Question

Although terrorist groups are often lumped together as part of the same phenomenon, it may sometimes make more sense to draw distinctions between different groups. Why and how might such differentiation be useful and necessary?     

Answer 1

The differentiation helps us to understand the causes that have given rise to the formation of any group otherwise the things will get mixed where one will lose the actual aspects about the ideology that a group follows. There can be many reasons behind the group formation, we often label a group as a terrorist group if it resists the might of oppressor. The violation of human rights has given birth to a series of events that in turn produced the terrorist groups or revolutionaries. The differentiation helps organizations or authorities to blacklist those having extremist ideology or who create social disorder and also helps them to bring measures for the welfare of those who have genuine demands protesting within the boundaries of law for their rights.`It helps us to know whom to support and whom to resist when the distinction is clear.