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After Global
Warming, terrorism is the next big global problem. Almost all the 196 countries
of the world are under the threat of any terrorist activity.
As a human being,
I believe that we all want to live a peaceful and healthy life. We all want to raise good children, spent time
with our wonderful spouse, give comfort to our parents, and die gracefully.
Then what turns
people into a terrorist? Why number of terrorists is rising day-by-day? I
believe that only 10% people are natural criminals and rest 90% are just
ignorant followers.
In this blog, I
would share some methods which can turn anyone into a terrorist.:-
1. Deprivation- We become aggressive when we think that our rights are being violated.
It makes us fearful and this fear compels us to do things that we don’t want to
do. A terrorist leader says that people of a particular community get more
privilege and they are raping our women, and we become afraid of our future and present security. We also get ready to fight without even analyzing the truth. Most of
the problems in the world are the result of fear and every smart human being
uses it to control the other human being. Terrorists use deprivation very convincingly to ignite hatred.
2. Communication-
Generating fear is not enough, we also need to sell it and selling requires
communication. Terrorists propagate their agenda through the different mediums
of communication like pamphlets, radio, internet videos, posters, and
television interviews. I have heard that they are now developing mobile
applications to spread the hatred. They want the message of fear to reach each and every human being. They want us to live in suspicion and a continuous
state of uncertainty. Their over-communication is creating miscommunication in
the society.
3. Need
of Affiliation- Chances of becoming a criminal is higher in an orphan than the
person who has a family. We want to get affiliated to a group to beat our own
loneliness. Terrorist organizations give a sense of belongingness to their
terrorists and esp. those who don’t have a family. They give them a
pseudo-confidence that they belong to something big and give them an illusion
of common brotherhood. Army also uses this, but they use it for construction
whereas terrorists use it for destruction.
4. Employment-
It may sound odd, but many people are involved in terrorism because it gives
them employment. Terrorist organizations hire poor and aimless boys, and girls.
They promise them training, money, food, etc. They give them a direction in
life (though that direction is a type of misdirection). They manipulate their ambitions to fulfill their own objectives.
5. Religious
Sentiments- I am writing this point in the end because I didn’t want people to
look at this whole blog from the point of view of the religion. There are
different layers to this problem which I wanted to talk about before saying
anything about the religion. We are emotional about our religions because it is
something which we inherit from our parents and forefathers. Religion teaches
us way of life and art of remembering the Creator. Any threat on our religion moves us deeply and it gives us a spark to do something. Terrorist organizations
manipulate our religious sentiments very intelligently. They connect their
whole plan of action with religious philosophy and compel us to act as per
their guidelines. It depends upon us that whether we want to use religion to
live a better life or kill innocent people who had no fault other than being
from a different community.
I
don’t know how people would react on the above points, but what I am writing is
because I demand to live in a united and peaceful society. It is my small step
to make educated people like you aware about the truth.
Anyone
who thinks that I have written this to target any religion then let me tell you—I am
a Hindu, born in a Christian Hospital. My best friend was a Sikh and my neighbors
are Muslims.
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