மூன்று நாடுகளில் கிறிஸ்துவ பயங்கரவாதம்- வடக்கு உகாண்டா, இந்தியா, அம்போன்

In the Name of the Father? Christian Militantism in Tripura, Northern Uganda, and Ambon
Authors: Jeroen Adam a; Bruno De Cordier a; Kristof Titeca a; Koen Vlassenroot a
Affiliation: a Conflict Research Group, Department of Third World Studies, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

DOI: 10.1080/10576100701611288
Publication Frequency: 12 issues per year
Published in: Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Volume 30, Issue 11 November 2007 , pages 963 - 983
Subjects: Military & Strategic Studies; Terrorism;
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Abstract
Although armed groups and political violence referring to Islam have attracted increasing attention since the start of the global war against terror, one particular religion can hardly be described as the main source of inspiration of what is commonly referred to as "terrorist acts of violence." Faith-based violence occurs in different parts of the world and its perpetrators adhere to all major world faiths including Christianity. As such, this article treats three cases of non-state armed actors that explain their actions as being motivated by Christian beliefs and aimed at the creation of a new local society that is guided by religion: the National Liberation Front of Tripura, the Lord's Resistance Army, and the Ambonese Christian militias. It analyzes the way by which they instrumentalized religion against respective backgrounds of conflict rooted in social change, the erosion of traditional identities, imbalances of power, and widening communautarian faultlines.