Violence Is Constantly Celebrated In Our Society

Yet we should not forget that violence is constantly celebrated in our society — in music, on TV, on countless non-Islamic websites — and that the effects are played out every day, in our schools and on our streets through knife and gun crime. In any society, some small percentage of people will always feel aggrieved. A much smaller percentage will contemplate violence. Terrorism is a timeless phenomenon. Societies around the world have learned to reduce and manage the threat of terrorism. They have addressed the root causes of anger by adopting policies that foster inclusion and understanding, including through the right to vote in democratic elections and the provision of rights and procedures that guard against the arbitrary exercise of power by the state. They have developed means of policing and intelligence-gathering that are focused and efficient, that guard against violence without provoking more of it. www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=theStar/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid=971

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