Essay On Radicalization Of Youth
Radicalization of youth is the biggest threat of international terrorism. Socially ignored, disenchanted young men turn to extremism in search for identity, acceptance, and purpose which they are unable to find in a community they are living. Lately, they choose path of terror as a solution to their questions.
However, in any act of terror, right wing condemns all of Islam, and holds every Muslims accountable for the actions of wrong doing of few radicalized mind. They tend to ignore the fact that, no one religion, not even Buddhism, has right to claim that they are non violent. It is not a new phenomenon; it’s going on for centuries, in the name of holy wars numerous innocents have been slaughtered across the world.
In modern time, almost …show more content…
The cases of radicalization of youth may be less in another religions, but we can’t wait for that day, when some Sharma Ji asks his son, “Ab to padosi ka beta bhi 10 ko maar aaya, kab khoon khaulega re tera”. Therefore, before it’s too late we need an integrated approach, keeping all the youth in mind, in order to eliminate this …show more content…
Firstly, role of society in process of radicalization, man doesn’t live in isolation but in a social milieu. A perceived sense of injustice leads him to isolation and alienation from society. In addition, the injustice may be done to them, or to their community, or to any other community in society. In this case, even well educated people follow a wrong path. For example, Daughter of Retired Lieutenant Colonel of Indian Army, a Delhi University student, Hindu by religion, fell under influence of Islamic States Terrorists, and was ready to go Syria, to fight for them, and this is not a single example. Secondly, the integration of second, even third generation of immigrants, minorities in mainstream society is not well accepted in many western countries like, UK, France, Germany, Belgium. Even though India, with its policies, and approach of multiculturalism, is ahead of other countries in integration, but there are still discrepancies. This approach back fires, since there is a creation of “Parallel Society” within a society, where they live in common, often impoverished neighborhood, kind of create a mini homeland, and fails to share common values with host country, people feel marginalized in a society that doesn’t fully accept them. They turn to religion as a badge of cultural identity, and become prey for radical
However, in any act of terror, right wing condemns all of Islam, and holds every Muslims accountable for the actions of wrong doing of few radicalized mind. They tend to ignore the fact that, no one religion, not even Buddhism, has right to claim that they are non violent. It is not a new phenomenon; it’s going on for centuries, in the name of holy wars numerous innocents have been slaughtered across the world.
In modern time, almost …show more content…
The cases of radicalization of youth may be less in another religions, but we can’t wait for that day, when some Sharma Ji asks his son, “Ab to padosi ka beta bhi 10 ko maar aaya, kab khoon khaulega re tera”. Therefore, before it’s too late we need an integrated approach, keeping all the youth in mind, in order to eliminate this …show more content…
Firstly, role of society in process of radicalization, man doesn’t live in isolation but in a social milieu. A perceived sense of injustice leads him to isolation and alienation from society. In addition, the injustice may be done to them, or to their community, or to any other community in society. In this case, even well educated people follow a wrong path. For example, Daughter of Retired Lieutenant Colonel of Indian Army, a Delhi University student, Hindu by religion, fell under influence of Islamic States Terrorists, and was ready to go Syria, to fight for them, and this is not a single example. Secondly, the integration of second, even third generation of immigrants, minorities in mainstream society is not well accepted in many western countries like, UK, France, Germany, Belgium. Even though India, with its policies, and approach of multiculturalism, is ahead of other countries in integration, but there are still discrepancies. This approach back fires, since there is a creation of “Parallel Society” within a society, where they live in common, often impoverished neighborhood, kind of create a mini homeland, and fails to share common values with host country, people feel marginalized in a society that doesn’t fully accept them. They turn to religion as a badge of cultural identity, and become prey for radical