ndental, and divinely-inspired imperatives16 or a vehemently anti-government form of "populism"
             reflecting far-fetched conspiracy notions based on a volatile mixture of seditious, racial and religious dicta.17
             Religious terrorism18 tends to be more lethal than secular terrorism because of the radically different value
             systems, mechanisms of legitimisation and justification, concepts of morality, and Manichean world views that
             directly affect the "holy terrorists'" motivation. For the religious terrorist, violence first and foremost is a
             sacramental act or divine duty: executed in direct response to some theological demand or imperative and
             justified by scripture. Religion, therefore functions as a legitimising force: specifically sanctioning wide scale
             violence against an almost open-ended category of opponents (e.g., all peoples who are not members of the
             religious terrorists' religion or cult). This explains why clerical sanction is so important for religious terrorists19
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