Talk:List of Islamist terrorist attacks

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Munich Massacre? Lockerbie? Random start date of 1979?[edit]

How is something as well-known as the Munich_massacre not listed here? I'm pretty sure it was at one time. Do things just get randomly removed? By what random criteria? Or what about Lockerbie? Pan Am Flight 103. That was on the list before also. And why start this list at a random date of 1979? That doesn't help any to create a comprehensive, true-to-life list of attacks, if you cut of the start-point at some random date.Jimhoward72 (talk) 18:42, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

Please take a look at the title of this page. Was the massacre at the Munich Olympics perpetrated by Islamists? Was the bombing of Flight 103 perpetrated by Islamists? This isn't a list of terrorist attacks by Muslims. — MShabazz Talk/Stalk 21:18, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
So, I'm not complaining about the attacks on Israelis on the page, but according to how you describe it, those attacks wouldn't fit in the category either.Jimhoward72 (talk) 23:55, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
It depends who was responsible for the attack in question. Was it Hamas (the Islamic Resistance Movement) or a secular group such as the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Fatah, or the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine? Only attacks by Islamists should be included here. — MShabazz Talk/Stalk 01:34, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
As a rule of thumb, this article lists attacks motivated by an extremist interpretation of Islam. On the other hand, terrorist attacks that were political in nature, for example within the narrative of an armed struggle against Western policies or military presence, do not belong here. Agreed that the line can get blurred with attacks perpetrated (or claimed) by extremist organisations who use Islamism as a political tool where lines between a political and religious conflict have conflated. — kashmīrī TALK 09:59, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
Was that a rhetorical question? Our article on the Munich massacre (1972) specifies that the group behind the massacre was the Black September Organization. The core membership included dissident members of Fatah. Whether they still maintained links to their former organization is disputed. Dimadick (talk) 13:43, 27 December 2017 (UTC)
Agreed, Munich 1972 and Lockerbie 1988 are not the work of extremists pursuing the worldwide goal of forcing Islam on everyone else whether they like it or not. This largely a modern phenomenon linked to 21st century groups.--♦IanMacM♦ (talk to me) 14:45, 27 December 2017 (UTC)