Countering terrorism through religion, culture, legal and ethical values / Mokhtar Muhammad and Haliza Hasan

Terrorism has been widely used as a tool by extremist to achieve their political, religious, and ideological agendas. The most worrying issue about terrorism is that innocent civilians are targeted, and they are considered as soft targets. Terrorists consider themselves above the law and normally do...

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Main Authors: Muhammad, Mokhtar, Hasan, Haliza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pulau Pinang 2020
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29162/1/AJ_MOKHTAR%20MUHAMMAD%20EAJ%20P%20%282020%29.pdf
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description Terrorism has been widely used as a tool by extremist to achieve their political, religious, and ideological agendas. The most worrying issue about terrorism is that innocent civilians are targeted, and they are considered as soft targets. Terrorists consider themselves above the law and normally do not work within the legal and ethical frame of the common army. The mass destruction committed by terrorists is also monstrous in comparison to normal criminals, usually the cause of a huge number of deaths and devastation of properties. Religion is typically used as a motivation for terrorism act where ignorant people are deceived to commit acts of terrorism in the name of religion. This is done by cunning designed doctrines which are used to instigate the perpetrators. Therefore, a better counter-narrative to overcome such doctrines. The use of legal means has proven worldwide to be one of the most effective ways to overcome terrorism. The inculcation of ethics is also important as ethics were throughout history, observed, even in the worse of wars. It is imperatives that all parties of conflicts to observe ethics despite their differences. A culture might easily be influenced by extremist ideas if left unchecked, thus leading to the flourishing of radical ideas. The best solution is for all these elements to synergize to create a concerted effort to combat terrorism.
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spelling uitm.eprints-91622020-04-07T15:27:56Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29162/ Countering terrorism through religion, culture, legal and ethical values / Mokhtar Muhammad and Haliza Hasan ejssh Muhammad, Mokhtar Hasan, Haliza Criminology Offenses against public safety. Internal security Terrorism Terrorism has been widely used as a tool by extremist to achieve their political, religious, and ideological agendas. The most worrying issue about terrorism is that innocent civilians are targeted, and they are considered as soft targets. Terrorists consider themselves above the law and normally do not work within the legal and ethical frame of the common army. The mass destruction committed by terrorists is also monstrous in comparison to normal criminals, usually the cause of a huge number of deaths and devastation of properties. Religion is typically used as a motivation for terrorism act where ignorant people are deceived to commit acts of terrorism in the name of religion. This is done by cunning designed doctrines which are used to instigate the perpetrators. Therefore, a better counter-narrative to overcome such doctrines. The use of legal means has proven worldwide to be one of the most effective ways to overcome terrorism. The inculcation of ethics is also important as ethics were throughout history, observed, even in the worse of wars. It is imperatives that all parties of conflicts to observe ethics despite their differences. A culture might easily be influenced by extremist ideas if left unchecked, thus leading to the flourishing of radical ideas. The best solution is for all these elements to synergize to create a concerted effort to combat terrorism. Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pulau Pinang 2020-02 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29162/1/AJ_MOKHTAR%20MUHAMMAD%20EAJ%20P%20%282020%29.pdf Countering terrorism through religion, culture, legal and ethical values / Mokhtar Muhammad and Haliza Hasan. (2020) ESTEEM Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/ESTEEM_Journal_of_Social_Sciences_and_Humanities/>, 5. pp. 79-92. ISSN 2600-7274 https://ejssh.uitm.edu.my/
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Terrorism
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Hasan, Haliza
Countering terrorism through religion, culture, legal and ethical values / Mokhtar Muhammad and Haliza Hasan
title Countering terrorism through religion, culture, legal and ethical values / Mokhtar Muhammad and Haliza Hasan
title_full Countering terrorism through religion, culture, legal and ethical values / Mokhtar Muhammad and Haliza Hasan
title_fullStr Countering terrorism through religion, culture, legal and ethical values / Mokhtar Muhammad and Haliza Hasan
title_full_unstemmed Countering terrorism through religion, culture, legal and ethical values / Mokhtar Muhammad and Haliza Hasan
title_short Countering terrorism through religion, culture, legal and ethical values / Mokhtar Muhammad and Haliza Hasan
title_sort countering terrorism through religion culture legal and ethical values mokhtar muhammad and haliza hasan
topic Criminology
Offenses against public safety. Internal security
Terrorism
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29162/1/AJ_MOKHTAR%20MUHAMMAD%20EAJ%20P%20%282020%29.pdf
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