Religious terrorism in the modern world

The article deals with the features of religious terrorism in the modern world, raises the possibility of using the terms «ideology», «pseudo-religion» and «quasi-religion» for modern religious terrorist organizations. We compare modern social manifestations of religious extremism, in particular, non-traditional religious movements and cults with religious terrorist groups, which are called pseudo-religious structures in scientific literature and mass media. The article traces the relation between terrorist organizations and religious fanaticism production. In analyzing the functioning of pseudo-religious terrorist organizations, we turn to the study of religious fanaticism and the typology of religious fanatics. It is emphasized that generation of neophytes-fanatics becomes the most productive activity of terrorist pseudoreligious organizations.