Various motivations underlying terrorism include radicals' desire for Muslim unity, political interest, yearning to correct social and economic deprivation in the Muslim world, and simply anti-Westernism. This article focuses on radicals' calls for Muslim solidarity and how this tends to become a primary motivation for perpetrating terrorism.

Various motivations underlying terrorism include radicals' desire for Muslim unity, political interest, yearning to correct social and economic deprivation in the Muslim world, and simply anti-Westernism. This article focuses on radicals' calls for Muslim solidarity and how this tends to become a primary motivation for perpetrating terrorism.