这些组织都有一个地区性的基地，并专注于民族目标的实现，而伊斯兰恐怖主义却似乎是由一小撮试图为穆斯林世界在若干世纪以来由于殖民化、经济发展缺失和政治羸弱所造成的“屈辱”实施报复而来。
Whereas these groups have a territorial base and are preoccupied with national aims, Islamic terrorism appears to be the work of a very small number of individuals who seek to avenge the centuries-long “humiliation” of the Muslim world, brought about by colonization, absence of economic development, and political weakness.