Talk:List of Islamist terrorist attacks/Archive 1

Removals
I have removed a large section of this article in order to bring it up to a consistent criteria. Note that the most common definition of terrorism is indiscriminate attacks against civilians to achieve a political or religious goal. Islamic terrorist attacks are terrorist attacks carried out by Islamic groups. Hence the following do not fall under the definition of terrorist attacks: The reason behind the change is pretty self-explanatory. An article called "List of Islamic terrorist attacks" should be a list of Islamic terrorist attacks, and nothing else. Poyani (talk) 20:51, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Attacks against military targets (a group targeting a military barrack is not an act of terrorism)
 * Attacks which are not indiscriminate (for example, a person killing another person over a dispute is not terrorism)
 * Attacks which do not have a political or religious motive are not terrorism (example - a cricket riot between Pakistani and Sri Lankan cricket fans)
 * An attack carried out by a group which is not Islamist (for example, a terrorist attack by a communist group is not Islamic terrorism, even if the perpetrator is from a Muslim background).
 * Plots (this is a list of terrorist attacks - a contentious plot contested in courts is not a terrorist attack)

Suggestion to merge with Islamic terrorism after 9/11
Bad idea. This list contains "List_of_Islamic_terrorist_attacks" -- NOT List_of_Islamic_terrorist_attacks_after_9-11. There were many Islamic terrorist attacks before 9/11 2001. Geĸrίtzl (talk) 15:17, 17 December 2012 (UTC)

format issue
I'd like to sort this list by parsing it into a database, unfortunately the formatting is not strict enough.

most list items are structured so they can be parsed for country, dead, and injured; example:


 * 🇮🇳 13 December 2001 – Suicide attack on Indian parliament in New Delhi by Pakistan-based Islamist terrorist organizations, Jaish-E-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Toiba. Aimed at eliminating the top leadership of India and causing anarchy in the country. 7 dead, 12 injured.

There's
 * 1) 🇮🇳 at the beginning
 * 2) it's followed by a date
 * 3) and there's "7 dead, 12 injured" at the end

entries like the below, however, can't be parsed with reasonable effort:


 * 🇵🇰 23 December 2007 – The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariate-Mohammadi (TNSM) claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing targeting a military convoy on behalf of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan. The blast in the Mingora area of the Swat Valley killed five soldiers and six civilians.

Instead, this format would be ideal:
 * 🇵🇰 23 December 2007 – The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariate-Mohammadi (TNSM) claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing targeting a military convoy on behalf of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan.
 * location: Mingora area of the Swat Valley
 * dead: 11 (five soldiers and six civilians)
 * injured: unknown

If the above should be wasting too many lines, this would do, too:
 * 🇵🇰 23 December 2007 – The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariate-Mohammadi (TNSM) claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing targeting a military convoy on behalf of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan. (location: Mingora area of the Swat Valley; dead: 11, five soldiers and six civilians; injured: unknown)

--tickle me 14:59, 7 July 2013 (UTC)

POV
Aside from being one of the worst cases of WP:SYNTH, this article advances a POV used for pushing a racist agenda. A great deal of the material here can't even be categorized as "terrorism". "Terrorism" is largely an undefined word, but its most basic parameters include random attacks against civilians. Attacks against military targets are never terrorism. This article includes attacks against US, UK, Israeli and Pakistani soldiers, all of which are NOT terrorism by the very definition of the word. Furthermore, it lists terrorist attacks by groups or organizations which do not even have Islamist agendas. For example the Abu Nidal group is never described by anyone as an Islamist terrorist groups. The religion of the perpetrators of their attacks are not usually known. Furthermore, the list includes targeted killings of specific individuals, which again is not terrorism. Terrorism is defined as random attacks against civilians. Theo Van Gough was specifically targeted. He was not the victim of a random attack. Acts of war between two sides in a civil war are listed here also as terrorism.

In essence, the authors of this article has put together a mix of unrelated material to create as much incitement against Muslims as possible. It is terrible unencyclopedic and should be deleted or totally revamped. Poyani (talk) 16:58, 27 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Abu Nidal was indeed listed as a terrorist organization by various governments. In fact there's an extensive history, on them. As for your point on Terrorism isn't terrorism if it isn't random.  The UN itself listed and defined what terrorism is under General assembly 51/210.  That base definition is the legal definition in nearly all western courts today, as evidenced by case law.  Following with that the [|UN Security council defined it in resolution 1566]. 24.212.254.143 (talk) 23:55, 11 July 2013 (UTC)Mash


 * This ridiculous "counter" is further evidence of the ad-hoc propagandistic nature of this page. Had the person countering me read what I wrote they would see that I did not question whether or not Abu Nidal was a terrorist group.  I was questioning whether or not it was an Islamic group.  Abu Nidal was a mercenary organization for hire.  How does that make their action "Islamic terrorist attacks"?  The ideology of the group was certainly not Muslim.  Nobody actually knows the religion of many of the members who committed terrorist attacks.  So what exactly qualifies them as Islamic terrorist attacks?  The answer is: nothing.  Abu Nidal was much an Islamic terrorist as Timothy McVeigh was a Christian terrorist. Poyani (talk) 19:35, 28 March 2014 (UTC)


 * If reliable sources say a person or a group which committed a terrorist act are "Muslim", then they belong in this article. For your information: There's also an article on Christian terrorism, Jewish terrorism, and many more, if that makes you calmer... Shalom11111 (talk) 00:18, 29 March 2014 (UTC)


 * How calm I am is not relevant. Read WP:SYNTH and you will see this is a perfect example of it.  This is clearly original research and doesn ot belong on Wikipedia.  Same goes with Christian terrorism and Jewish terrorism.  For the record, the articles on Jewish and Christian terrorism do not use the same metric as you listed above "if reliable sources say a person or a group which committed a terrorist act are 'Muslim', then they belong in this article".  In other words, just because Timothy McVeigh and Ted Kaczynski were Christians does not make their actions "Christian terrorism" and hence they are NOT listed in that article. That would have been a monumentally stupid mistake, which the editors of Christian terrorism did not make and yet the editors of this article (most notably yourself) clearly ARE making. Poyani (talk) 14:56, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

"Islamic terrorism" is religious attacks against civilians committed to achieve political ends in the name of Islam. Just because an attack is carried by a Muslim, does not make it an example of "Islamic Terrorism". Groups like the Arab Liberation Front, The PLO, Black September, Abu Nidal Organization, PFLP, DFLP etc are not Islamic groups. Some are communist groups. Others are nationalist groups. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. This article lists attacks which were clearly against military targets; it lists attacks where the perpetrators are not known; it lists attacks which were part of a civil wars; it lists attacks by separatist groups with Islamic identities; etc. It is one of the worst examples of Original Research being used to push a ridiculous POV. Poyani (talk) 15:13, 31 March 2014 (UTC)

Keep

 * The sources Cited in List of Islamic terrorist attacks include the most reliable and trusted news sources around the world like CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera ,The New York Times, Reuters etc and can be verified any time for full information about the terror attack, it's perpetrators, no of people dead, injured etc.


 * All these acts are committed by Islamic fundamentalists (a.k.a fundamental Muslims ) for achieving Islamic goals that range from political to Religious.


 * The daily incidents of mass murdering and bombing of innocent civilians for perceived political or Islamic reasons carried out by Islamic fundamentalist organizations like Al-Qaeda, Abu Sayyaf, Ansar al-Islam, Armed Islamic Group of Algeria, Army of Islam, Boko Haram, Taliban, Egyptian Islamic Jihad,Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Jemaah Islamiyah, Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Indian Mujahideen, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan etc constitute as Islamic terror attacks, when they kill people en mass for there Islamic values then it ought be called as Islamic terrorism.


 * This Article does not violate any fundamentals of Wikipedia and maintains strict neutral point of view on all incidents listed.


 * As regards to information about Muslim groups fighting against extremists and terrorism ,well it's extremist Muslim groups that are causing Terrorism and the groups that are fighting this include organizations like NATO, Consilium(within Europe), US department of state(in US) among many others.


 * If one regards that Terrorism is largely undefined then this list of daily mass murders carried out by fundamental Islamic groups can be listed as List of Attacks by Fundamental Islamic Organizations


 * This list includes deadly terror attacks on targets ranging from civilian to military carried out by Fundamental Islamic Groups and not by people perceived to be Muslims, also this article does not list the religion of the perpetrators of these terror attacks as Muslim or christian or Atheist.

Note: This article is titled as List of Islamic terrorist attacks and not as List of Muslim Terror attacks --- Rim sim (talk) 04:34, 4 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Rim Sim, you must not be looking at the same article as me. Can you show a single reliable source which indicates, lets say, any of the first three incidents listed, are acts of "Islamic terrorism" as you defined above, i.e. "mass murdering and bombing of innocent civilians for perceived political or Islamic reasons carried out by Islamic fundamentalist"? The first three incidents listed are the 1980 Misgav Am hostage crisis, the 1980 Belgium granade attack, and the 1981 Vienna synagogue attack.  The wikipedia article for each attack explains it was done by Arab nationalists and mercenaries (such as Abu Nidal Organization) and not Muslim fundamentalists.  Can you show a reliable source where it says the religion of the attackers? Poyani (talk) 18:52, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Said Al Nasr
I removed this, as Abu Nidal is not an Islamist organization and can find no sources that Al Nasr's motivations had to do with Islam: &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 23:12, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇧🇪 July 27, 1980 – Antwerp, Belgium. Syrian Palestinian Said Al Nasr threw two hand grenades into a group of Jewish children waiting for a bus. 1 dead, 20 injured.

December 15, 1981
I removed this as (a) the source says that the Iraqi government accused the Syrian secret service of perpetrating this attack, so that (b) it's actually not known who did it, and (c) the Syrian secret service is not exactly an Islamist organization and (d) even if it were, the source gives no motive so the list's inclusion criteria are not verified: &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 23:12, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇱🇧 December 15, 1981 – Beirut, Lebanon. 61 killed and 100 wounded as Islamic Jihad suicide bomber drives car bomb into Iraqi embassy

October 1, 1982
I removed this because even the (unreliable) source doesn't claim it had anything to do with Islam. Does every truck bombing in every majority Islamic country go on this list? If so, the title needs to be changed. &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 23:18, 10 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇮🇷 October 1, 1982 – Tehran, Iran. 60	killed ,700 injured in	truck bombing in public square

number of deaths
I removed this: The number of deaths as a result of the incidents on this page is above 20,000. First, it's OR. Second, it's not clear that all the deaths belong on the list.&mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 23:42, 10 April 2014 (UTC)

November 11, 1982
I removed this as the source cited says that Israel believed it to be the work of the PLO, not an Islamist organization, and also that "Beirut newspapers reportedly received statements from a group calling itself the Military Command of the Lebanese Resistance declaring that the blast was in revenge for the massacre of Palestinian refugees at two Beirut camps in September," which is not an Islamist issue. &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 00:18, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇱🇧 November 11, 1982 – First Tyre headquarters bombings in Tyre, Lebanon, 102 dead, 28 injured.

April 18, 1983
I removed this because the group claiming responsibility attributed the attack thusly: "This is part of the Iranian revolution's campaign against imperialist targets throughout the world. We shall keep striking at any imperialist presence in Lebanon, including the international force." Anti-imperialism is not an Islamic political or religious goal. &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 00:21, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇺🇸🇱🇧 April 18, 1983 – The April 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing, Beirut, Lebanon by the Islamic Jihad Organization, 63 dead, 120 injured.

October 23, 1983
As far as I can see, no one actually knows what the motive for this attack was, but most speculation seems to be that it has to do with the Lebanese civil war, which is hardly based on Islamic religious or political reasons in any straightforward way. No one's actually willing to say for sure who did it, either. &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 00:29, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇱🇧 October 23, 1983 – 1983 Beirut barracks bombing by the Islamic Jihad Organization, that killed 241 U.S. marines, 58 French paratroopers and 6 civilians at the US and French barracks in Beirut and injured 75.

November 2, 1983
I removed this because no one seems willing to attribute a motive for it. The source is ludicrously unreliable, although at least appropriately named. &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 00:33, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇱🇧 November 2, 1983 – Second Tyre headquarters bombings in Tyre, Lebanon. 60 dead, 40 injured.

December 12, 1983
First, nobody's sure who did it. Second, nobody's sure why. The best source they can find in the article here about it says: "The motivation of the bombing is suspect to have been punishment against Kuwait, America and France for their military and financial assistance to Iraq in the Iran–Iraq War." How's that a "perceived Islamic religious or political cause"? &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 00:48, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇰🇼 December 12, 1983 – 1983 Kuwait bombings. The 90-minute coordinated attack of six key foreign and Kuwaiti installations including two embassies, the airport and the countries main petro-chemical plant, was more notable for the damage it might have caused than what was actually destroyed. What might have been "the worst terrorist episode of the twentieth century in the Middle East," succeeding in killing only 6 people because of the bombs faulty rigging.

March 8, 1985
Nobody knows who did this or why, so why's it on this list? &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 00:50, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇱🇧 March 8, 1985 – Beirut, Lebanon. At least 45 people have died and 175 have been injured in a car bomb explosion close to a Mosque in Beirut, Lebanon.

June 14, 1985
This one's a little more interesting, thank goodness. The hijackers stated that they wanted the release of a bunch of Muslim prisoners. However, I can find no source which says that they wanted the release of those prisoners for perceived Islamic religious or political reasons. Lots of people demand the release of prisoners for various things, and the prisoners have religions, but it doesn't mean that their release is being demanded because of their religions. Even if the prisoners are members of an Islamist group it still can't be assumed that there are "Islamic religious or political reasons" for the hijacking in an attempt to get them released. We certainly need a source that will say this. There won't be one, though, I don't think, because actually no one knows the details. &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 00:56, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇬🇷🇱🇧🇩🇿 June 14, 1985 – TWA Flight 847 was an international Trans World Airlines flight, which was hijacked by members of Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad. 1 dead.

September 5, 1986
As stated above, Abu Nidal does not meet the stated inclusion criteria of this list. &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 02:48, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇵🇰 September 5, 1986 – Karachi, Pakistan. Abu Nidal terrorists hijack Pan Am Boeing 747 in Karachi:21 passengers shot and killed,over 100 injured.

September 6, 1986
As stated above, Abu Nidal does not meet the stated inclusion criteria of this list. &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 02:49, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇹🇷 September 6, 1986 – Istanbul, Turkey. 2 Abu Nidal terrorists attack synagogue in Istanbul, kill 22 Jewish worshippers and themselves.

July 14, 1987
According to the sole supporting source: "No group claimed responsibility, but the city government issued a statement saying, "The explosions appeared to be the work of saboteurs of foreign origin." It did not elaborate." So why's it on this list? &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 02:51, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇵🇰 Jul 14, 1987 – Karachi, Pakistan. 63 killed,300 wounded in twin car bombs and two other bombs in shopping area.

Keep

 * The sources Cited in List of Islamic terrorist attacks include the most reliable and trusted news sources around the world like CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera ,The New York Times, Reuters etc and can be verified any time for full information about the terror attack, it's perpetrators, no of people dead, injured etc.


 * All these acts are committed by Islamic fundamentalists (a.k.a fundamental Muslims ) for achieving Islamic goals that range from political to Religious.


 * The daily incidents of mass murdering and bombing of innocent civilians for perceived political or Islamic reasons carried out by Islamic fundamentalist organizations like Al-Qaeda, Abu Sayyaf, Ansar al-Islam, Armed Islamic Group of Algeria, Army of Islam, Boko Haram, Taliban, Egyptian Islamic Jihad,Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Jemaah Islamiyah, Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Indian Mujahideen, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan etc constitute as Islamic terror attacks, when they kill people en mass for there Islamic values then it ought be called as Islamic terrorism.


 * This Article does not violate any fundamentals of Wikipedia and maintains strict neutral point of view on all incidents listed.


 * As regards to information about Muslim groups fighting against extremists and terrorism ,well it's extremist Muslim groups that are causing Terrorism and the groups that are fighting this include organizations like NATO, Consilium(within Europe), US department of state(in US) among many others.


 * If one regards that Terrorism is largely undefined then this list of daily mass murders carried out by fundamental Islamic groups can be listed as List of Attacks by Fundamental Islamic Organizations


 * This list includes deadly terror attacks on targets ranging from civilian to military carried out by Fundamental Islamic Groups and not by people perceived to be Muslims, also this article does not list the religion of the perpetrators of these terror attacks as Muslim or christian or Atheist.

Note: This article is titled as List of Islamic terrorist attacks and not as List of Muslim Terror attacks --- Rim sim (talk) 04:34, 4 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Rim Sim, you must not be looking at the same article as me. Can you show a single reliable source which indicates, lets say, any of the first three incidents listed, are acts of "Islamic terrorism" as you defined above, i.e. "mass murdering and bombing of innocent civilians for perceived political or Islamic reasons carried out by Islamic fundamentalist"? The first three incidents listed are the 1980 Misgav Am hostage crisis, the 1980 Belgium granade attack, and the 1981 Vienna synagogue attack.  The wikipedia article for each attack explains it was done by Arab nationalists and mercenaries (such as Abu Nidal Organization) and not Muslim fundamentalists.  Can you show a reliable source where it says the religion of the attackers? Poyani (talk) 18:52, 4 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Poyani-we have never said that these acts are committed by muslims, it's Islamic fundamentalists.


 * For clear understanding of Arab nationalists, Muslim fundamentalists read this wonderful book Islam:TheArabImperialism(book available online) written by Anwar Shaikh a Muslim, your will understand what has happened for the past 1400 years in the name of Islam, Islamism, Islamophobia, Jihad, Arab Nationalism ,Muslim fundamentalism etc


 * one can be sympathetic to certain groups of people out of fear ,but sympathies misplaced could lead to disasters. Rim sim (talk) 14:28, 5 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Rim Sim, in 95% of the attacks, the listed sources do not state that the attackers are "Islamic fundamentalists". Since when are groups like Abu Nidal or DFLP Islamic Fundamentalists? Poyani (talk) 14:52, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

why this article need not be Deleted
This article need not be deleted as the editors have picked a series of terrorist attacks where the perpetrators are Muslims from reliable news sources like Reuters,CNN,BBC,Al-jazeera among many others. Islamic terrorism is generally defined as attacks against civilians by Islamic groups to further an Islamic political cause. Many apologists seem to be sympathetic to the ideals of Islamic expansion through violence,lest they must also give a though to numerous people that are killed every year by these terrorists.This list enables the future generations to get a good idea of threats the world faces from terrorists. Rim sim (talk) 04:50, 2 April 2014 (UTC)


 * It is not Wikipedia's aim to "enable future generations to get a good idea of threats the world faces from terrorists". Wikipedia's aim is to present information from reliable sources.  There is no reliable sources which lists the group of attacks mentioned under "Islamic terrorist attacks".  This is original research and it should be deleted.  Note that the "Request for Deletion" doesn't automatically delete the page. It sends it to admins which review and decide whether it is to be deleted.  Please under no circumstances remove the POV tag until the issue is resolved.  Poyani (talk) 18:21, 3 April 2014 (UTC)


 * What the hell do you mean, "no reliable sources"??? All these attacks have been reported in the news, and can be verified simply by checking the back issues of any major newspaper!  In fact, the ONLY words in the whole article that can even REMOTELY be classified as "original research" is the part about Islamic revival, which I just fixed!  Therefore, there is NO longer any grounds for this article's deletion, and I insist that the request be denied! 24.5.122.13 (talk) 06:44, 5 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Really? The attacks by Pakistani cricket hooligans against the Sri Lankan cricket bus have been described by news sources as "Islamic terrorism"?  The assassination of rivals by Abu Nidal are described by news sources as "Islamic terrorism"?  Show me where.  Which news site has described it like that? Poyani (talk) 14:57, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

November 28, 1981
The inclusion criteria for this list include: terror attacks by Islamic fundamentalists to further a perceived Islamic religious or political cause. I'll buy that the Muslim Brotherhood are Islamic fundamentalists, but the source cited doesn't say anything about their motivation. I also question the reliability of the source since it's just some guy's website.&mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 23:05, 10 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Even including the Muslim Brotherhood attacks on this basis is OR. If there is no listed RS which clearly explains that the perpetrators are engaging in the act for the purpose of establishing an Islamic agenda and the attack qualifies as "terrorism" then there is absolutely no basis for including any of them. The Muslim Brotherhood's values are clearly Islamic, but so are the Christian parties which rule many European countries (such as Germany).  The direct motivation for the Muslim brotherhood's attacks are to displace the current dictatorships in those countries, not to achieve social Islamic political goals.  Furthermore, the Egyptian government typically blames ALL attacks on the Muslims Brotherhood because they are the government's primary rival.  That is true even when the attacks are clearly by others. Poyani (talk) 15:01, 11 April 2014 (UTC)


 * I agree. I left it on because I hadn't yet realized the depth of the problem and then someone else edited and I had to stop for the day (I assume this article is under 1RR).  I have not been able to find sources for this incident that state that it's in the scope of the list.  It also occurred to me that basing the list on the intention of the actors whose actions are listed is inherently problematic unless both the actors and the acted-upon agree on the actors' intentions, e.g. 9/11.  But that's so rare.  I'm betting there isn't actually much that can go on this list in a policy-compliant way.&mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 16:20, 11 April 2014 (UTC)

October 9, 1987
I removed this:

because the source is stunningly unreliable, being a chat forum. Even if the source is accurate we're talking about an attack by a group of soldiers on an occupying army; there's no reason without support in reliable sources to assume that this meets the inclusion criteria of this list.&mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 03:00, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇦🇫 October 9, 1987 – Kabul, Afghanistan. 27 killed in car bombing at mosque.

April 23, 1988
I removed this because the source is (a) unreliable and (b) doesn't actually say anything about this event meeting the inclusion criteria of this list. &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 03:03, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇱🇧 April 23, 1988 – Tripoli, Lebanon. 69 killed, 125 injured when truck bomb exploded in market

May 16, 1989
Removed because supporting source explicitly says that no one claimed responsibility, so it doesn't meet inclusion criteria. &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 03:05, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇱🇧 May 16, 1989 – Beirut, Lebanon. 22 killed including Sunni Muslim leader, 100 injured in car bombing when more than 300 pounds of TNT,blew up in west Beirut

1980–1989
Source says attack related to intifada, not an Islamic cause, and that the perpetrator yelled the name of a dead friend of his, casting doubt on his motives being related to Islam. Removed rest of section because it's now empty.


 * 🇮🇱 July 7, 1989 – Tel Aviv Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack, near Kiryat Yearim. 16 dead.

&mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 03:08, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

March 13, 1993
Removed because I can't find a source that definitively states motivation for bombings. &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 03:12, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇮🇳 March 13, 1993 – 1993 Bombay bombings. Mumbai, India. 257 dead, 713 injured.

April 6,13,16 1994
No source shows meets inclusion criteria of list. Obviously Israel/Palestine conflict is not based on Islamic motivations. &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 03:15, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇮🇱 April 6, 1994 – Afula Bus suicide bombing, Afula. 8 dead
 * 🇮🇱 April 13, 1994 – Hadera bus station suicide bombing, Hadera. 5 dead
 * 🇮🇱 April 16, 1993 – Mehola Junction bombing, Mehola junction, West Bank. 1 dead

July 28, 1994
Source specifically says "The specific motivation for the 1994 AMIA bombing, according to Nisman, was to punish Argentina for suspending its nuclear cooperation with Iran." Nothing to do with Islam. &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 03:19, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇦🇷 July 28, 1994 – Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vehicle suicide bombing attack against AMIA building, the local Jewish community representation. 85 dead, more than 300 injured.

Many other Intifada related events
No source shows Islam-related motives, rather Israel/Palestine conflict motivations, so don't meet inclusion criteria for list. &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 03:21, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇮🇱 October 19, 1994 – Dizengoff Street bus bombing, Tel Aviv. 22 dead
 * 🇮🇱 November 11, 1994 – Netzarim Junction bicycle bombing, Netzarim. 3 dead
 * 🇮🇱 January 22, 1995 – Beit Lid massacre, Beit Lid Junction. 21 dead
 * 🇮🇱 April 9, 1995 – Kfar Darom bus attack, Vicinity of Kfar Darom, Gaza Strip. 8 dead
 * 🇮🇱 July 24, 1995 – Ramat Gan bus 20 bombing, Ramat Gan. 6 dead
 * 🇮🇱 August 21, 1995 – Ramat Eshkol bus bombing, Jerusalem. 4 dead
 * 🇮🇱 February 25 and March 3, 1996 – Jaffa Road bus bombings, Jerusalem. 45 dead, 55 injured
 * 🇮🇱 March 4, 1996 – Dizengoff Center suicide bombing, Tel Aviv. 13 dead
 * 🇮🇱 March 21, 1997 – Café Apropo bombing, Tel Aviv. 3 dead
 * 🇮🇱 July 30, 1997 – 1997 Mahane Yehuda Market Bombings, Jerusalem. 16 dead
 * 🇮🇱 September 4, 1997 – Ben Yehuda Street Bombing, Jerusalem. 5 dead
 * I agree with you analysis. Pluto2012 (talk) 08:00, 12 April 2014 (UTC)

February 14, 1998
I removed this because the cited source says that the motive was reprisal rather than Islamism and the Wikipedia article on it doesn't give a reason at all: &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 17:13, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇮🇳 February 14, 1998 – Bombing in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. 13 bombs explode within a 12 km radius. 46 killed and over 200 injured.

August 7, 1998
Much speculation on motive here, none of it says Islamism. Was it in revenge for other killings? Was it to lure the US into Afghanistan? No one seems willing to say. Therefore it doesn't belong on this list. &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 17:16, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇹🇿 🇰🇪 🇺🇸 August 7, 1998 – 1998 United States embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya. 224 dead. 4000+ injured.

September, 1999
First of all, no one's willing to say definitely what the motives were. The source in this article explicitly does not. Later sources speculate and contradict one another. Finally, even if it were Muslim Chechens who were responsible, given that they feel that their country is occupied by Russia, a case for an Islamist motive is hard to sustain. Decent sources are needed, and I can't find any. &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 17:22, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇷🇺 September 4–16, 1999 – The Russian apartment bombings were a series of explosions that hit four apartment blocks in the Russian cities of Buynaksk, Moscow, and Volgodonsk. The explosions occurred in Buynaksk on September 4, Moscow on September 9 and 13, and Volgodonsk on September 16. 293 dead, 1000+ injured. Several other bombs were defused in Moscow at the time.

August 5, 2000
Source cited doesn't name perpetrators; Wikipedia article doesn't discuss motives. Off the list until explicit connection with inclusion criteria is possible: &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 17:27, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇮🇩 August 5, 2000 – Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombingskilling 18

And more Palestinian ones
Same reasoning as above: &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 17:38, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇮🇱 May 19, 2002 – Netanya Market bombing, Netanya. 3 dead, 59 injured.
 * 🇮🇱 May 23, 2002 – Pi Glilot bombing attempt, Tel Aviv. averted Thousands of dead
 * 🇮🇱 June 5, 2002 – Megiddo Junction bus bombing, Megiddo Junction. 17 dead
 * 🇮🇱 June 11, 2002 – 2002 Herzliya shawarma restaurant bombing, Herzliya. 1 dead
 * 🇮🇱 June 18, 2002 – Patt Junction Bus Bombing, Jerusalem. 19 dead
 * 🇮🇱 June 19, 2002 – 2002 French Hill suicide bombing, Jerusalem by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. 7 dead, 35 injured.
 * 🇮🇱 July 16, 2002 – 2002 Immanuel bus attack, Israel. 9 dead
 * 🇮🇱 July 17, 2002 – Neve Shaanan Street bombing, Tel Aviv. 5 dead
 * 🇮🇱 July 31, 2002 – Hebrew University bombing, Jerusalem. 9 dead
 * 🇮🇱 August 4, 2002 – Meron Junction Bus 361 attack, Israel. 9 dead
 * 🇮🇱 September 19, 2002 – Allenby Street bus bombing, Tel Aviv. 6 dead

October 12, 2002
A more complicated one: Al-Qaeda took responsibility, but stated that (according to wikipedia article, and only purportedly) "the Bali bombings were in direct retaliation for support of the United States' war on terror and Australia's role in the liberation of East Timor." The cited source gives no motive. Until good sourcing is found should not appear on list. &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 13:53, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇮🇩 October 12, 2002 – Bombing in Bali nightclub. 202 killed, 300 injured.

October 23, 2002
OK, sure. This was done by "Islamic militant separatists," but was it done for Islamic religious or political goals? In their statement the Chechens responsible talk about liberating Chechnya from Russian control and sure, they mention Allah, but only in the context of a rights-giver. Nothing is said about Islamic religious or political goals, and national liberation cannot plausibly be said to be a goal associated with a religion unless there are sources that say so specifically. The source this is cited to is 404-ed out. &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 13:57, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇷🇺 October 23, 2002 – Moscow theater hostage crisis; Some 40 to 50 Islamist militant separatist seized a crowded Moscow theater taking 850 hostages. 170 killed, 700 injured.

November 2, 2004
It's hard to see how a single targeted assassination done for any purpose could plausibly be called terrorism. &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 14:09, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇳🇱 November 2, 2004 – The murder of Theo van Gogh (film director) by Amsterdam-born jihadist Mohammed Bouyeri.

December 27, 2007
It's not clear that assassination of a politician can be considered terrorism. Secondly, no one actually knows who did this. Third, the motives are all speculative. &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 14:57, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇵🇰 December 27, 2007 – The Pakistani government implicated the network in the December 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto although the group denies the charge. The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency also confirmed its belief of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan's involvement in January 2008.

May 22, 2008
Police speculation as to motives only, even cited sources are skeptical, e.g. "However, Devon and Cornwall Police have not yet explained what they mean by "radicalised"". &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 16:13, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇬🇧 2008 Exeter bombing – A failed attack which happened on May 22, 2008, at the Giraffe cafe and restaurant in Princesshay, Exeter, United Kingdom. Nicky Reilly, 22, a Muslim convert from Plymouth, pleaded guilty to launching a failed suicide attack on October 15. The bomber was the only person injured.

July 26, 2008
Sources state that purpose behind attacks was unclear, but speculation and the terrorists' statement don't mention Islamist motives: "In the past one year, this group has owned responsibility for several other strikes. They seem to nurse a grudge against the country's criminal justice system. "The innocent Muslims arrested in the (Mumbai) bomb blast case are being tried for years and years," it says. There is no reference to Kashmir in the email." &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 16:17, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇮🇳 July 26, 2008 – 2008 Ahmedabad bombings, India. Islamic terrorists detonate at least 21 explosive devices in the heart of this industrial capital, leaving at least 56 dead and 200 injured. A Muslim group calling itself the Indian Mujahideen claims responsibility. Indian authorities believe that extremists with ties to Pakistan and/or Bangladesh are likely responsible and are intent on inciting communal violence. Investigation by Indian police led to the eventual arrest of a number of terrorists suspected of carrying out the blasts, most of whom belong to a well-known terrorist group, The Students Islamic Movement of India.

November 5, 2009
According to WP article on subject: "The U.S. Government has declined requests from survivors and family members of the slain to categorize the Fort Hood shooting as act of terrorism, or motivated by militant Islamic religious convictions." &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 16:53, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇺🇸 November 5, 2009 – Fort Hood shooting, at Fort Hood near Killeen, Texas.

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More Palestinian incidents
Without extraordinarily good sourcing it's hard to see how to attribute Islamist motivations to any terrorism inside Israel by Palestinians, as stated above: &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 17:31, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇮🇱 March 4, 2001 – 2001 Netanya bombing, Netanya. 3 dead
 * 🇮🇱 May 18, 2001 – 2001 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing, Netanya. 5 dead
 * 🇮🇱 June 1, 2001 – Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing, Tel Aviv. 21 dead
 * 🇮🇱 August 9, 2001 – Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing, Jerusalem. 15 dead
 * 🇮🇱 September 9, 2001 – Nahariya train station suicide bombing, Nahariya. 3 dead
 * 🇮🇱 November 29, 2001 – Pardes Hanna bus bombing, Israel. 3 dead
 * 🇮🇱 December 1, 2001 – Ben Yehuda Street Bombing, Jerusalem. 11 dead+2 sucide bombers.
 * 🇮🇱 December 2, 2001 – Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing, Haifa. 15 dead
 * 🇮🇱 January 25, 2002 – 2002 Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombing, Tel Aviv. 25 injured
 * 🇮🇱 January 27, 2002 – 2002 Jaffa Street bombing, Jerusalem. 1 dead
 * 🇮🇱 February 16, 2002 – Karnei Shomron Mall suicide bombing, Israel. 3 dead, 30 injured
 * 🇮🇱 March 2, 2002 – Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre, Jerusalem. 11 dead
 * 🇮🇱 March 9, 2002 – Café Moment bombing, Jerusalem. 11 dead
 * 🇮🇱 March 20, 2002 – Umm al-Fahm bus bombing, Israel. 7 dead
 * 🇮🇱 March 21, 2002 – King George Street bombing, Jerusalem. 3 dead
 * 🇮🇱 March 27, 2002 – Suicide bomb attack on a Passover Seder in a Hotel in Netanya, Israel. 30 dead, 133 injured.
 * 🇮🇱 March 29, 2002 – Kiryat HaYovel supermarket bombing, Jerusalem. 2 dead
 * 🇮🇱 March 31, 2002 – Matza restaurant suicide bombing, Haifa. 15 dead
 * 🇮🇱 April 10, 2002 – Yagur Junction bombing, Yagur. 8 dead
 * 🇮🇱 April 12, 2002 – 2002 Mahane Yehuda Market bombing, Jerusalem. 6 dead
 * 🇮🇱 May 7, 2002 – 2002 Rishon LeZion bombing, Rishon LeZion. 15 dead

I removed the following as it appears to be misplaced too.  Sean.hoyland  - talk 17:01, 17 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇮🇱 November 21, 2012 – Tel-Aviv, Israel. Bus explodes on Tel Aviv's Shaul Hamelech Street; 28 wounded, one seriously, one moderately.

Removal of map
I removed this map because the cited source says it shows attacks by Islamist terror groups, but it doesn't sort them by motivation, so it's impossible to tell if it applies to the inclusion criteria for this list or not. Thus its presence is misleading. &mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 18:06, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

May 7, 2013
No one claimed responsibility for this attack and the Taliban specifically denied that they did it, hence both motivation and perpetrators are unknown.

&mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 21:06, 18 April 2014 (UTC)
 * 🇵🇰 May 7, 2013. – Hangu, Pakistan. In a wave of pre-election sectarian violence a suicide attack, at a rally for a candidate of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, a pro-taliban religious party, killed at least 15 people and injured more than 40 including an election candidate.

Vandalism by Apologists
massive vandalism by apologists has been undone,removing terror incidents citing that they are described as done by muslims and not by islamists or done by islamists and not by muslims sounds naive.Rim sim (talk) 10:40, 18 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Don't call it vandalism when it's not. Don't call me an apologist when I'm not.  Engage on the talk page like a normal editor and discuss the items individually.  Please try to learn how things are done here, because you're heading for serious trouble if you don't.&mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 21:23, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

Deletion request turned down
note that there has been a good discussion on all the terror attacks listed and the result is keep, don't remove them by getting emotional.Rim sim (talk) 10:40, 18 April 2014 (UTC)


 * An AfD discussion ending in "keep" is not an endorsement of the contents of the article. Please take some time to learn your way around at Wikipedia before making such weirdly aggressively confident statements about things you don't yet understand.&mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 21:24, 18 April 2014 (UTC)

I'm done with this for now
I'm done removing stuff. I didn't start talk page sections for what seemed to me like clear-cut cases, but of course am always open to reasoned discussion regarding everything. It's possible I left in too much, it's so hard to tell what's actually happening in Syria. I'd welcome more informed input, naturally.&mdash; alf laylah wa laylah (talk) 23:17, 18 April 2014 (UTC)