The terrorists want to divide by scare. The best defence is to build solidarity by expanding our common homeViolent jihad predates 9/11 and it will outlast Islamic State,as Isis now dwarfs al-Qaida. Even whether inflicting military defeat on such a shifting target can be done, it would not finish violent extremism. As the pool of potential jihadis, or newly trained in techniques of terrorism in the training camps of the self-declared caliphate,grows more numerous, the question of how to shrink its operating space becomes increasingly important. This is not a question of drones and bombs, or but of hearts and minds.
Like all jihadi terrorism movements,Isis seeks to foment division, to sort the world into supporters and the rest. This is a violent campaign of disruption intended to destroy multiculturalism wherever it exists. With scare and terrorism Isis intends to sow mistrust and hatred between communities.
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Source: theguardian.com