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Exposure to violence, not religious ideology, is a cause of extremism
Op-ed in The Independent by Manni Crone
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Theology remains the prevalent scapegoat for extremism. Recent research however reveals that experience with violence is more significant as a preconditition for terrorist attacks, Manni Crone writes in this op-ed in The Independent.
Current pathways towards terrorism could therefore more usefully be described as a transition from one form of violence to another; from ordinary crime to political crime. This shift in understanding should change the way governments develop policies aimed at countering terror.
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Exposure to violence, not religious ideology, is the real cause of extremism
The Independent, 2016-05-26T02:00:00