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TERRORISM; THE OFFSPRING OF POVERTY, DESPOTISM, AND CONTEMPT
All those who claim to be fighting terrorism must join hands and, in a joint effort, dry out the roots of poverty and dictatorship. The superpowers should know that the way to fight against suicidal missions is not through military operations. Everyone should know that terrorism is the outcome of poverty, despotism, and the derogation of nations. The derogation of nations and insulting all that they hold as sacred has nothing to do with freedom and human rights, and the way to fight terrorism is not through the humiliation of the people. I am in the rank of the clergy who are seriously in agreement with human rights and the freedom of man, but at the same time, one cannot easily overlook the insults thrown at all that which people regard as sacred, and the humiliation of nations, as these insults are no doubt against the very fabric of human rights and will affront the Moslems, sowing the seeds of aggression and contempt. We must all put an effort in trying to dry out the roots of these intricate problems, and take more effective steps in administering justice in the hope that a day will come when there will be no sign of terror and bombings.
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