Mohamed Ali: The link between unemployment and terrorism

[Maqane]

[Raamsade]

There is a link between poverty and crime, so it's plausible that there is a link between unemployment and terrorism. But it would be dangerous to think unemployment is a magic wand that can explain away all terrorism. The Tamil Tigers, who were the first to use suicide bombings, engaged terrorism for political reasons. Islamic groups do so largely for religious and political reasons.

[Alpha Blondy]

there's no actual link between unemployment and terrorism. this is the sort of nonsense they'd have us believe so as to justify their vile terrorist campaigns of carnage.

 

the little bearded pricks who blow themselves up, with the view of receiving an all inclusive free pass to heaven, are usually from well-off family backgrounds. because they're disillusioned with having too much, they'd rather blow themselves and cause more problems for those of us just getting on with it. lakinse, they're not helping anyone...... ee ya uu sheega?

 

sidee maahmaahdii.....''the devil makes work for idle hands''....maha?

[thefuturenow]

^ agree. Unemployment has little to do with terrorism. This is the narrative that they use to make Western suburbia feel comfortable. "If only we could feed them, they wouldn't attack us." No. Terrorism is about what terrorists claim it's about, Religion.

[Marksman]

- Poverty, lack of justice and freedom is what makes some go find comfort in terrorism in my opinion.

- Mental disorders also, which is a taboo in many countries.

- People rarely discuss the rampant illiteracy in 'Muslim countries'. How on earth can you understand your religion if you can't even read/write?

- Western imperialism that some people try to use as an excuse to kill others.

 

I don't understand those highly educated people going being terrorist and having their crazy adventures. Reading sentences of the Quran without tafseer and out of context perhaps. Education is really needed among Muslims, especially the disillusioned young.

[Marksman]

dp

[galbeedi]

Poverty is not the only one of the major causes of desperation, but it is one of the factors.. A research done by a noted scholar found that over 90% of Canadian or American youth who joined Terrorist organizations were one way or another had issues either with law or failed to achieve any meaningful progress in their life. Venerable young men are lured to join gangs, how about if the gang offers money, marriage of a young woman, honor and heaven.. A great effort is needed to confront the ideology and money coming from the gulf, mobilize the young men and offer some hope. I think the way he describes is exactly how many poor people are used.Do you think Godane, Aweys and others will send their kids to be suicide bombers? no they use the poor.

[thefuturenow]

galbeedi;991049 wrote:

Poverty is not the only one of the major causes of desperation, but it is one of the factors.. A research done by a noted scholar found that over 90% of Canadian or American youth who joined Terrorist organizations were one way or another had issues either with law or failed to achieve any meaningful progress in their life. Venerable young men are lured to join gangs, how about if the gang offers money, marriage of a young woman, honor and heaven.. A great effort is needed to confront the ideology and money coming from the gulf, mobilize the young men and offer some hope. I think the way he describes is exactly how many poor people are used.Do you think Godane, Aweys and others will send their kids to be suicide bombers? no they use the poor.

 

Factor this factor that. Why is it so hard to understand that these boys and men left the country because they wanted to engage in what they believed was a holy war? You can make up all sorts of reasons. But this is nothing more than NGO theory to get a couple more grant dollars. These men were well integrated. They saw people they identified with being attacked by an enemy nation ascribing to a foreign faith. They chose to go fight. They believed that such a life was more meaningful than getting an engineering degree.

 

So let's stop pretending that these men/boys left the country for any other reason than to engage in what they believed was jihad. Perhaps, you can argue that they did not really understand the concept or made rash decisions. But one thing is clear. They left to fight BECAUSE they wanted to join an Somali-Muslim-militant group that was fighting against the political class and their Ethiopian soldiers.