Ex-muslim Here to answer any questions you might have

[Jarqui]

57. In terms of ISIS/al qaeda/martydom terrorism

In the US, some might argue it started in 1977 with the Hanafi Siege (not truly an ISIS / al qaeda incident)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977_Hanafi_Siege
or others might suggest the next incident: in 1989 with the bombing of the Riverdale Press over publlshing an editorial supporting Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses.
1968 Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan was Christian and then joined a cult - he was not a muslim.
Others might point to later attacks like 1993 WTC
This roughly backs that up:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_terrorism#United_States

Outside of the US, there was some Palestinian activity in the 70s along with a couple of embassies attacked. But I suspect many would feel the embassy and barracks attacks in Beirut was the starting point.

My point is: the US was over a couple of hundred years old before this crap from Islamic extremists started happening to it's citizens.

And it's troubling to read there is nothing we can do to stop these crazy people.