Terrorism and militancy

Terrorism in social science means the systematic and organised use of violence and intimidation to force a government or community to act in a certain way or impose unilaterally certain demands. Terrorism goes against human rights in all aspects, but not always militancy. The militants may have legitimate demand/s not inconsistent with human rights and international law. Thus, Tamil Tigers, Hamas, IRA, ethnic resistant forces in Asia, Africa and Central Asia, for example, are militants not terrorists. The affected vested interests in the establishments do invariably brand them as terrorists, as the Pakistani forces used to called our freedom fighters 'terrorists'. The JMB's activists are pure terrorists, not militants.

So, please do think again before you extend the status of 'militants' to the JMB activists. They are terrorists, not militants.