Where next in the fight against Islamist extremism?
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By Will Baldet
- The answer must lie with moderate nations such as Jordan, Morocco and the UAE
- As Afghanistan shows only too well, Muslims suffer the most from a resurgence of Islamism
- There is now an ‘arc of instability’ from North Africa to South Asia
With Afghanistan and the 9/11 anniversary dominating recent news, and early indications of al-Qaeda regrouping, attention has understandably settled once again on the Islamist ideology that still represents such a menace to our way of life. Indeed, Tony Blair recently warned that Islamism remains a 'first-order security threat to the West'.
Those of us who work in counter-terrorism unequivocally separate the politics of Islamism from the religion of Islam, but the role of ideology in a person’s radicalisation continues to divide experts.
Some argue that ideology has lost its relevance. Instead, they see radicalisation as representative of a steady move in society towards legitimising violence in pursuit of utopian ideals. This argum...
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