DEFINITION OF MUTATION AND EVOLUTION OF THE ISLAMIC TERRORISM IN XXI ST CENTURY

Abstract

Terrorism as a threat to international security was identified relatively long ago. In the article, the author attempted to systematize the conceptual definition of the evolution and mutation of Islamic terrorism on the example of the relation between the two largest Islamic terrorist organizations Al-Qaeda and ISIS. To present this issue, the definition of Islamic terrorism and its placement in Islam were selected. In order to show that religion for terrorists is a sort of unjustified justification for their actions. To present what is the difference between the evolution and the mutation of the threat which is absolutely terrorism, its history and shaping among the threats to international security were presented. Thanks to what it was clearly stated that the current image owes to the long-term evolution of the phenomenon. Since the 1970s, primarily Islamic terrorist organizations dominate and they are subject to mutation, which was presented thanks to the comparison of Al-Qaeda and ISIS, and what mutagenic factors had an impact on the occurrence of this process. As a consequence, it was found that the mutation may be a stronger creation than its protoplast, and it was stressed that it is unwarranted to use two terms interchangeably, because they mean something else. Finally, emphasizing that this theory can be applied to all types of terrorism, which proves its universality.