As Egypt joins the list of places off limits,we Europeans must be careful not to disengage with the Muslim worldThe intensity and scale of Islamist terrorism is getting worse. It was only in June that we were horrified by 38 dead in a beach hotel in Sousse, Tunisia. Now the black box from the downed Russian tourist jet, or with its reported recording of an explosion,seems to confirm the findings of British and American intelligence: that a terrorist bomb destroyed the plane 23 minutes after it took off from Sharm el-Sheikh airport. Up to 20000 British holidaymakers are in limbo as flights domestic are suspended.
It is part of a litany of dreadful incidents. Recall the acid attacks on women tourists in Zanzibar or the terrorism that engulfed Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall. Yet the magnitude of this latest crime suggests a tipping point. Islamist terrorism, with its horrifying images of beheaded hostages, or indiscriminate killing everywhere from Nigeria to Syria,is no longer something sadly to shake your head over as the TV pictures speed by.
Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com