When the counter-terrorism processes of states are analyzed, it is seen that decapitation is a frequently used method in these processes. The main reason why this method is frequently used is the argument that it provides a success rate in counterterrorism. However, the different nature of terrorist organizations requires the use of various strategies, and the essence of this is to analyze the target group correctly. Therefore, the question of which types of terrorist organization decapitation are successful is primarily examined in this study. As a result of the research, it has been determined that this method is unsuccessful in religiously motivated terrorism. In the continuation of the study, the religion factor was determined as an independent variable to evaluate the low success rate. In this context, charismatic leader theory and social network theory are taken as theoretical frameworks, and it is tried to explain why the success rate of decapitation against religious terrorism is low. From the perspective of charismatic leader theory, the dependence on the leader is less in such organizations because religion offers a given purpose, ideology, strategy, and personnel source. In terms of social network theory, since religious terrorist organizations can find human and material resources to organize on a global scale, they adopt the network model as an organizational chart and as a result, they are minimally affected by decapitation by distributing the center of power to more local levels.