Is Education, Reduce Terrorism?
(Bismillah Anwar, Lahore)
Terrorism is the use of fear
and act of violence in order to disturb societies and government and to harm
country's economy. Terrorism has been a growing threat to the entire nation of
the world. All the countries are facing terrorist activities from the last
couple of years. There are many reasons like poverty, unemployment, injustice,
corruption, lack of education and other important factors through which a
terrorist born in the society.
After the tragic event of 9/11 terrorism are spreading like a disease almost all
over the world. What the terrorist want is still a question? They continuously
harm and kill innocent people especially the women and children. Terrorist are
also born because of wrong interpretation of their holy books or scholars. This
type of interpretation creates misunderstanding in the minds of the people and
they choose the path of terrorism.
Education creates a feeling of love, sympathy, caring, respects towards the
other people. Education opens the mind of the people and he knows what is good
or what is bad for himself or others. He is always ready to face the challenges
and critics in his life. Education not only means that an individual should only
take religious education or someone will take only academic education, this type
of education only creates misconception in the minds of the people.
If there is no education in any society then poverty will rise, if poverty rises
then people goes in crime in which they theft, kill someone for money, food and
shelter. Government not does such task for the betterment of the life of poor
people. Poor goes poor day by day and rich goes richest day by day. Most of the
terrorist are school going children age between fifteen to twenty, due to no
such income of being a part of education they join terrorist group in which
terrorist gave him training, food and shelter which are the basic necessities of
every individual. If a person don't know how to write and read and the other
person come to him and pick the references from their holy book and interpret
and say that all the people deserves to die because after killing people you go
in paradise or you will get millions of rupees or god says that mankind have to
die and we are the men of god or god give us the opportunity to kill mankind.
This type of negative brainwashing makes a terrorist. If a person known how to
read, write or understand any thing then no one be a terrorist.
On the other hand, the evidence suggests that having a living standard above the
poverty line or a secondary school or higher education is positively associated
with participation in Hezbollah. It is also find that Israeli who attacked on
Palestine are also a high educated and highly paid and then they move to
terrorist activities because of their brainwashing by their religious scholars.
Education not only means to learn things but it also mean to implement in our
life. But educated terrorist only educate themselves but not a single
implementation in their daily life. Because the first thing that education tell
us that what is good and what is bad, what is right and what is wrong.
Government should open more schools and colleges and educate poor peoples at
free of cost especially in primary levels. Government should also provide
employment opportunities who are unemployed. Developed countries need to give
financial aid to underdeveloped nations for the purpose of education. Standard
education with practical experience gives a child a better opportunity to choose
his career path.