Terrorism is great enemy afflicting the entire world. Give your views
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Terrorism is one of gravest problems that society faces today. It is an issue of global concern. The presence of terrorism can be felt all across the globe. It is, today, a much debated issue in all the countries of the world-developing or developed.
It is not a new phenomenon. Its presence can be traced back to the ancient society of the first century. But over the years ‘terrorism’ like other avenues of life, has undergone tremendous changes. It has now become more lethal, more widespread and more difficult to control. Today, it stands as a serious challenge before civil society.
Terrorism has its presence everywhere ranging from Indonesia, Malaysia to Sudan, Somalia, Egypt and Nigeria and Peru, Chile, America to Ireland. Almost all the countries are directly or indirectly facing the problem of terrorism. It has sprung up everywhere.
Terrorists are the greatest enemies of society because they undermine its stability by creating chaotic conditions leading to mass killing, damage and destruction. Generally, public places like airports, railway stations, etc. are their targets, but sometimes they shift their focus to some soft targets, like schools, hospitals, trains and buses where security is lax and security forces are not very vigilant.
Every country has defined terrorism in its own way as per its own suitability. Sometimes one man’s guerrilla is another man’s freedom fighter as we have seen during the freedom movements of India. We Indians regard Bhagat Singh, Raj Guru, Chandershekhar Azad and Sukhdev as freedom fighters, which fought for the cause of the country, but the British considered them terrorists and prosecuted them. Hence, there is no universally accepted definition of terrorism. In fact, terrorism is an unlawful use of violence or threat of violence aiming to inculcate fear among the masses.
It is a philosophy of violence which terrorists use to destabilise the economy of a country. In modern times terrorism is being used to deliberately create communal tensions, and disrupt the peaceful atmosphere of a targeted society or country.Every action is carried on for some motives. Similarly, impact of terrorism has three motives-religious interests, ethnic minority interests and economic interests. In reality no terrorist groups are fighting for the above-noted cause. But the real issue is the land, the power to hold it and to get maximum benefit from it. Former UN Secretary General was of the view that fights over economic resources and political power is the main cause of terrorism. Fundamentalist groups are more active in developing than in developed countries.
Terrorists groups today are well-equipped with state-of-the- art technologies. In a technologically advanced world, they are well armed with small, potable and easy-to-operate weapons. The weaponry available for national defence is more or less also available to the terrorists’ groups.
Terrorists are increasingly making use of bombs and explosives. In addition, indiscriminate firing, bombarding and hijacking are also used by them as a tool to terrorise society. Bombarding is the most common method used by the terrorist all across the world. Sophisticated timers are also available to set off the explosives when the terrorists want to do this. Nuclear terrorism and bio-terrorism are the arms of modern terrorism.
Terrorists in their operation of activities are very brutal and cruel. They act cold-bloodedly without any consideration to kindness, ethics and morality. Their sole aim is damage and cause destruction. More than 50 per cent of attacks are directed against people rather than property.A political system that produces only contentions, allegations and character assassinations cannot suddenly produce a moral authority to forgo new instruments to fight terrorists. The divided political leadership is unable even to infuse a sense of purpose in security agencies to move beyond their routine bureaucratic turf battles. Nor are our leaders prepared to recognise the imperative of pooling in a meaningful way the vast resources, national and state level in a centralised force dedicated to fighting terror.
Ultimately whatever measures are taken, the conditions that give rise to terrorism should tackle efficiently, and that can be done on political plane alone. Garnering public support to fight terrorism and creating awareness among people to be alert and vigilant about their surroundings is the key to thwarting the evil designs of terrorists.
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