ABSTRACT
Suicide terrorism is the most popular and new face of terrorism in today’s world wherein the phenomenon has been steadily on the rise. Thus, in order to tackle this global challenge, it is imperative to understand the causes of suicide terrorism. Suicide terrorism thrives on the very basic assumption that individuals are ready to inflict self-sacrificial violence upon themselves and along with them, on others. However, the underlying cause that drives organisations and individuals to take up such an extreme form of action is of utmost importance. Suicide terrorism commonly arose from broad-based nationalist liberation movements, those that typically have pursued guerilla warfare and found that a guerilla strategy is inadequate to achieve their nationalist aspirations. Originating in Lebanon, suicide terrorism took a new turn in the 1980s with vehicle-borne suicide attacks, among other suicide tactics dominating the scene, motivated by religious ideals that were largely misinterpreted for propaganda.
