Dmitri wrote:
The real solution for this (and for just about all other ethnic or religious conflicts out there) is to have their kids grow up in a different environment, with more good food and happiness and less anger and violence, but that's very, very far from an easy, or even remotely fast, process. I think it'll gradually improve though; it already have, over time. Just look at the "value of human life" in, say, Europe and compare it with that of just 200+ years ago... HUGE improvement, clearly. Hopefully a few generations later, with more available food and clean water and other basic needs -- and more and more internet, videogames, etc. -- the biological need for violent behavior will gradually yield to other means of living one's life...
There are a few rare exceptions (when an adult gets converted and goes nuts), but I bet you anything that even those cases can be traced to those people's upbringing/childhood life.
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is a bit of a misnomer, says France, as it lends the imprimatur of Islam to a group that the vast majority of Muslims finds despicable. "This is a terrorist group and not a state. I do not recommend using the term Islamic State because it blurs the lines between Islam, Muslims, and Islamists," France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said in a statement. "The Arabs call it 'Daesh' and I will be calling them the 'Daesh cutthroats.'"
The name Daesh, according to France24, is a "loose acronym" for "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (al-Dawla al-Islamiya al-Iraq al-Sham). The name is commonly used by enemies of ISIS, and it also has many negative undertones, as Daesh sounds similar to the Arabic words Daes ("one who crushes something underfoot") and Dahes ("one who sows discord").
One of the suspected suicide bombers from Tuesday's attacks in Brussels was deported from Turkey last summer, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday.
Ibrahim el-Bakraoui was suspected of being a foreign fighter and detained, and Erdogan said Turkey warned authorities at the Belgian Embassy about his ties to terrorists. Bakraoui was deported into the custody of the Netherlands at his request, NPR reports. Belgium couldn't find any evidence of Bakraoui having any links to terror groups, and he was released, Erdogan said. Belgian federal
prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw said that while Bakraoui and his brother Khalid, both had criminal records, they did not have any known terror ties. The brothers both blew themselves up on Tuesday during the attacks that killed at least 31 people, authorities say.
"There is no reason for the bomb, which exploded in Ankara, not to explode in Brussels, where an opportunity to show off in the heart of the city to supporters of the terror organization is presented, or in any city in Europe," he said. "Despite this clear reality, European countries are paying no attention, as if they are dancing in a minefield. You can never know when you are stepping on a mine."
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