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Why do some young boys go from Europe to support religious extremism or join the terrorist groups in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan?


The reason is very obvious and I think everyone knows that. The level of pressure on minority Muslim communities in European countries is very high, the hatred and deprivations from basic human rights and the way they are treated in these countries, are insane and inhuman. Some of the young generations of these families feel very insecure and feel themselves in the verge of dying. There are no opportunities for them to go and work and earn a living or join a university to study. What do you think they should do? They think they are marginalized and they are being attacked in every corner of life. They feel sympathy with those civilians of the Islamic countries which are in a political turmoil where hundreds of Muslim children, men and women are being murdered brutality in war. On the other hand, they have no information about the terrorist groups and their organizations, because they don’t believe the news they hear from media due to the high level of media bias. And what the media says and shows has a vise versa impact on some mentalities of the young generation in Europe who don’t feel themselves as part of the European society due to exposition to harsh discrimination, inequality and deprivation from access to basic human rights such as education and work. 

Neocolonialism and military intervention in Islamic states give chances for the terrorist organizations to be able to attract and use the emotions of the young generations in Europe. They mainly target those generations who have never been to those countries and who have never seen the behavior and crimes of those terrorist groups and their organizations in the field of war so that they know how they commit murders and brutally commit massacres.  They are using religion as a motivation to attract new human resources (soldiers) while none of their actions are Islamic or logically acceptable for a true Muslim.

Once they fall in the trap of those organizations, then they can’t escape, even if they want to go back home and even if they manage to escape and return back, then they are no longer welcomed and appreciated back home in their host countries but rather being suspected and accused of many uncommitted crimes.

Now what the European countries can do to prevent such kind mistakes which take the lives of many Muslims and newly converted Muslims who join these groups?

It is very easy but needs a good management. “Treat the minority Muslim community in your respective countries the way that you want to be treated” the same as what a great Afghan quote says. Respect their religion and beliefs so that they can respect yours. They are mostly depressed, distressed and deprived refugee families in your countries.

First make a draft “codes of conducts” for those social workers who are in contact with them in your countries in which you write how the Muslim communities should be treated to prevent human rights violations against them when they are in the refugee camps, in the social houses or inside the community or when they are at school. 

Then think about what they need? When a newly arrived refugee in your country is depressed and distressed refugee family, it is obvious that it is not the hatred, racism or discrimination or stupid comments about their beliefs, traditions or about their life style what they need. It is not integration courses as a priority what they need. It is good for European citizens to understand the real situation of a homeless refugee who has immigrated many countries on foot for many years to reach to your country; it is good to give him/her a peaceful life.

The language course is not the prior thing they need. The interview for asylum application with 200 questions and chances of failure which creates and intensifies their stress and tension and depression is not what they need. The refugee camp with racist social workers is not what they need. The racist doctors with an injection to end their lives are not what they need. The long term unemployment with no income is not what they need. A life with a negative answer to asylum application and sleeping in the park is not what they need. The free money is not what they appreciate. What they need is a welcome with a heart free from hatred, discrimination and a nice behavior based on human rights and chances to study or work. You should ask them what they want to do. Work? or study?

If they want to work, give them the opportunity to work with “on the job training” and if they want to study, ask them in which language, you can make a university with their own language by employing teachers from their own countrymen who can speak that language and give lessons in that language.  All other things can come as a second step priority for them and let them feel at home and let them identify violations of human rights with an open eye without feeling bad about their complaints.

The European universities give scholarships to many foreign students every year. But why don’t they give priority to those who are coming to your doors by themselves that you are spending lots of money bringing others here? The education strategies of the European countries should give priority to those who are already inside your country and then for others who are outside your borders.

Giving an opportunity for poor Muslim young generations to study what they want, and that will help them get rid of religious narrow mindedness and will also give them a feeling of gratefulness for the host country and that will make them try to do something good for that country.

By giving them the opportunity to work, the host countries will make them build their own self confidence and will allow them solve their financial problems and that will protect them and it will turn them into good tax payers for the host countries and it will also save them from harsh destructive and distressing poverty, which can force them at any time to join those terrorist groups.

If the host countries implement these instructions, I will guarantee that there will be no chances for radicalization or joining terrorist groups because the great Afghan proverb suggests that “Idleness is the evilness”.  


How the terrorist groups can use religion to motivate or attract and deceive the young generation and those who have less knowledge about Islam and those who don’t know what that religion really teaches other people? There is the Islamic preaching terminology which can be easily used as a deceptive means to achieve political goals which happened in Afghanistan when America funded some projects in Afghanistan to fight against Russian soldiers and now the same discourse and techniques are being used by the Taliban to fight against foreign troops in Afghanistan. For example the word “Jihad” is an Arabic word which means to strive, to struggle, to try … but this word has been used in the history of Islam when it first appeared as a religion in the Arabic countries, other people saw this religion as something new and attacked those who were Muslims and the Muslim leaders gave them the permission to struggle and fight back if someone attacks their houses. Literally in this historical context it means “a defensive struggle to protect yourself from someone who attacked your house”. But now this word has a broader meaning and it can be used with anything like Jihad for gaining knowledge which means trying best to learn more knowledge. Terrorist groups are using this word to motivate and attract people to go and fight against foreign troops in Afghanistan. They say that foreign troops invaded an Islamic country and Muslim people need to protect these countries from military attacks. This idea looks a very acceptable reason for those who face many kinds of discrimination within European countries and they are disgraced, distressed and hopeless of a brighter future for themselves, and this will easily attract them while they do not have that much knowledge and analytic power to analyze the situation and differentiate between a real Jihad and that one of the terrorist groups for political purposes. If you are a person from Afghanistan, Syria is not your home. It is not invaded; it is not a real Jihad because two political parties are fighting with each other for power. It is none of your business to interfere. If you look at Afghanistan, Taliban are brutal terrorist groups who were and still are killing the Afghan people and foreign troops went there to help the people of Afghanistan to fight against them and get rid of them. If you look at Iraq and what those terrorist groups are doing there, it is not acceptable for any Muslim and their behaviors are not Islamic and no one should take part in that kind of brutality and murder of civilian unarmed people in those countries.



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