When groups are included in political participation they are more likely to choose nonviolence over violence when voicing their grievances.
terrorism
When people are excluded from government power or representation, they are more likely to resort to acts of terror to address or avenge their grievances.
The likelihood of terrorism increases when a country’s ethnic communities have close family ties in other countries (diaspora communities).
Repressing religious freedoms is twice as likely to cause terrorism than a country’s high poverty rate or population size.
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