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THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS: SCRUTINIZED BY TERRORISTS
Marat IORDANOV
Marat Iordanov, Research associate, Research Institute of Religious and Communication Studies (Makhachkala, Russia)
At the turn of the 21st century terrorism spread wide across the world; Russia and the Northern Caucasus have not avoided their share of it. Its pernicious effect was most pronounced in Chechnia and Daghestan.
Analysis of Terms
Different sources agree on the interpretation of the word “terror” borrowed from Latin as “extreme fear” or “a time of, or government by, terrorism.” Another term “terrorism” comes close to the second interpretation as “an organized system of intimidation, especially for political ends.” Sometimes the two terms are used as synonyms.
It is not my aim to provide a detailed investigation of the two terms. I shall point out that legal acts, academic investigations, and dictionaries have failed to supply an unambiguous interpretation in order to enable the world community to identify “terrorism” with more precision and clarity. There are several hundreds of more or less similar interpretations corrected by the terrorist practice in each particular case.
There is the opinion that terrorism as a political weapon appeared less than two centuries ago. It clashed with another point of view that derives terrorism from hoary antiquity. Indeed: “Terrorism is not a recent sociopolitical phenomenon—its history goes back to at least a century and a half” or “It should be pointed out that many academics and political scientists are convinced that terrorism was rooted in revolutions. Its birth is normally associated with the French Revolution of the 18th century and the October Revolution of 1917 in Russia. In fact, it is rooted in hoary antiquity; in different historical periods, and within different political trends it assumed different forms.”
After studying different authors and various sources I came to a conclusion that terrorism has been……………..
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