TERRORISM IS CLASSIFIED INTO SIX CATEGORIES – H.H.A COOPER

i.                        Civil disorder: This  is a form violence  geared towards disrupting the normality of a particular community. it is the interference with the peace,  security and normal functioning of a society. 

ii.                        Political terrorism: This  refers to all forms of  criminal behaviours designed primarily to generate  fear in the society  or any substantial segment   of the society for  political reasons.

iii.                        Non-political terrorism: This type of terrorism has no political undertone. It is

normally aimed at creating and provoking a high level of fear for coercive purposes. In this case, the end  may be  individual or collective gain or advantage rather than the realization of the political ambition.

iv.                        Quasi-terrorism: The activities incidental to the commission of crimes of  violence that are similar in form and method to genuine terrorism but which non-the less lack its essential ingredient. It is  not the main purpose of the quasi-terrorists to indices  terror in the immediate victims as in the  case of genuine terrorism, but the quasi-terrorist uses the modalities and techniques of the genuine terrorist and produces similar consequences and reaction. example, the  fleeing felon who takes hostages  is a quasi – terrorist, whose methods are similar to   these of the real terrorist but whose purposes are quite different.

v.                        limited political terrorism: It is characterized by a revolutionary approach. it is  referred  to  act of  which are  committed  for ideological or political  motives but which are not parts of concerted  campaign to capture control  of the  state.

vi.                        Official or state terrorism: It refers to nations whose rules is based upon fear and operation that reach similar to terrorism of such proportions. It may also be regarded to as structural terrorism.

vii.                        religious terrorism: This is  performed by groups of individuals, the motivation of which is typically rooted in faith based tenets-terrorist act throughout the  countries have been performed on religious  grounds with  the hope to either spread or enforce the system of belief, view point or opinion. religious terrorism does not in itself necessarily define a  specific religious stand point  or view, but instead usually defines an  individuals or a group view point or interpretation of that belief systems teachings .