Factors contributing to worldwide terrorism and Jihad

The world leaders have acknowledged global terrorism a grave threat to the world, and specially to those countries where terror groups have sanctuaries as extremists, for their own vested interests, deliberately keep the  youth illiterate so as to make them attracted towards Jihad.

 

This trend has been witnessed for decades in Pakistan,Afghanistan (where there is rampant poppy cultivation), Middle East countries (for jihad and dictators).

 

Another factor that contributes to the spreading of violence is creating divisions between religious minorities  and different ethnic groups  and this has been experienced by the countries of Iraq ( after U.S. invasion), Syria (with the creation of  rebel groups being targeted for shia-Sunni considerations ). 

 

 

The recent Kurdish referendum  for their separate independent state is likely to spark  a new war in the region as every country in the region has Kurdish community and governments are opposed to their referendum.

 

 

 U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who is in India for two-day visist has  hit out at countries harbouring terrorists, saying ‘there can be no tolerance of terrorist safe havens’. 

 

 

In a veiled attack on Pakistan, Jim Mattis said,” There can be no tolerance of terror safe havens as  global leaders India and the United States resolve to work together to eradicate this scourge."

 

Both sides took the defence cooperation between the two countries to an optimum level by committing to "dismantle the terror infrastructure" as  India made it clear to the United States it will not send Indian boots to Afghanistan soil, while continuing its developmental & other assistance to the war-ravaged country.

 

Mattis said, "In particular, we applaud India’s invaluable contributions to Afghanistan and welcome further efforts to promote Afghanistan’s democracy, stability, and security ".

 

“In the wide-ranging new relationship, security is one of the key strategic pillars, as we work to strengthen our defence relationship. We seek to expand our cooperation in building partnerships across the region,” Mattis said.

 

Afghan foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani said that Afghanistan has been suffering due to the terrorism and extremism exported by neighbouring Pakistan across the border for decades.Afghan Minister called on the international community to avoid looking Afghanistan “through the prism of civil war,” but instead start looking at it through another factual situation that exists. “The scourge of terrorism and violent extremism affecting Afghanistan is the product of a long-standing policy by a neighboring State to keep Afghanistan unstable. It has menaced Afghanistan for several decades now, with its roots located in terrorist sanctuaries and safe havens outside of my country,” Rabbani said.

 

 

The fourth factor which contributes strongly to the spreading of terrorism across the globe is the ever increasing torture and harrasment of certain sections of the people by their respective governments like ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims by Myanmar government.

 

Thus apart from United Nations, countries themselves have to be responsible for creating conditions that counter the creation of insurgency through unbiased governance.