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According to local news, the suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, shouted "Free Palestine." Soliman is an Egyptian immigrant who illegally lives in the United States after both his tourist visa and work authorization expire.

On June 3, his family living in Colorado Springs with him was detained by federal immigration authorities. Soriman's wife and five children were arranged to be removed from office.

The FBI and local authorities initially said they were investigating “targeted terrorist attacks.” But Soriman was later charged with a hate crime in federal court. He also faces attempted murder and other charges.

We study terrorism and hate crimes.

Is an attack like Boulder considered an act of terrorism or is a hate crime changing the way a suspect is charged and sentenced.

Let's look at the differences between these two terms.

What is hate crime?

Hate crimes are crimes that are prejudiced based on race, religion, sexual orientation, or race. In some states, it also includes gender, age, and gender identity. Since the 1980s, 47 states and federal governments have passed hate crime laws, when radicals first began urging state legislatures to recognize the role of prejudice in violence on minorities. Today, there are no hate crime laws in Arkansas, South Carolina and Wyoming.

Colorado’s 2024 regulations prohibit bias-motivated attacks based on various categories, from ancestors to gender identity.

In order to be charged as a hate crime, attacks (whether vandalism, attacks or killing) must be targeted by individuals because of the forbidden bias. Dislike crime, in other words, punishment motivation; prosecutors must convince the judge or jury because the victim's race, religion, sexual orientation, or other protected characteristics are targeted.

If a defendant is found to act with prejudice motives, hate crimes usually add additional fines to the basis of the charge. Then, hate crimes are accused of people, thus providing an additional layer of complexity for prosecutors. The motivation for bias can be difficult to prove, and prosecutors may be reluctant to try cases where they may not win in court.

What is terrorism?

Terrorism is a violent tactic - a strategy used to achieve a specific purpose.

This strategy is often used in asymmetric power struggles when a weak person or group is fighting a strong nation-state. Violence is intended to create fear among the target population.

Terrorists often justify their bloody behavior based on perceived social, economic and political injustice. Or they draw inspiration from religious beliefs or spiritual principles.

Many forms of terrorism are inspired by the struggle between race, poverty, poor, or political wanderers and elites.

How are they trying to achieve informing different terrorist organizations? Some have adopted a reactionary view that aims to stop or resist social, economic and political changes. Others adopted revolutionary doctrines and wanted to inspire change.

In the United States, terrorist attacks fell sharply from 1970 to 2011, from 475 incidents per year to less than 20.

After the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, the U.S. government began to pay more attention to family terrorism. After 2011, the number of domestic terrorism incidents began to increase, with significant increases in the 2010 and mid-2020s and early 2020s.

Data compiled by the Center for Strategic and International Studies show that right-wing terrorist attacks and plots have increased significantly over the past decade, with the majority of attacks and plots each year since 2011 each year responsible for most attacks and plots outside of 2013. In 2019 alone, there were 44 incidents in 2019.

The Department of Homeland Security's 2025 land threat assessment shows that the terrorist threat environment in the United States remains high, which is largely driven by violent extremists at home.

Terrorism is not a successful strategy. American university professor Audrey Cronin has studied 457 terrorist organizations worldwide, dating back to 1968. These groups lasted eight years on average before losing support or being demolished. No terrorist organizations she studied could conquer the country, and 94% could not even achieve one of its strategic goals.

Part of this article was originally published in articles published on March 19, 2021 and May 23, 2017.

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