The Terrorism Epidemic
The Daily Star, Thursday, January 5, 2006
"members of the National Assembly should not be allowed to interfere by using wasta on behalf of those terrorists. Some MPs seek leniency and sometimes even the release of these terrorists."
By Abdullah Al-Hadlag
At last, my theory on religious radicalism and terrorism being two sides of the same coin, which I talked about six years ago, has been proven by recent events.
Investigations demonstrated that members of terrorist cells and the leaders of their networks are affiliated with religious organizations; they are misguided juveniles who help in collecting "charity" donations, and who are associated with secret meetings held at the terrorist camps we've been hearing about, or in the homes of questionable Mosque-attending terrorists.
Terrorism is disguised under the veil of religion. They take from its cloak a fake sanctity in order to escape any suspicion of wrongdoing.
Anyone who tries to pass off these terrorist attacks as insignificant and isolated incidents or as the acts of a lone and misguided individual would be gravely mistaken, not to mention delusional.
The investigations with the terrorist cells and their networks in Kuwait proved that we are now faced with strong and persistent enemies. They have the funds (brought forth by committees entrusted solely with collecting donations,) and the media (through which special religious publications are distributed containing secret codes that only terrorists can break.)
They are trained in handling weapons and explosives, complements of military camps in Afghanistan, Chechnya, Iraq, Hezbollah, Iran, and Yemen. They have excellent skills in the human resources area, considering their recruiting committees in Mosques and religion associations.
In short, we are up against well-organized, trained and armed enemies.
In order for us to have any chance in defeating this hate-driven mentality, we need to do the following:
We should strengthen the monitoring systems of the Ministry of Awqaf, the Ministry of Social Affairs, and the Interior Ministry over all religious associations, their branches, networks, camps and finances.
These groups should not be allowed to distribute their publications at Mosques, schools, hospitals, and other public institutions.
They should banned from holding religious symposiums unless the events are first approved and licensed by the proper security authorities.
Their dangerous ideologies need to be monitored, and if need be, stopped.
Furthermore, information regarding these terrorists and their networks must be shared with intelligence agencies the world over.
National security should be considered a top priority, and all those that dare to violate it should be dealt with harshly.
Meanwhile, members of the National Assembly should not be allowed to interfere by using wasta on behalf of those terrorists.
Some MPs seek leniency and sometimes even the release of these terrorists.
If all else fails, the government should have the courage to shut down all religious associations and donation committees, because this is where terrorism is born and nurtured.
Terrorism is not just a disease; it has become an epidemic threatening humanity as a whole. Do we surrender to its will...or do we fight with all our might?
At last, my theory on religious radicalism and terrorism being two sides of the same coin, which I talked about six years ago, has been proven by recent events.
Investigations demonstrated that members of terrorist cells and the leaders of their networks are affiliated with religious organizations; they are misguided juveniles who help in collecting "charity" donations, and who are associated with secret meetings held at the terrorist camps we've been hearing about, or in the homes of questionable Mosque-attending terrorists.
Terrorism is disguised under the veil of religion. They take from its cloak a fake sanctity in order to escape any suspicion of wrongdoing.
Anyone who tries to pass off these terrorist attacks as insignificant and isolated incidents or as the acts of a lone and misguided individual would be gravely mistaken, not to mention delusional.
The investigations with the terrorist cells and their networks in Kuwait proved that we are now faced with strong and persistent enemies. They have the funds (brought forth by committees entrusted solely with collecting donations,) and the media (through which special religious publications are distributed containing secret codes that only terrorists can break.)
They are trained in handling weapons and explosives, complements of military camps in Afghanistan, Chechnya, Iraq, Hezbollah, Iran, and Yemen. They have excellent skills in the human resources area, considering their recruiting committees in Mosques and religion associations.
In short, we are up against well-organized, trained and armed enemies.
In order for us to have any chance in defeating this hate-driven mentality, we need to do the following:
We should strengthen the monitoring systems of the Ministry of Awqaf, the Ministry of Social Affairs, and the Interior Ministry over all religious associations, their branches, networks, camps and finances.
These groups should not be allowed to distribute their publications at Mosques, schools, hospitals, and other public institutions.
They should banned from holding religious symposiums unless the events are first approved and licensed by the proper security authorities.
Their dangerous ideologies need to be monitored, and if need be, stopped.
Furthermore, information regarding these terrorists and their networks must be shared with intelligence agencies the world over.
National security should be considered a top priority, and all those that dare to violate it should be dealt with harshly.
Meanwhile, members of the National Assembly should not be allowed to interfere by using wasta on behalf of those terrorists.
Some MPs seek leniency and sometimes even the release of these terrorists.
If all else fails, the government should have the courage to shut down all religious associations and donation committees, because this is where terrorism is born and nurtured.
Terrorism is not just a disease; it has become an epidemic threatening humanity as a whole. Do we surrender to its will...or do we fight with all our might?
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