Editing Terrorism (section)

=== Modern terrorism (1900-present) ===
In 1920 [[Leon Trotsky]] wrote ''[[Terrorism and Communism]]'' to justify the [[Red Terror]] and defend the moral superiority of [[revolutionary terrorism]].{{sfn|Primoratz|2004|p=xv}}

The assassination of the [[Empress of Austria]] [[Empress Elisabeth of Austria|Elisabeth]] in 1898 resulted in the [[International Conference of Rome for the Social Defense Against Anarchists]], the first international conference [[Counterterrorism|against terrorism]].<ref name="t1362">{{cite book |title=The Battle against Anarchist Terrorism |date=2013-12-05 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-139-52412-4 |pages=131–184 |chapter=The first international conference on terrorism: Rome 1898 |doi=10.1017/cbo9781139524124.008}}</ref>

According to [[Bruce Hoffman]] of [[RAND Corporation|the RAND Corporation]], in 1980, 2 out of 64 terrorist groups were categorized as having religious motivation while in 1995, almost half (26 out of 56) were religiously motivated with the majority having Islam as their guiding force.<ref name="Hoffman-1999-V">{{cite book |last1=Hoffman |first1=Bruce |url=https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/www/external/congress/terrorism/phase1/countering.pdf |title=Countering the New Terrorism |date=1999 |publisher=Rand Corporation |page=V |chapter=Two: Terrorism Trends and Prospects |access-date=12 August 2019}}</ref><ref name=":42">{{cite web |author=John Moore |title=The Evolution of Islamic Terrorism: an Overview |url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/target/etc/modern.html |publisher=PBS Frontline}}</ref>