Low intensity terrorism, fits with the "jihad as an individual duty" of the modern ROP scholars, follow the same trend of "friction with the infidel society" as car arsons, gangrapes, motiveless assaults,... in Europe, though is one is more clearly religious-motivated.CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina (AP) -- A University of North Carolina graduate from Iran, accused of running down nine people on campus to avenge the treatment of Muslims, said at a hearing Monday that he was "thankful for the opportunity to spread the will of Allah." Police Chief Derek Poarch said Taheri-azar told investigators he intentionally hit people to "avenge the deaths of Muslims around the world." Taheri-azar appeared in Orange County District Court in nearby Hillsborough. He was assigned a public defender, but said after the hearing: "The truth is my lawyer."
At about the same time, UNC students held what they called an "anti-terrorism" rally on the Chapel Hill campus. The school's chapter of the College Republicans helped organize Monday's campus rally against terrorism. "We don't want terrorism here, and we're not gonna stand for that where we live and where we go to school," said Kris Wampler, a student at UNC and member group.
Student Staci Griner said the incident was unsettling for UNC students. "You feel kind of removed from the bigger attacks, like 9/11, because they're not in your immediate town. We walk around and meet people and never think it's one of our own," said Griner, 21. "I feel like the whole world is falling apart."
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