In “Murderous Martyrdom: Religion or Politics”, Karen Armstrong, a historian of monotheistic religions, explains that suicide attacks and violent extremists are not exclusive to the Islamic religion, but are politically driven responses to the Wests’ military infiltration of Muslim countries. Armstrong states that terrorism is undeniably a global threat and suggests that using weak, unjust evidence to accuse Islam of these terror attacks is detrimental to improving the Wests’-Muslim relationship. She supports her claim by citing a Gallup poll which demonstrates that only a small portion of Muslims view the terrorist attacks of 9/11 as just, and the Wests’ own doing. Furthermore, Armstrong reports that both the politically radicalized and moderate
