Is Education, Reduce Terrorism?

(Irman Shiraz, Karachi)

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 threats 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 some one for money, food and shelter. Government not do 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 payed and then they move to terrorist activities because of their brainwashing by their religious scholars. Education not only mean to learn things but it also mean to implement in our life. But educated terrorist only educate them selves 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 give a child a better opportunity to choose his career path.

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