And yet it will, at least until more bombs continue to go off in western cities.
(ANSAmed) — Jihadism is a cultural, political and military reality that is growing stronger by the day and cannot be ignored, not even on the theological level, according to Father Paolo Dall’Oglio, an Italian Jesuit who lived in Syria for 30 years before being expelled by Damascus authorities in 2012.
The jihadist galaxy is ”a considerable cultural, religious, political and military subject”, he told ANSAmed in an interview, stressing the weight of jihadism ”in its local and transnational expressions” within the current ”geo-strategic” framework.
”It is a political and military actor whose weight must be reckoned with, given that is has won in Iraq, is winning in Afghanistan, will not be defeated in Mali, and is making a solution for Somalia impossible”, he added.
What is to be done? ”First of all, operating on an intelligence level to prevent even graver consequences and to bring about the downfall of its projects to universalize terror”.
But action must also occur on the social level, continued the Jesuit, a recent guest at the Anna Lindh Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Forum in Marseille.
HT: JJ