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By Kamlesh Tripathi
By Kamlesh Tripathi
Earlier Dhaka
and now Nice where 84 French nationals were mowed down by a truck used as a
weapon, driven by a lone wolf terrorist as they were celebrating the Bastille-day
in Nice, calls for a deep introspection.
And off late one is really not sure of what
one will get to see when you switch on the TV or get to read when you unfold
the newspaper. Probably it will be about another terrorist attack.
After every terrorist attack we prominently
see the head of the state issuing statements, denouncing the killings and cursing
the terrorist organization responsible for the bloodshed and a reassurance of protecting
the country from further attacks.
But this is not sufficient, because the
paradigm is fast changing. In Dhaka attack most terrorists were from high
families and in Nice it was a lone wolf. The trend shows terrorists are well
educated and could be self radicalized. The Islamic State has been losing
territory but gaining wider popular appeal, with its call for individuals
around the world to carry out jihad. The barbaric interpretation of Islam used
to justify such heinous acts thus needs to be quashed.
At times one wonders as to what is driving
these terrorists to massacre. They call it a holy war, where they kill hapless
and innocent people to please ‘Allah.’ Definitely this cruelty is no jihad. And
there is need for the entire world community and especially the Muslim
community to run a structured parallel digital campaign against what these
Muslim terrorist groups a trying to preach the capable, young and fresh Muslim minds.
The problem cannot be handled by
authorities of any country alone. The civil society needs to pitch in before it’s
too late.
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