Preventing Terrorism

A growing threat of extremism and terrorism is being experienced by the entire nations of the world. In one way or another no particular country nowadays seem to be safe in the terrorists’ hands. For instance, a country like Pakistan has been mostly affected by the ever increasing terrorism that has basically crippled its economy (Mahncke, 2006). All world’s civilized countries are deeply concerned by this menace and lots of efforts are being put in place to aid eliminate it. However, despite the efforts, many people are still being rendered victims because of terrorism.

There is therefore a need to identify the root causes of this ever growing menace so that effective mechanisms can be put in place in order to save the next generation and the world as a whole from being victims of this growing threat. The main causes of terrorism therefore include corruption, poverty, and lack of education, injustice and unemployment (Guild & Baldaccini, 2007). The entire nations of the world should therefore direct their efforts at addressing the above cause of terrorism. The following solutions are the most effective ways of controlling and preventing terrorism.

Alleviating poverty

All countries should direct their effort at alleviating poverty because it seems to be the main cause of terrorism. This menace is basically triggered by the lack of resources by the people to make ends meet. Strong and effective efforts are therefore required to reduce poverty because it is the thing that actually forces good citizens to join terrorism. Terrorists are used by masterminds to carry out heinous crimes and persuade them to engage in suicidal attacks. They motivate them to going to heaven by killing innocent people. In addition, they easily convince young and teenage boys to execute their nefarious designs because teenagers are not aware of the consequences (Guild & Baldaccini, 2007). The reduction of poverty therefore has a huge impact on the reduction and prevention of terrorism...