Terrorism: Religion

(asked on 16th September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role of religion in participation in terrorism.


Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
This question was answered on 30th September 2020

The legal definition of terrorism, in section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2000, identifies that a religious cause may be the motivation for committing or threatening terrorism. However, this is alongside political, racial or ideological causes, all equally seen as evidence of terrorism. This is in line with Government’s wider understanding of radicalisation in that there is no single pathway and the motivation of each individual may vary.

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