Terrorism Coursework Help

The GCSE coursework question, "Why do Islamic terrorists attack western targets?" has a very complicated answer. It goes back for hundreds of years, if you want to look back that far, and it's also very difficult to find non-biased resources to help you get your facts straight.

This is because it's difficult to write a text book about it - the situation is changing all the time - and people can write what they like on the Internet, so a lot of stuff you might come across will give just the view of the person who wrote it. It can be useful to read that stuff, because it gives you the view of, say, a Palestinian living in Israel; but it's important to make sure you read with your eyes open, if you see what I mean. Well, of course you have to have your eyes open to read - dur! - but be thoughtful about who wrote what you're reading and how it might have affected what they're saying.

The BBC Newsround website has some very helpful and simple guides to each of the countries we're going to be looking at. Here's their guide to the conflict in Israel. Here's one about Afghanisatan. And finally, here's one about Iraq. They also have this clear explanation of what Islam is and what Muslims believe.