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RELIGIOUS TERRORISTS SEEM RADICALLY DIFFERENT FROM THEIR SECULAR COUNTERPARTS. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS TERRORISM IS GREATEST WHEN THE LATTER INVOLVES DEITIES WHO DO NOT WORK THROUGH HISTORY OR PROVIDE A MESSAGE. THIS ARTICLE EMPHASIZES THAT THE DECISION TO CLAIM OR CONCEAL IS NOT A PERIPHERAL OR EXTRANEOUS ASPECT OF TERRORIST ACTIVITY. UNDERSTANDING THE PREDICAMENTS IT GENERATES LEADS ONE INVARIABLY TO THE MOST SALIENT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TERRORIST BODIES.

Challenges the assumption that political & moral dimensions of space are rarely crucial political ingredients by examining ethnoreligious conflicts (ERCs), 1880s-present. It is argued that the massive spatial configurations occasioned by the collapse of great empires creates a powerful impetus for steady growth in the number of ERCs. Space decisively shapes the length, intensity, & purpose of struggles & influences international response to internal ERCs, making proximity more important than power in intervention decisions. Adapted from the source document.