My research project

My thesis for the project is "How do terrorists justify their actions and in what way Islam involved?". I feel like my project will shed some light on the general reasons for not only terrorism, but Islamophobia as well. I feel that when acts of terror happen some people are very quick to put blame on broad group of people, particularly Muslims. I am writing this to better educate myself on the topic of terrorism and understand why people think it may hold value.

So far I have three general reasons I am observing through research. The first reason is that terrorism is a response by fundamentalist Islams who fear impending western culture. The second reason is because the Islamic Empire conquered a vast amount of area by sometimes means of violence and Islamic groups like ISIS who are trying to create a similar government feel that the violence created by the Islamic empire justifies their own. My third point is text from the Qur'an. The Qur'an is interpreted in different ways but while some are very peaceful some interpretations do encourage violence and the punishment of non-Muslim people.