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When would you say modern radical Islam started in the modern day?

When do you think it started and why?
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I'm going to try and summarize, but you could read volumes of history. What we might know as radical Islam or Islamic terrorism actually began after the 6 day war in 1967 when Israel defeated Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and Lebanon. Knowing they could never defeat Israel using standard war, the leader of the PLO--Yassar Arafat--invented a new tactic to fight that included suicide bombing and general terrorism. This new tactic was brought to the forefront of the world's attention during the 1972 Munich Olympic games. So, since 1967 it's been a series of terrorist attacks covering 50 years and 8 different Presidents from both parties.
Curiousguy833 · 31-35, M
Interesting, and would you say that's the birth of terrorism? Or even religious terrorism?
The birth of modern Islamic terrorism which is specific to your question. The cold reality is people have been wacking each other for ever regardless.