Amputated limbs, headless torso, charred body, heart rending sight; our present world! We surely didn't struggle to scale the ladder of civilisation for this result. Terror had always been in this world. Organised and disorganised wars have always caused several human lives to perish. But the global and extremely organised form to terrorism aided with the lethal and sophisticated weapons of mass destruction had never been there in the past history of human civilisation.
From being savage to civilised, man adopted certain new values. These values resulted in the development of certain human tendencies which on one hand unite the people irrespective of their race, culture, caste, creed and religion; while on the other hand create danger for humanity. The former human tendency helps life blossom on this earth but the later assisted by the fanatics, and extremists equipped with the latest inventions of science and technology is posing a serious threat before the World in the form of global terrorism.
Terrorism is an act of terror which creates fear in the mind of the common people. The path resorted by the terrorists is full of bloodshed, massacre and callousness. Today terrorism has become global and its main targets are the democratic countries of the world. Since democracy is the best form of governance, so these attacks are surely deplorable. The situation worsens when some countries join hands to promote terrorism in those countries with which they don't have friendly relation. Sadly these cruel, hard hearten criminals are called freedom fighters by the terrorism promoting countries.
When we talk about terrorism, we need to understand the difference between terrorists, separatists and the naxalites as India is facing external but also internal terrorism. Although, all the three mentioned above, can be defined in three separate definitions yet to keep it simple, separatists are those who wish to get separated from a particulars country, religion or race, while Naxalities are those whose main problem is related to their economy especially the land.
The most serious threat is from terrorists aided by international terrorist organisation who commit heinous crime in the name of holy war. Though different in their form and origin, all the three sooner or later resort to grotesque murder, hijacking and serious threat to the mankind.
India has been facing the problem of terrorism since 1980s and has tried to raise the issue before all international bodies time and again but the complaints fell on deaf ears. This gigantic problem attracted the attention of the whole world only on 11 September 2001 when America was attacked. Today a huge amount of money is spent in fighting against terrorism and the citizens of every country are living in constant fear of terrorist attacks.
Whether it is India or the world, there are certain reasons behind the problem of terrorism. To deal with this problem, it is extremely essential to know the reasons, behind it. It is believed that the main reasons are poverty and backwardness. Besides these, ignorance and illiteracy are also the other causes but can poor people afford sophisticated weapons. Can illiterate people use biological weapons and latest technology? Of course not! These terrorists are neither poor nor backward. In fact, the so called global terrorists are fanatics. They use the unemployed youth to spread terrorism in the world and it is a matter of sorrow that they do so in the name of religions though all of us know that no religion preaches terrorism.
Now the question arises 'what is the solution of this problem?'
Firstly the developed countries must understand that terrorism of one country is no less severe than the terrorism of another country. So, all the terrorist organisations should be dealt strictly. Anyone found guilty of terrorism should be severely punished and adequate security should be provided to the common people. But, terrorism has another aspect also. The policies of developed countries and the inability of the United Nations in restricting them in many matters of international importance have aggravated the already volatile situation and have promoted terrorism. If ‘Might is Right’ becomes norm of life, as seen in the matter of Iraq, it will be surely adopted by one and all including the terrorist organisations.
Secondly, employment opportunities should be given to the youths of terrorism affected states and rehabilitation opportunities should be provided to those youth who were forced to join terrorist organisations due to poverty and unemployment.
Children and youths should be taught that no religion teaches terrorism and education based on modern technique should be promoted all over the world. Children should be taught the importance of tolerance and brotherhood.
This problem requires a permanent solution which demands an honest effort and not just lip service.
