Resumo

ROMERO RAMIREZ, Antonio José  e  DURAN RODRIGUEZ, Mª del Mar. Islam y terror. Convergencia [online]. 2010, vol.17, n.54, pp.53-68. ISSN 2448-5799.

Islamic fundamentalist terrorism is not a monolithic phenomenon, as its protagonists have been multiple and varied actors. In spite of its diversity, the roots of this phenomenon can be found in a series of psychosocial factors and in the dominant ideological and religious superstructure in these cultures. It is necessary to analyze this entire series of variables, then, in order to interpret the role and the effectiveness of islamic fundamentalist terrorism in the world today.

Palavras-chave : terrorism; islamism; fundamentalism; arab-muslim.