has never been defined as terrorism. Only until the 19th century was religion able to justify terrorism (Hoffman, 2). Since then, religious terrorism has been motivated and inspired by an ideological vision (Hoffman, 3). Therefore, it turned against the main focus of religion and more towards the views of extremists and what is happening politically (Winchester, 4). Most religions specify that violence is not allowed and yet extremists will cause great destruction in the name of their God. However, some people are too quick to blame religion for terrorism (Winchester, 2). In reality, it is the nature of human beings to prove that their way is right, and the way to do this is to use fear and destruction (Winchester, 3). It's not religion that causes terror...at the heart of the paper...for broader US policy." Rand Corporation. Rand, September 15, 2010. Web. October 9, 2013. .Siegel, Larry. Criminal Justice Essentials . Belmont: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning, 488-491. Print.Winchester, Donald. “Terror: We Can Blame Religion vision.org,” 3 November 2013. Connor “Religious Terrorism: An Evolutionary Explanation.” Patheos.com, April 3, 2012. Web. October 15, 2013. PBS “What is Religious Militancy and Its Relationship to Terrorism?” PBS.org GlobalConnections: The Middle East 2002. Web 3 November 2013