Dr Peter DoakAMAL ABDULWAHAB ZAIDAN ALSULAMI2022-05-302022-05-30https://drepo.sdl.edu.sa/handle/20.500.14154/50755The objective of this study is to sociologically investigate the phenomenon of terrorism and its core causes. The first section is mainly devoted to the long-debated question of what terrorism is. The following sections concentrate on critically assessing the core causes of terrorism. Individual physiology and will be explored, followed by a delineation of the structural causes of terrorism—mainly economic conditions and poverty. The study employs a methodology based on secondary data and applies the sociological imagination to highlight gaps and weaknesses in the literature.en