 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mumakore ekuma1980 nema1990, kurwisana kweIslam mukutsvaga zvinangwa zvechitendero uye zvematongerwo enyika kwakawedzera, varwi vazhinji vachitsvaga kurudziro kubva kuIran Islamic Revolution ya1979. Mumakore ekuma1990, zviito zvechisimba zvaizivikanwa zvikuru zvainangwa vanhuwo zvavo zvaive kuputika kweWorld Trade Center nemagandanga eIslam musi waFebruary 26, 1993, kurwiswa kweSarin gasi paTokyo subway naAum Shinrikyo musi waKurume 20, 1995, uye kuputika kweOklahoma Citys Murrah Federal BuildingnaTimothy McVeigh mwedzi mumwe gare gare gore iroro. Nguva iyi yakaonawo kusimuka kwezvinonzi dzimwe nguva zvinonzi Single-issue terrorism. Kana ugandanga huri kuwedzerwa kwezvematongerwe enyika omukati nedzimwe nzira, sezvakangoita hondo nokuda kwedzidzo, ipapo ikoku kunomirira kuwedzerwa kwemapoka anodzvinyirira kuita chiito chine masimba masimba. Mienzaniso inokosha inokura mukati menguva ino inonzi Anti-abortion terrorism uye Environmental terrorism. 