“Terrorism refers to political violence that deliberately and indiscriminately targets civilians.” Within this definition is the idea that terrorists attack innocent people for reasons that society does not deem correct for their actions. In the past, terrorism was mainly divided into three categories: insurgent, nationalist and thematic terrorism. The first two are types of terrorism aimed at overthrowing a state or rule, while the third aims to promote a single cause. Michael Ignatief, Canadian liberal politician and author, added a fourth category: global terrorism. Global terrorism “aims to inflict damage and humiliation on a world power or to transform global civilizational relations.” Examples of global terrorism are those such as the September 11 terrorist attacks carried out by Al-Qaeda against the US government and citizens of its countries. Such attacks illustrate two things: firstly, as globalization has occurred and the world has become intertwined, so has terrorism, and secondly that terrorism and religions are two words often used....