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Alarming Rise of ISIS in Europe

ISIS: The Trail of Blood & Terror in Europe

With recent terrorist attacks in Europe, it is explicitly clear that the continent is turning to be a new battleground for the terrorist organization ISIS. The recent attacks in Barcelona, Spain, supports this statement.

Looking at the trend of attacks in Barcelona, Brussels, Paris, London and so many other cities, it’s clear that the focus of ISIS has shifted from the Middle East to Europe. It sounds more affirmative when you take ISIS’s lost territory in the account. With not much infrastructure in the Middle East, it seems likely, with those remaining in ISIS has brought the battle to Europe.
What will they get by bringing the fight to Europe? The answer is easy. The attacks are carried out by so-called ‘lone-warriors’, who keep the “message” alive and garner global attention and panic. A tactic that uses little investment and high returns.

Consider the fact that the attacks (of any kind) are majorly orchestrated at tourist-sites. Now, this is not just an opportunity, it is a strategic foul play.
It hits the economy, as one of the major source of Europe’s GDP is tourism, which amounts to 10% of the total, employing 9.7 million people. Also, it contributes to the slaughter of multinational citizens, granting them the infamous attention and panic.

In a report by Danish Institute of International Studies, it was noted that most of the attacks were carried out by European citizens. Though ISIS uses religious motivation to recruit young Muslims, its recruits are not restricted to Muslims. This ‘religious motivation’ are not the teachings of Islam. Killing innocents is a sin in Islam.
What ISIS does is give their misinterpreted and misguided version of Islam to motivate young men to change the world into a better place. In the mean time, they also have a trip to Syria.
ISIS glorifies the mistaken idea of martyrdom and prepares them for their trip to ‘heaven’ if need be. With the popular use of Islam in its propaganda, it preemptively uses other religions to propagate their idea of worship.

Internally, other factors such as discrimination, poor housing and Islamophobia, are being used effectively by ISIS to divert the minds of a frustrated youth towards radical extremism.  Having mentioned that, the ISIS is spanning its hood in Europe and calls for attention that has to be explicitly given by the authorities and public likewise, due to the periodicity of attacks. One of the reasons of ISIS coming in power is the western intervention.ISIS

The way scholars see it is that nations of the west has some kind of a responsibility in feeding the ISIS. The Western nations termed Iraq and Syria as “failed states” implying the incapability to gain control again over their respective territory and population. Former British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, went on to admit that the Iraqi War was one of the reasons for the escalation of the ISIS. Now, this very same institution is looking back offensively to the very same western nations that helped, directly or indirectly, for its upsurge.

Initially, ISIS did not emphasized on attacks in Europe because for it, Western nations were a source of raising funds. After their attack on Mosul and consequently overtaking it in 2014, ISIS had to confront the forces of United States.
In retaliation, the ISIS publicly called for attacking US and its Western Allies. About the same time, plans to attack Europe were cooked as Brussels attack was carried out in 2014.
Since then, they have been blaming the US and its allies for their setback and loss.

It seems plausible that Europe has to fight with the ISIS- lurking within their borders to fight terrorism at-large. A tremendously mammoth task in itself, as it is easier to look for an enemy outside but much difficult to look for an enemy inside our sleeves.

राज्‍यों से जुड़ी हर खबर और देश-दुनिया की ताजा खबरें पढ़ने के लिए नार्थ इंडिया स्टेट्समैन से जुड़े। साथ ही लेटेस्‍ट हि‍न्‍दी खबर से जुड़ी जानकारी के लि‍ये हमारा ऐप को डाउनलोड करें।

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