Militant Islamism Quotes

“Generally speaking, any movement with a certain degree of social substance practices terrorism as a pressure tactic in order to squeeze concessions and a negotiated solution from the state. In the case of militant Islamism, the characteristic that sets it apart from all other movements, past and present, is that it has nothing to negotiate. The truth is that its fight is to the death.”
― Gérard Chaliand, The History of Terrorism: From Antiquity to al Qaeda