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August 02, 2005
Ramzy Baroud: 'Don't Blame the Mosque' for Terrorism
Veteran Arab American journalistRamzy Baroud,, who teaches Mass Communication at Curtin University of Technology in Australia, explains in an August 1, 2005 Khaleej Times Online article that:Cultural and religious intolerance is certainly not unique to the Middle East, nor is terrorism itself. If madrassas supposedly elucidate the motives behind the militancy of Al Qaeda and the Taleban, what will one make of terrorism in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Spain (prior to the train bombing) and Northern Ireland? It is not as if the list ends there. To the contrary, it barely begins. The truth is that Middle East terrorism became a globalized phenomenon after many regions around the world that are neither Arab nor Muslim experienced their share of deadly terror.
Mr. Baroud said, "The quandary is that the victims are often not Westerners, thus their plight is either entirely neglected or hastily stated by the world media and then quickly forgotten."
It goes without saying that the rise of Al Qaeda and its support networks worldwide have not in any way contributed to the decline of terrorism elsewhere. In fact, many innocent people continue to fall victim to terrorism in many other regions and in large numbers.
See "Don't blame the mosque" for more of Mr. Baroud's analysis of certain western trends of thought on the causes of terrorism.
Posted by Munir Umrani at August 2, 2005 06:37 AM
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