CONSIDERATIONS ON THE MANIFESTATION AND EVOLUTION OF ISLAMIC TERRORISM
CONSIDERATIONS ON THE MANIFESTATION AND EVOLUTION OF ISLAMIC TERRORISM

Summary/Abstract: THE TERRORIST THREAT IS CONSTANTLY EVOLVING BOTH GLOBALLY, BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE EUROPEAN UNION. THE ALARMING DANGER OF TERRORIST ACTIVITIES IS FELT BY ALL SOCIAL STRATA AND IN ALL PLANES OF SOCIETAL LIFE. TERRORISM IS ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS THREATS TO DEMOCRACY, THE FREE EXERCISE OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. THE TERRORIST THREAT IS CARRIED OUT BY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE SERVICE OF DIFFERENT IDEOLOGIES. THE RELIGIOUS FACTOR HAS A PARTICULAR IMPACT IN STRENGTHENING TERRORISM, WHICH CAN LEAD TO RADICAL MILITANCY AND FANATICISM. A MULTIDIMENSIONAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH IS NECESSARY AND REQUIRED, ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF KNOWING, PREVENTING AND COUNTERING THE MANIFESTATION OF ANTI-TERRORIST ACTIONS, THROUGH VARIOUS MEANS, INCLUDING THE USE OF INFORMATION AND MASS COMMUNICATION. THIS APPROACH IS NECESSARY TO DE FACTO COMBAT THE MODE OF INDOCTRINATION, SPREAD AND RADICALIZATION IMPOSED, MANIFESTED AND CARRIED OUT BY TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS ON A GLOBAL SCALE. IT IS ESSENTIAL TO DEVELOP A PRO-HUMAN SOCIETY, WHICH PURSUES THE SOCIAL INTEREST, ENCOURAGES INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS, FREEDOM OF THOUGHT AND BELONGING TO CERTAIN VALUES (POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS, CULTURAL, ETC.), AS A PRAGMATIC WAY TO PREVENT EXTREMISM OF ANY KIND AS WELL AS TERRORISM, IN PARTICULAR.

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