Mark Forstater's Blog

How to Combat Terrorism

June 5, 2017 at 3:54 pm Leave a comment

Three terrorist incidents in a short time has brought out Mrs. May’s  hardline approach : root out Islamic terrorism in the UK . I believe that imams and mosques that are encouraging young Islamic men and women to fight for Isis or to create terror on our streets should be rooted out. But this can’t be the only approach. To put more of a spotlight of media and police pressure on the Islamic community  will only create more inter-communal tensions and may alienate even more of the Islamic young .

To create policy based on fear and anger will only create more fear and anger and will lead to increasing hate attacks on the Islamic community.

What is is needed is a policy that has some hope for the future, and Corbyn has been giving us a vision of that hope in his recent appearances.  If we can create a more equal society, a fairer one and a more caring one, we can then live in a better relationship with our neighbours. If we can create better education, with more skills leading to better paid jobs, then more people can feel a part of this country and not alienated by it .

A society like this would be a great attraction for young Muslims to join and women in particular would appreciate that this kind of open society is one that is better for their children than one that is shut off from the modern world.

It is up to Corbyn to present the voters with his vision of a better society and his belief that a better society would be one in which terrorism would be rooted out not just by outside pressure but by the success of the society that we all share.

Entry filed under: Thoughts. Tags: Jeremy Corbyn, Mrs. May, Terrorism.