Islamic terrorism

==== United States ====
[[File:North face south tower after plane strike 9-11.jpg|thumb|[[United Airlines Flight 175]] explodes after being flown into the South Tower of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]] during the [[September 11 attacks|11 September terrorist attacks]].]]
{{main category|Islamic terrorism in the United States}}
{{See also|Terrorism in the United States|Jihadist extremism in the United States}}

Between 1993 and 2001, the major attacks or attempts against U.S. interests stemmed from militant Islamic jihad extremism except for the [[1995 Oklahoma City bombing]].<ref name="Investigation(U.S.)2007">{{cite book|author1=United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation|author2=Terrorist Research and Analytical Center (U.S.)|title=Terrorism in the United States 2002–2005|url=https://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/terrorism-2002-2005/terror02_05.pdf|edition=2|year=2007|publisher=U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation|page=43}}</ref> On 11 September 2001, nearly 3,000 people were killed in New York City, Washington, DC, and [[Stonycreek Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania|Stonycreek Township]] near [[Shanksville, Pennsylvania]], during the [[September 11 attacks]] organized by 19 al-Qaeda members and largely perpetrated by Saudi nationals, sparking the [[War on Terror]]. Former CIA Director [[Michael Hayden (general)|Michael Hayden]] considers [[homegrown terrorism]] to be the most dangerous threat and concern faced by American citizens today.<ref name="Hayden">{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/167252-former-intel-chief-homegrown-terrorism-is-a-devil-of-a-problem/|title=Former intel chief: Homegrown terrorism is a 'devil of a problem'|last=Yager|first=Jordy|date=25 July 2010|work=The Hill}}</ref> As of July 2011, there have been 52 homegrown jihadist extremist plots or attacks in the United States since the 11 September attacks.<ref>{{cite news|last=Saslow|first=Eli |title=A one-man mission to stop homegrown Somali terrorism in U.S.|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2015571420_somali11.html|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=12 July 2011|access-date=12 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110922105411/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2015571420_somali11.html |archive-date=22 September 2011}}</ref>

One of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history was committed by a Muslim against LGBT people. [[Omar Mateen]], in an act motivated by the terrorist group [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]], shot and murdered 49 people and wounded more than 50 in a gay nightclub, Pulse, in Orlando, Florida.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ellis |first1=Ralph |author2=Ashley Fantz |author3=Faith Karimi |author4=Eliott C. McLaughlin |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/12/us/orlando-nightclub-shooting/ |title=Orlando shooting: 49 killed, shooter pledged ISIS allegiance |publisher=CNN |date=13 June 2016 |access-date=3 August 2016}}</ref>