Taliban --> mostly active in Afghanistan, created by the US (CIA) during the Cold War in order to fight against the Soviet Union. They later became radicalized because of the destruction both America and Russia left in the Middle East. No global terrorist attacks.
Al-Quaeda --> used to be centered in eastern Afghanistan/western Pakistan with Bin Laden as leader. Terrorist attacks around the world. Al-Quaeda was also created by the CIA and funded by its ally Saudi Arabia in the 1980s in order to fight the Soviets and later to fight Iran (Iran is Shia, Al-Quaeda is Sunni).
ISIS --> Centered in Iraq and eastern Syria. Global terrorist attacks. Created by the CIA (and still funded by Saudi Arabia) in the early 2000s in order to divide and conquer the Middle East and counter Iran's increasing power in the region. The utter mess and destruction America left behind after the Iraq war helped ISIS to grow by attracting many embittered people who had not been particularly religious before.
Boko Haram --> Centered in northern Nigeria. No global terror attacks (but many local ones). The group was created in the region without significant influences from outside. It was created as a counter-colonialist, nationalist and islamist extremist movement purging the influence of its former colonizer England by attempting to turn Nigeria into an islamic theocracy. Boko Haram has lost much of its influence but it still commits horrific kidnappings and terrorist attacks against civilians, especially women and children.
They're all Muslim, and they hate anything or anyone who's not Muslim. Al Queda and ISIS want to build a huge caliphate to rule over al Muslim areas, and maybe conquer the world. The Taliban just wants to rule Afghanistan, and Boko Haram wants to rule Nigeria.
I’m only better informed on Boko Haram, so I’ll only talk about it. In Nigeria there have been conflicts between the christian population and the islamic population for some years — the majority of the population is in the south of the country and identifies as christian. The islamic population is growing bigger and wants more representation in the country’s politics, which are as of now dominated by the christian population and their interests. Boko Haram are an extremist islamic organization seeking to obtain more power in that aspect by committing acts of terrorism against the christian population, their favorite targets being women and children.
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They're all a bunch of complete wankers.
ISIS is the most radical, and in terms of actual military strength is (or was) the biggest. Boko Haram was an African Islamic insurgency operating in Nigeria (I think) but later became a part of ISIS. The Taliban operate in Afghanistan, and Al-Qaeda broadly operates all over the Islamic world.
ISIS had originally split from Al-Qaeda, all those groups are islamic terrorists.
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Well.. um.. what's the difference between a radical Muslim and a radical Jew?
If your answer is "there's no difference they're both radical irrational motherf*ckers" then that's the answer for your question.. no difference
UNLESS you've something else to say..😊
They aren't really that much different. Same shit, different name.
It should be noted that they're TRUE moslems (and when I say TRUE, I do fully mean it: terrorists are TRUE moslems -- just read their cancer books).
ISIS broke off of Al-Qaeda, Al-Qaeda called ISIS too extreme, Boko Haram are the ones that commit the most crime but they are based in Nigeria and they don't get as much media attention and Taliban are just a group of wankers.
There is no real difference but they are all the same. They want to steal, kill and destroy any thing and anyone they can.
They're all subsidiaries of Goat Fuckers International.
Slightly different ideologies. That's about it. They all kill innocents and civilians. So in my boom they're the same thing.
Political extremists , using religion to recruit followers.
Their name is different according to the region.
They're all generally the same thing but they're just different factions it's like different street gangs
Al-Qaeda and the Taliban are fighting for the liberation of their countries. Boko Haram and ISIS are extremist groups that want a unified world around Islam.
ISIS seems to be largely incompetent. Alqueda is over and boko harem is in africa
They essentially have the same mindset , but different names.
Not much difference. They all want a pure Islam. No room for other ideas or ideologies.
Terrorists with different names?
Same thing, four different groups.
ISIS succeeds al Qaeda I think
Al-Queda and Taliban are the exact same lol.
They all criminal like USA army can u deny?
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