List of Islamist terrorist attacks
According to Fondapol, a French think tank, between 1979 and May 2021, at least 48,035 Islamist terrorist attacks took place worldwide, causing the deaths of at least 210,138 people. During this period, each Islamist attack resulted in the death of about 4.4 persons on average. The most common type of weapon used are explosives (43.9%). The main target of these attacks is the military (31.7%), followed by civilians (25.0%) and police forces (18.3%). Afghanistan was the country most affected by Islamist terrorism, followed by Iraq and Somalia. With at least 82 Islamist attacks and 332 deaths, France remains the country most affected by Islamist terrorism within the European Union. The majority of Islamist attacks (89.5%) were in Muslim countries and the victims were mainly Muslims, in the same proportions. The following is an incomplete list of Islamist terrorist attacks. 1980s

1990s

2001–2010

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2008

2009

2010

2011–2020

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021–present

2021

2022

2023

See also 
 List of terrorist incidents
 List of terrorist incidents linked to the Islamic State
 Terrorism in Europe

References

External links
U.S. Government:
 US State Department Country Reports on Terrorism
 Significant Terrorist Incidents, 1961–2003: A Brief Chronology
 Appendix A Chronology of Significant International Terrorist Incidents, 2003 (Revised 6/22/04)
 Significant Attacks Against U.S. Diplomatic Facilities and Personnel 1998–2012
 List of Major Terrorism Cases from the FBI

News:
 Al Qaida timeline plots and attacks 1992–2005
 Terror strikes blamed on Al zarqawi 1992–2005
 Timeline of Terror Attacks in Past 20 Years 1995–2015

Books with lists:
 Global Terrorism By Leonard Weinberg page 174
 Encyclopedia of Terrorist, Natural, and Man-Made Disasters by Michael I. Greenberg
 Disaster! A Compendium of Terrorist, Natural, and Man-Made Catastrophes By Michael I. Greenberg

Books with additional resources:
 The Routledge Handbook of Terrorism Research

Web sites/pages:
 "A History of Terror..." (prior to September 11)
 

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