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Blog 070: Countering Islamist Terrorism
Posted By jean.meslier On 2016-04-01 @ 13:20 In | No Comments
Over the last few years we have watched as terrorist attacks have been perpetrated in several countries by Islamist extremists. Events such as those which occurred in Pakistan on 27th March 2016, in Belgium on 22th March 2016 or in France in January and November of 2015—to mention only a few recent cases—could just as easily occur in Edmonton, Toronto or Montreal if certain conditions were met, conditions which have been observed, but denied, for many years in Europe. The naïveté, denial and misinformation which led to the attacks are factors which permitted them. We must be pro-active instead of reacting after the fact, grieving and helpless, having been lulled into complacency by seductive electoral discourse.
We denounce these horrible and barbarous acts of terrorism and express our solidarity with the victims and their loved ones, as well as with the people of each country cruelly affected by these attacks. But sentiments are not enough. Action is required.
It is for that reason that we also denounce the confused and spineless language used by some of our politicians in the aftermath of terrorist attacks perpetrated by Islamists. The organization AFT issued a press release to that effect, on 28th March 2016, which urged these leaders to take real, effective measures to counter the Islamist threat. [1]
Several sets of measures must be taken in order to counter the threat from the ideology of political Islam:
It appears obvious to us that the Paris and Brussels attacks perpetrated by recently arrived individuals could have been avoided if upstream measures—i.e. selection of candidates for immigration—and ongoing measures—e.g. surveillance of preachers of hate who repeat extremist religious injunctions which their more moderate coreligionists may have forgotten— had been implemented with firmness and with full respect for existing laws. We have had enough of the politics of the ostrich, burying its head in the sand.
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