Mr. Barai reminds us the road to success in removing the very real dangers of extremism from their countries requires a battle for hearts and minds at home. The poor fall victim to these predatory groups and offer their finest sons to die in a perverted idea of righteousness.
It is important for the leaders of these lands to embrace the poor and find solutions for their condition. Their children need schools to be a help to the family. In properly educating the sons and daughters of the poor they offer hope to a future beyond the devotions they have to Allah. Their devotion has to realize the love of their faith and their countries.
Young sons grow into adult sons who can work and bring relief to the family with the use of their education. Adult sons grow into men with a family that will know lives very different than the poverty he leaves behind. Adult sons' families will no longer be a victim to the methods of hate and will be educated as well to end the cycle of poverty and victimization.
February 10, 2015
Hassan Barari
Apparently in an attempt to scare Jordan (click here) and perhaps other Arab countries, which are part of the US-led coalition to battle the self-ascribed Islamic State (IS), the latter released a video last Tuesday showing Jordanian pilot, Maaz Al-Kasaasbeh, burned to death.
Stunned by the brutality of the militants, Jordanians called on the regime to avenge the death of the pilot. The following morning, Jordan executed Sajida Al-Rishawi, who was convicted for being involved in the terrorist attacks on three Jordanian hotels in 2005, and Ziad Al-Karbouli, a top lieutenant of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. Additionally, Jordan stepped up its air raids against IS.
Indeed, the release of the video has had the opposite effect. First, it raised fresh alarm over IS’ ruthless tactics. But, far from being scared, Jordanians demonstrated a high sense of patriotism. Indeed, IS failed to drive a wedge between the regime and the people or among people themselves over Jordan’s participation in the international coalition against IS. And yet, the public opinion in Jordan shifted dramatically after the killing of the captured pilot....
...While Jordan is most likely to continue its war on militants, there is a need to think thoroughly about the internal scene and how to deprive militants from sympathy inside Jordan. It is no longer a secret that some disgruntled poor and unemployed youth sympathize with militants. Hence, it is the duty of the government to create the necessary conditions in the countryside for proper and sustainable development. Short of doing that, it will be hard for the government to integrate the poor and unemployed youth into the wider society....
It is important for the leaders of these lands to embrace the poor and find solutions for their condition. Their children need schools to be a help to the family. In properly educating the sons and daughters of the poor they offer hope to a future beyond the devotions they have to Allah. Their devotion has to realize the love of their faith and their countries.
Young sons grow into adult sons who can work and bring relief to the family with the use of their education. Adult sons grow into men with a family that will know lives very different than the poverty he leaves behind. Adult sons' families will no longer be a victim to the methods of hate and will be educated as well to end the cycle of poverty and victimization.
February 10, 2015
Hassan Barari
Apparently in an attempt to scare Jordan (click here) and perhaps other Arab countries, which are part of the US-led coalition to battle the self-ascribed Islamic State (IS), the latter released a video last Tuesday showing Jordanian pilot, Maaz Al-Kasaasbeh, burned to death.
Stunned by the brutality of the militants, Jordanians called on the regime to avenge the death of the pilot. The following morning, Jordan executed Sajida Al-Rishawi, who was convicted for being involved in the terrorist attacks on three Jordanian hotels in 2005, and Ziad Al-Karbouli, a top lieutenant of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. Additionally, Jordan stepped up its air raids against IS.
Indeed, the release of the video has had the opposite effect. First, it raised fresh alarm over IS’ ruthless tactics. But, far from being scared, Jordanians demonstrated a high sense of patriotism. Indeed, IS failed to drive a wedge between the regime and the people or among people themselves over Jordan’s participation in the international coalition against IS. And yet, the public opinion in Jordan shifted dramatically after the killing of the captured pilot....
...While Jordan is most likely to continue its war on militants, there is a need to think thoroughly about the internal scene and how to deprive militants from sympathy inside Jordan. It is no longer a secret that some disgruntled poor and unemployed youth sympathize with militants. Hence, it is the duty of the government to create the necessary conditions in the countryside for proper and sustainable development. Short of doing that, it will be hard for the government to integrate the poor and unemployed youth into the wider society....
